scooby rat

Have a '00 Sport and looking to improve the sounds.

Have about £300-£350 to spend and looking for head unit (def. possibility of it needing to be mp3/cd unit)

Will i need to upgrade standard speakers or are they ok?

Only decent system i have seen in looks is the pioneer matt aluminium/ titanium finish

Come on guys, help out or the missus will spend it on the house!!!

WagonRich

I'd recommend getting an Alpine, I've got a 7894RB which can be had for less than £300 because the new models are out now - the 9815 should fit in your price range. But then I've never been a huge fan of Pioneer.....

Rich

Blue_Boy

If you want something very funky, plays MP3's CD's and has moving / interchangeable images then the Sony M1000TF is the one to go for.

It's a little above your range @ 369.99 - www.letsbuycaraudio.com

But well worth every penny with the motorised tray and quality of the screen. No need to upgrade the speakers (this would take you well over your budget anyway if you did).

hades

My advice would be the Blaupunkt Los Angeles MP72. Looks great, sounds great (IMHO just as good as other people's £300 unit), does MP3s and CDs etc. Get one of those for not much more than £200. Then get yourself some decent front speakers for ~£100 (Infinity CS605, focals, etc).

I would lay decent amounts of money on the blaupunkt with uprated speakers sounding a lot nicer than a £300 header unit with the standard speakers.

BigRed

Spend your £300 on a good head unit and front speakers, not a fan of Sony equipment, too many breakdowns for my liking. Depents on your taste have a look around Halfords first then , if you see a nice unit buy from a good internet retailer and save yourself some dosh!!

WagonRich

Very good point about the standard speakers...you really need to change both the HU & the front speakers to get decent sound.

Rich

Dazza01

Scooby rat,
i've got a KENWOOD flip down single CD PLAYER MODEL KDC5024 and 10 disc changer model KDC-C719,
Brand new only 8 days old, still in box's with all ppwk and stuff, reason for sale is just brought Scooby Si's turbo and has already got "ICE" in there.
Cost £280 except £250, if intrested give me a bell 07717 278127

[Edited by Dazza01 - 8/19/2003 12:29:10 PM]

scooby rat

thanks for the offer dazza but am after something that is mp3 based really.

best of luck with the sale and i'll look out for you on my trip to the inlaws in beeston.

kev

Si.t

go down to car electronics on castle boulevard mate, they'll price match pretty much anywhere - so just get the lowest prices (go in In Phase in Radford) and then buy it from them - they've got a good selection of quality fronts as well.

cheers

Dazza01

Si.t,

No they won't mate, thats were i got the Kenwood set up from and they wouldn't come down a fiver and match the price as i seen it advertised, but then i not complianing....much cos that was an internet price.
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Scooby rat if u go down Wollaton Rd, i'll spot u sooner or later. m8

atche

If you need MP3 then look at the Alpine- theyve got a feature called Media Xpander which is a sound processing chip designed to improve the compressed lean sound of Mp3's.