Sony CDX-M8815X or alpine cda-9855
 

I was wondering does anyone have experience with sony head units. I know Alpine has better rep than sony on headunit but this sony head unit looks so much better than the Alpine. I could get both head units around 250 price isn't the factor.

links for both of them incase you don't know how they look like.

http://www.sonicelectronix.com/pictures.php?id=3563

http://www.crutchfield.com/S-aEiayez...700#morephotos

I think the Alpine kicks ass. Plus, there's a cable you can connect to your ipod and it sounds incredible. Well, much better than the FM transmittor since our antennas are in the back and it picks up static.
I am partial to Alpine though, I think they are the best sounding decks for the money. If you're buying the Sony for the pretty display, that's another story.

alpine..

where can u get the 9855 for 250?? i would like to know

Could have fallen off the truck :D

I use to have one of the best sony headunits available cost me somewhere around $600. ALthought it looked great and had cool functions, sound quality was just ok. Sold it, and now I have an alpine cda-9853 and could not be happier. Sound Quality > Visual effects. If you want cool effects put an equalizer in the din below, either a pioneer deq-7600 or any of alpines eqs and you can have better sound and a lightshow for around $150. This is coming from an audiophile with more than 3k of stereo in my fd.

Friends that work in Alpine.

Are you liking the 9853 glide touch?

Yah its awesome, no problems at all. I was very skeptical at first, and thought it would be very cheap looking. Not at all, looks really good, takes a little getting use to it, but I would not go back with out it.

I just got Sony's newest head unint, the best one out, and I am very gald I got that one.. its the new limited modles.. the black aluminum.. I can't remember the modle #.. but it its the best thing I have got since my FC. it was 229 on sale.. and it comes with ATRAC program.. it makes music files much much smaller than MP3s.. so I would say go with sony.. cuz you can hook up an ipod to those too