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G'day.

After a couple of months of trying to get my CD stacker to work (the Jap one that came with the car & is missing a cartridge), I've decided to bite the bullet & get a new stereo.

I don't want to win any competitions & I don't care whether I have the latest, greatest sound system.

I just want a good quality mid-range CD player & radio in the car, playing through the existing speakers.

SO, do any of you guys know how I go about working out which systems are best value?

Does anyone have recommendations of single DIN CD/radios?

Any advice would be welcome. :D

Cheers - Sven :P

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i'm starting the like the alpine range now .. they just keep looking much better and better the more i look at it ... i was going to try and buy a jvc .. but now i'm going to get the alpine i think .. but yeah who knows my minds always changing.. but u still can't beat jvc for bang for buck!!

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figure out how much you want to spend and we might be able to help you more.

JB HiFi are always a good place to start. They have a wide range of headunits and are very reasonably prices and generally bargin.

Play around with them and find out which features you will use then find a unit that suits you. Never pay the listed full price at any store, there are always better prices to be had!

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at first i wanted the new jvc HU with the blue display ... it looks ok on paper ... quite nice actually but when u have a closer look at the display its not very good at all ... and lets down what should be an excellent deck!! i then thought about pioneer but then i thought that they were sooo common and if u play with the knob on the right hand side of the 03 range u will find that its pretty dodgy ... so then i had a look at the alpine ... it didn't have the rice features like the animations ... but then i thought ... but hey its got blue and green lights ... thats rice enough :D ... so yeah i'm defintely going for alpine based on looks and features ... i dont' think u can go past alpine on features for actual audio ... but yeah u gotta look and have a play around with everything whcih i've done ... and yes i didn't even give sony a chance.. i think they look ugly and don't even come close to having as much features ...

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yeah i just installed my alpine yesterday too ... great unit ... and pred has a good point ... its made in china ... i think build quality is good ... screen is dammmn brigth and ricey ... just the way i like it ... :) damn good for 650 delivered :D ... oh yeah ... both FM and AM work perfectly :D ... who said AM channels wouldnt' work???

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