for all you car audio people.. pioneer or alpine????

Question

desperatly need help!!!!!!!!!!

is alpine better or pioneer
deh-p6050ub head unit
ts-d1720c 260w front speakers
gm-d8400m 1,200w mono amp
gm-6300f 4 channel 600w bridgible amp( for running my front speakers and back)
2 x ts-w307d4 1200w each 4 ohm..........TOTAL COST $2,096

NOW FOR ALPINE
cda-9884e cd player
spr-135 type r 6" component 2 way front speakers
mrp-m1000 1000w rms amplifier mono block (not sure if it is compatible)
sbr-s222v sub 1500w peak

TOTAL COST- $1,537

ive already got an alpine sub type r 12" sbr-s222v and i dont like the alpine head units.......

even though im an alpine nut everything ive bought even for my mates is alpine im more towards pioneer because they offer more. PLease comment or whatever

Answer 1

take this into consideration...



an all alpine set up won in iasca a couple of years back. never heard of pioneer doing the same feat. i could be wrong though.



going the single manufacturer set up is good but with your budget why dont you try out other manufacturers as well?



alpine for your HU

rockford fosgate, jl, audison etc for your amps

focal, rockford fosgate, dls etc for your mid-highs

rockford fosgate, jl, fi, re etc for your subs?

Answer 2

Alpine Car Audio

Answer 3

Alpine Deffoo

Answer 4

Lets See,



Pioneer Radio has 4 volt rca out,

Alpine is 2.2 volts

Pioneer is known to make fantastic speakers

Alpine has a blue light on the radio buttons



The amps are near even (both brands are not great)



Pioneer Wins

(try to go to a Pioneer Premier Dealer, like me, cuz everything is Factory 2 Year Warranty)

Answer 5

Pioneer from experience provides a much better warranty then Alpine. If you want quality chose pioneer if you want the latest fadd that wont last 1-2 years chose Alpine

Answer 6

well i had both of them in previous cars -head units- the pioneer head unit makes the speakers sound weird when you turn the music up, the sound is not clear you can tell there is impurities in the sound quality, only when you turn the volume up tho. i am assuming you will have the same problem with the subs if you are powering them with a pioneer amp. alpine is more high end and sound way more clearer and their speakers are legendary for high quality performance. as for the subs i don't know much about them,



if you want my opinion you are better off getting subs form a company that speciallizes in subwoofers like JL, MTX, or Kicker.



my favorite head unit is a Kenwood high end Exelon with a USB slot this way you can plug in a flash drive and play your music without needing to ever burn a CD again, also the Kenwood Exelon speakers sound great and are cheaper form the alpines if you go with the kenwood for head unit and speakers and MTx for amp and subs you should be able to get all that for less than $1200



hope this helps

Answer 7

Alpine make the best decks. Period. Alpine may not have the prettiest decks like pioneer does, but they are far superior if you know how to use them. They offer a lot more to toy with than Pioneer decks. I know this first hand. I used to be the same as you, I loved Alpine everything, but not their decks. Then my Pioneer deck crapped out on me, bought my Alpine cause it was on sale, never looked back.

Answer 8

having personally put way to much money into my cars audio system, i would say that speakers and head units pioneer is what you will be most pleased with, however for subs, that is when alpine has the advantage.

Answer 9

Id go wit choice 2 but with a pioneer headunit instead. Pioneer in my opinion gives better controls and more tweaking abilities

Answer 10

Alpine for sure.

You can always add on and custom it to your liking. You will get a better sound quality.

Answer 11

alpine you will get more power to the subs if you do that cuz then you have less ohms. and you save almost a 500 dollars

Answer 12

pioneeetrr for head unite, theve been around for a long time, they know what there doing.



There higer end stuff, as in higer priced subs and amps are not bad.



I would by and apline sub, they make good speakers.



im fond of both companies,

Answer 13

pioneer for the head unit, and interior speakers

alpine for subs and amps. there interiors are also good

pioneer amps and subs just dont impress me.

Answer 14

Pionaeer

Answer 15

alpine better name well known and grate sound and good luck chosing your soudnsystem

Answer 16

alpine all the way trust me

Answer 17

Its all what you like.

Answer 18

pioneer all the way

Answer 19

just keep what u got seems pretty good