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I had an Eclipse 5425. Great deck however 3 weeks after owning it, it just stopped accepting CD's. I brought it in for warranty work and my sales rep fired it back to eclipse...well a month has gone by and he hasn't heard from eclipse about the deck so he decided to be a nice guy and cut me a sweet deal on a trade in. He gave me the Kenwood Excelon series deck KDC-X789 for my old eclipse as a direct swap.

:postpics:

http://www.epinions.com/Kenwood_Excelon_KD...P3_CD_Receivers

Not a bad looking HU at all... nice clean, subtle lines to it.

For the benefit of those of us who don't want to have to click on a link to see it:



Colour... ooh

5v preouts too... bit of a drop from Eclipses 8v, but still nice.

Raine,Oct 10 2005, 02:32 AM Wrote:5v preouts too... bit of a drop from Eclipses 8v, but still nice.
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Nah the 5425 only has a 5V preout. The 8V preout one is the 5445. The 5425 wasn't as stacked at this deck. The kenny has adjustable crossovers where the eclipse had an option to turn them on however they were locked in at 80hz.

The kenwood also has that organic colour display where the eclipse had this crappy 3 colour display but it wasn't organic.

Overall the kenwood X789 dominates the eclipse 5425.

Eclipse 5425 (AKA Old Busted)


Kenwood x789 (AKA New Hottness)

IMHO, both those units look too busy.

I'll take the simplicity of any alpine over those two.

scoobasteve,Oct 11 2005, 12:00 PM Wrote:IMHO, both those units look too busy.

I'll take the simplicity of any alpine over those two.
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Mine the real hotness

Phantom,Oct 11 2005, 05:42 PM Wrote:

scoobasteve,Oct 11 2005, 12:00 PM Wrote:IMHO, both those units look too busy.

I'll take the simplicity of any alpine over those two.
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Mine the real hotness

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One of my friends has that alpine deck. I had the lesser version of it..all the bells and whistles of the 9835 without the Organic Display...I didn't really care for it.

BIOLITE pWNz J00....

I have two biolite decks

9835
and
9855

I cant wait for Vivid Biolite (colour) to become the new standard.

ALPINE SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!

ThraxXx,Oct 12 2005, 12:57 PM Wrote:

Phantom,Oct 11 2005, 05:42 PM Wrote:

scoobasteve,Oct 11 2005, 12:00 PM Wrote:IMHO, both those units look too busy.

I'll take the simplicity of any alpine over those two.
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Mine the real hotness

[right][snapback]148188[/snapback][/right]

One of my friends has that alpine deck. I had the lesser version of it..all the bells and whistles of the 9835 without the Organic Display...I didn't really care for it.
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JOHNNY CASH??????

Tantrik ZX3,Oct 22 2005, 10:42 AM Wrote:ALPINE SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!
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They don't suck... :blink: they're just overrated and way overpriced. :lol:

This... is a clean deck imo.

pioneer sucks... all flash no substance... alpines may be a bit pricey but ya get what you pay for

Slimsride,Oct 22 2005, 10:03 AM Wrote:

ThraxXx,Oct 12 2005, 12:57 PM Wrote:

Phantom,Oct 11 2005, 05:42 PM Wrote:

scoobasteve,Oct 11 2005, 12:00 PM Wrote:IMHO, both those units look too busy.

I'll take the simplicity of any alpine over those two.
[right][snapback]148115[/snapback][/right]

Mine the real hotness

[right][snapback]148188[/snapback][/right]

One of my friends has that alpine deck. I had the lesser version of it..all the bells and whistles of the 9835 without the Organic Display...I didn't really care for it.
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JOHNNY CASH??????
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The picture is from crutchfield don't ask me... You'll NEVER see that appear on my deck's display.

euro_zx5,Oct 22 2005, 10:52 AM Wrote:

Tantrik ZX3,Oct 22 2005, 10:42 AM Wrote:ALPINE SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!
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They don't suck... :blink: they're just overrated and way overpriced. :lol:

This... is a clean deck imo.
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personally, i think that deck is ugly. also, only 3band EQ, no DTC, and 2.2 volt preouts. that equals N-O.

Punk0Rama,Oct 23 2005, 03:12 AM Wrote:personally, i think that deck is ugly.  also, only 3band EQ, no DTC, and 2.2 volt preouts.  that equals N-O.
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I agree...that deck is ugly and lacking in areas that it shouldnt be.... :angry:

And dowwwwnnnnnn goes my deck... :ph34r:

Meh, i'm happy with it. It wasn't exactly the best deck, but a good one imo at the time. Plus, unlike most Pioneer's it doesn't feel or look chinsey.

sorry^^

:lol: No worries... just your two cents. :)

Eh, no bad mouthing johnny cash!