Cheap and decent sounding radio?

[SHOhopefull]

Can anyone recommend a cheap(as in under $95) head unit? If possible, it needs to have a usb or SD input.

I need something that sounds better than this old factory HU.:thankyou:

 

[zach44102]

I bought a sony xplode kit from walmart for 100$. came with 2 6x9's, 2 6's, and a nice headunit with aux port and aux cable. Sounds great for the price, plenty of bass and nice clear high's.

 

[ShadetreeSHOguy]

I bought a sony xplode kit from walmart for 100$. came with 2 6x9's, 2 6's, and a nice headunit with aux port and aux cable. Sounds great for the price, plenty of bass and nice clear high's.

I've never seen that before...must check this out...

 

[the4biddendonut]

Check the crutchfield website. They have good package deals where you buy the head unit and they include everything you need to install it.

Just so you know, sony makes good stuff typically, but they make horrible car audio equipment.

 

[DJSHO91]

I bought a sony xplode kit from walmart for 100$. came with 2 6x9's, 2 6's, and a nice headunit with aux port and aux cable. Sounds great for the price, plenty of bass and nice clear high's.

X2! I've got an earlier model Sony Xplode, no usb or aux, in my 91. It's connected through the factory JBL system and it's worked real well for over 4 years.

 

[someguy35]

X2! I've got an earlier model Sony Xplode, no usb or aux, in my 91. It's connected through the factory JBL system and it's worked real well for over 4 years.

Same here. Except mine was i think their first model to have the usb. Love how it doubles as a phone charger.

 

[SuperHO]

can't really do wrong with any pioneer head unit. Good sound quality and durable as ****. Iv goton on the shelf inn the garage that's been in more cars than some people on this forum have owned.

 

[Phoenix]

Id buy a Pioneer over sony anyday , Then again I got no idea how they run for.

But if you can grab an Alpine. And cross check with ebay , sometimes they have some deals. Thats where I got mine and I saved 120$ on my Alpine HU.

 

[kevinspann]

Ebay, get a used display one from Best Buy.

 

[JRA2000TL]

You need some cheap speakers as well. Those front ones are kinda shot.

 

[Racer X]

eBay, grab a used Alpine.

I bought my Alpine like 8 years ago, and it's still one of the best sounding head units I've ever listened to. Especially with the ability to time correct for speaker placement.

 

[SHOhopefull]

You need some cheap speakers as well. Those front ones are kinda shot.

Jeremy, I swapped for the one's that were in the red car... They were a high quality left over from the system that was robbed outa that car. They're Overdrives by Blaupunkt. Sound pretty good too :sun:

What do ya'll think about JVC's HUs? Just throwing the options out there.

 

[digeronimo34]

I bought a sony xplode kit from walmart for 100$. came with 2 6x9's, 2 6's, and a nice headunit with aux port and aux cable. Sounds great for the price, plenty of bass and nice clear high's.

Yep got the same unit form the same place. Not a bad deal sounds good for the money .

 

[93rev2sev]

Some good answers here, but I've always like the Kenwood units.

They usually have 22w RMS per channel. Here's one...$85 bucks.

 

[ShadetreeSHOguy]

JVC's are decent head units. I think the're good for the price. Not much adjustability in the audio though.

 

[platoribs]

Aftermarket Pioneer Supertuner3 in the Benz picks up radio stations farther away than any other radio I own. Course FM Radio probably isn't your top criteria.

 

[boogeyman]

i just got a kenwood for 79 bucks at pepboys sounds pretty decent for the monye

 

[93rev2sev]

^^^how many watts per channel RMS?

 

[JRA2000TL]

I bought this bad boy for $72 for the 89. I also love Kenwood head units. Sorry it's an e-bay link, but this is for the OP's reference; no SHO related stuff, not trying to sell stuff, etc. Ebay Item # 330599247297

http://cgi.ebay.com/KENWOOD-KDC-MP145-NEW-AM-FM-CD-PLAYER-KDCMP145-/330599247297?pt=Car_Audio_In_Dash_Receivers&hash=item4cf9402dc1

 

[SHOhopefull]

Aftermarket Pioneer Supertuner3 in the Benz picks up radio stations farther away than any other radio I own. Course FM Radio probably isn't your top criteria.

Actually, I'm pretty picky on the reception, but I also realize I'm talking about entry-level radios here