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[joewb]

looking at purchasing this stereo and just wondering what peoples opinions on it are?
looking at running it with a pretty good set-up (nothing competition standard, a few hundred for amps and speakers with a sub) so wondering if it would be suitable?

i know it wont be the best there is as the low price, but i like the idea of all the bits and pieces being in one place.

but yeah what do people think?

also wondering about the sub part, it doesn't appear to have a sub output, do you need one or can it just be wired up to an amp and the amp diversify the sound between the speakers and the sub?

[carts60]

Looks like an OK piece of kit, although i can safely say iv never heard of XTRONS before?

Subwoofer wise, its got two RCA outputs which means you could run two subs - one to speakers and one to sub.
Run a high pass filter on the speakers and low pass for the sub and you'll get a half decent sound.

Other than that, you'll just need to run everything through one amp, and (if you can), run the relevant filters for the speakers and sub.

It does say though, that it has a sub control which may mean it also has a sub out?

Worth a punt.

[joewb]

aslong as it can be done as i tend to listen to a fair bit of music with bass in it (rock/dubstep/barry white) so aslong as there is a awy of sorting it so its not all coming through the speakers

[pbrain]

looks the dog's dangles! as mentioned though...the brand is fairly unknown, i'm usually dubious about that (sometimes big brands like Sony, Pioneer etc will make cheap & chearful stuff and put an alias badge on it) . it may be fine for several months then start falling apart, see if you can locate manufacturer or contact seller about warranty etc. or find some reviews. Also see if you can view one of these on demo at a store. It's cheap for what it is, but it still £300!

Edited by pbrain, 03 September 2010 - 09:42 AM.

[jeff-jeff981]

OK, i have a an xtrons stereo not this one but it has many of the same features this one does just without the screen,

when i first got the stereo it was amazing but after awhile things started to go wrong like the usb port stopped working while it was playing and hasn't worked since.

the one thing that really does get on my nerves is that when ure using the radio while driving it will often just change radio station if it can find one with a better station so this means ure listening to radio 1 for example and suddenly it changes to eagle. i have contacted the suppliers and they said there is nothing to stop it :S

OK admittedly mine was only £45 which i bought a year ago so for the money its very good lots of features fairly well made increased the music quality 10 times but can really get on ones nerves

so for the money id say that if that one is like mine there are much better ones available
jeff

[Turbo Nick]

personally i'd stear clear, just because your HU is the most important part of your install. Get a good one and you're off on the right foot. get a bad one and no matter what other components you get it'll always sound bad. It all depends what you're after at the end of the day, loads of features or some decent SQ.

I always tend to go for pioneer personally and love my old 77mp in my camper. i have been tempted to try an alpine lately though. I usually tend to go for 2nd hand too, for the money you spend on new you can get some top end 2nd hand stuff.

[sheepy89]

personally i'd stear clear, just because your HU is the most important part of your install. Get a good one and you're off on the right foot. get a bad one and no matter what other components you get it'll always sound bad. It all depends what you're after at the end of the day, loads of features or some decent SQ.

I always tend to go for pioneer personally and love my old 77mp in my camper. i have been tempted to try an alpine lately though. I usually tend to go for 2nd hand too, for the money you spend on new you can get some top end 2nd hand stuff.

wheres the best place to get decent 2nd hand stereos?

[Mr Joshua]

Depends on what your looking for I have an AlpineCDM-7874RB I thinking of selling but no matter how cheap it is if your looking for something like the above its not for you.

[benb12]

From personal experience I'd steer well clear of unbranded/unheard of stereos. I had an unbranded one just like this. Right from the off, it had problems where the volume would randomly shoot up and it would constantly change radio stations. I never got the satnav to work. After a few weeks the screen had bars along it and it would not close. I promised myself after that I would only get decent brand stereos!

[Turbo Nick]

best place i've found for 2nd hand car audio gear is Talk Audio, thats where i got all my gear from for my camper.

[joewb]

cheers guys, will give this one a miss for now then, work on the rest of the setup with my current stereo and then upgrade to a proper one like this when i have the spare grand or so lol

[pbrain]

For my mini, i've sold the alpine 7998R (which was nice!) and got a pioneer DEH 5200SD. The suspension on the mini was too much for the alpine, but the pioneer is great with tracks loaded onto the SD card...well recommended. (no flashy screen or GPS though, just a music player)

[Mini_city10]

Hi

I would probs advise something like this http://www.halfords..../...ll&istBid=t


Also if your going for a sub go for a sony CBR i have one in my mini and its quality!

Speaker wise i would get some sony xplod 6x9


Hope this helps