head units
 

I was at a car audio shop today and came across a brand of cd player i"ve never heard of. The company was Valor. Has anyone ever heard of them or know anything about their quality. The unit looked like a nice piece but looks can be decieving.

garbage.

care to elaborate any? I'm not searching for a high end head unit for all out performance. Just something decent to replace my fuggered up stock head unit. What do you think is good?

Reputable brands like Alpine, Pioneer, Eclipse, ect...

ok, but why do you say the Valor units are garbage? Just looking for clarification. What's the major issues with them?

what about Clarion's VRX7755VD unit?

Same reason why Kenford is junk. Same reason why Rockwood is junk. Same reason why Pyramid is junk. Its a low end budget company that uses cheap parts to make a cheap product. You really do get what you pay for when it comes to electronics, and AUDIO specifically. Anyone whos into audio/video will tell you this.

Alpine FTW!

I bought the Valor anyways, I searched for hrs. over the last few days and found tons of good reviews for them. Very few negatives. I'll find out how good they are very soon!

http://www.mcmmotorsports.com/smilies/cry.gifWHY??http://www.mcmmotorsports.com/smilies/cry.gif

When you could have got something like this:

http://walmart.scosche-cars.com/prod...ductID=5148257

Also, explain this to me, you come up here, ask for an opinion about a product, get nothing but negatives about it, ask for elaboration about why it was given a negative review, get ANOTHER explaination, then you begin to dispute it and end up buying it anyways. http://www.mcmmotorsports.com/smilies/scratchhe.gif

Next thing you know, you are going to post a question about Electric Superchargers on eBay and end up installing one on your car cause you are having Vortech withdrawals. :poke:

FU MCM!

SHould've searched harder. ;x

Theres so many reputable companies making nice decks its crazy..

I have had several head units and when I first started getting into the audio scene I tried to buy cheap and got screwed. Unlike most I did not learn my lession and tried it a few more time. Some even seemed to be sweet at first but ended up being junk in hte end. Moral of the story I should have listened to the other people telling me I was getting junk. I ended up spending money on that then putting more out on the good stuff when I could have saved time and headache with the good stuff in the first place. But thats jsut my 2 cents man. Everyone does what they think is right. I am jsut telling you what happened to me.:boink:

I've had a Pioneer for 2 years now and never had a single problem with it.

most of those popular brands are good but expensive.alpine is ok, pioneer better, kenwood is the in-betweener..im trying to remember the brand that i had in my cutless that i bought for a good price and to me was as good and as those names i listed aboveand saved a load of cash,ill get back to you on the brand i had..stay away from stereo shops, they try to sell you crappy stuff for a high price. if i was you i'd go to best buy and buy one there!

LMAO.... a reputable car audio shop is hands down better the best buy and circuit city. if you are going to install the HU yourself, get it off the internet.

this is the crap you get from best buy... pimple popping teen either not knowing any better or too lazy to do it right.
http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/3830/awesome1ie2.jpg
that is a speaker wire exiting the drain hole of the door....

Kraco !!!
 

Man, I remember selling Kraco brand units back in the day when I worked at a Checker Auto Parts store. Those things were shit. But the High School pimple poppers would buy them up like they were going out'a style! I still have in my Garage an old Pioneer unit that plays cassettes and it worked just fine when I pulled it out 8 years later when the car sold. I just can't bring myself to throwing it away! Notin wrong with it..
Do yourself a favor and buy quality....pay for it now, or pay later. Your choice.

I bought a Rockford Fosgate System...Sub/Box/Amp/Wires all for 500 bucks...and that included install...and let me tell you what...It is the worst sounding POS that I have EVER heard. I really wish I would have saved my money

read the post above me , theres your proof.. if you walk into a car audio place not knowing your stuff, theyre gonna try to get you by overpricing you on p.o.s systems.i bet you i can find thousands of pics of car audio shops fucking up too!

i wonder where he purchased the Fosgate equipment? It was probably the low end stuff that best buy sells....

i also said that you need to go to a REPUTABLE car audio shop...

how's the valor working for you? anybody got any opinions on DUAL?! i want a head unit, but don't have much $$$. i can wait/save if i have to, but are the other brands really that much better?

i whent with a kenwood head, amp, and subs payed $700 instaled soundes grate i have no complaints. i have had people in my car and they cant beleve it is only 2 10's. and its not all about you system it is also how you have it wired, placed in your car for acostics, and matching what you have like subs and box or matching your lows mids and highs to eachother it all plays into it. i have hurd cheep stuff sound graet but it wont last long i have also hurd good stuff sound like shit because they didnt match there stuff.