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Originally Posted by Reaper42
In my opinion, if you hear anything bad about a product, especially a $1000 unit your going to be putting in your beautiful Z, you should not research it more or take a second look, and maybe decide to give it a shot. $1000 and your Z are a lot to gamble with. Stick with what has said to work time and time again. Kenwood seems to be the best and most reliable head unit you can buy right now, at a good price, with no one at all complaining about them. Maybe pioneer will produce better products in the future, but for now, do your Z a favor, buy a respectable good quality product. The 370z is no saturn sky or honda civic Si, spare no expense...
...just my .02 
P.S. go to amazon and buy your headunit off there. I've been looking at headunits too and am thinking of going with the Kenwood DNX6140, BestBuy.com sells it for $950, but at amazon.com you can get it for $698, plus they give you good deals on ipod cables and backup cameras and PAC converter for steering wheel controls at good discounted combo prices.
or you can go with the newer Kenwood DNX7140, bestbuy.com $1,599.99....amazon.com $1,059.99!!! (Note these are all brand new in the box systems, and amazon.com being the largest corp on the internet, you know you wont be scamed at these prices!)
Hope this helps! |
Thanks Reaper. I’ve read a lot of good things about Kenwood and Pioneer. I did look at the Alpine head units but having to dock a navigation modular unit is really old school. The features I want really point towards the new Avic line. Having Pandora is a must. I have a lifetime membership to Sirius but I have been listening to Pandora lately and think it’s really an innovation that’s worth the extra money. By the time something better comes along, I’ll most likely be driving a different sports car with a head unit with the newest technology. Having SD and USB is a major plus that I explained earlier in my post. Another feature that only the new Avic has that is really ingenious is the iTunes plug-in software that will analyze my entire music library and create specialized playlists based on various musical attributes such as feeling (bright, energetic, gloomy, relaxing calm), rhythm pattern, Beats Per Minute, year of the song and/or date added to the device. This feature is something that will keep my girlfriend happy if you know what I mean! You always have to keep them happy, you will receive double rewards!! I definitely agree with you about Amazon. I shop with them all the time. My only experience with Pioneer is the home theater AV receivers and I had no reliability problems so maybe the problems that were mentioned earlier are just an isolated case!