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| Sound quality | 8.3/10  |
|---|---|
| Value for Money | 7.8/10 |
| Reviewer Rating | 8.7/10 |
| Overall Rating | 9.1/10  |
Full review by
rhinodc
on 16th Jun 2007
User Rating : 7
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Good Points: Spectrum display is sweet and the main reason it's still in my car. Very adjustable for people who want to tweak their systems. Crossover settings for front/rear/sub are great and easy to use.
Bad Points: My display is developing lines after 2 years of use. For high end systems the factory EQ settings all sound absolutely horrible. This deck is extremely touchy when it comes to sound settings. It has to be just right to sound good and takes some time to do so. Move the EQ setting 1 level and you get a huge change in the overall quality of the sound. Notice it most with crossover db level and frequency cutoffs. And there is no easy way to adjust sub level without going back in to the audio settings, very hard to do while driving, I miss that from my old Alpine...
General comments: I have JL amplifiers, a small fortune in wiring and dynamat, diamond audio speakers all around and JL 12"subs. The stereo sounds good when it is tuned PERFECTLY. The auto time correction and auto EQ settings make it almost impossible to get the radio sounding good so they are always off on my radio. This radio is very temperamental to setting adjustments, I've been tuning car audio systems for 20 years and this one is not easy to get sounding great. If it was not for the spectrum analyzer display which is great, this radio would have been replaced a long time ago. But for now I'm putting up with it! So in less you really want the cool display I'd look somewhere else for your next radio...
rhinodc's review and ratings | 269 words
Review by
headbangger09
on 30th Aug 2006
User Rating : 8
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The Pioneer DEH deck is awesome I'm just worried about the ejecting problems if anyone has ideas why that is just leave a comment I would recommend this deck to anyone it is a good buy....
headbangger09's full review | 105 words
Review by
MIKEDITKA
on 4th Mar 2006
User Rating : 10
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I had a Pioneer deck in my old car and I loved it so much I wouldn't even look at anything else for my new one. I purchased a DEH-8600mp and installed it myself (not too hard just read the instructions!) and I LOVE IT! It does a great job of controlling my Audiobahn 2000 watt mono amp and 2 Audiobahn 1500 watt subs. The only problem I have ever had with it is the eject motor (for the discs) acting up and not spitting the cd out for about a week but I'm 90% positive this was from Armor-all leak ...
MIKEDITKA's full review | 216 words
Review by
KyJERRY
on 31st Aug 2005
User Rating : 10
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My setup is for a 2004 Tacoma xtracab 4x4
Pioneer 8600 head unit
JL Audio 300/4 amplifier
front speakers = JL audio 6-1/2 reference 2-ways
Rear speakers Infinity Reference 5x7 two ways
Subs two x 10" Bazooka tubes with JL Audio 10w4-D4's
Also have a 12 band parametric EQ but no need since there are crossovers on deck and amps. Very tunable system and no real need to alter mountings or speakers.
KyJERRY's full review | 123 words
Review by
wavereel
on 8th Aug 2005
User Rating : 8
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Pioneer DEH 8600MP - I bought this deck and it made my stock speakers in my car sound really good, but then I bought some infinity kappa 6.5i's and they didn't sound any better than my stock speakers because the deck couldn't supply enough power for them. The deck will sound good if you have low rated rms speakers in your car, but if you don't, you need an amp because the deck just doesn't kick enough. My brother has a 7-year-old kenwood deck (the first mp3 deck ever made), and he replaced it ...
wavereel's full review | 159 words
Review by
uzyg
on 13th May 2005
User Rating : 9
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Ive had the Pioneer DEH-5500MP before and was very pleased with the sound, equaliser options. After a while I wanted a new model, and was told the DEH-77MP had amazing sound quality. However I didnt want the fascia panel to be a manual fold down. I wanted an automatic eject/fold down option with the same if not better sound quality than the 77mp. All i say to all of you is that if your after great SQ then go for the DEH-8600MP. Not only does it have all the options and a great equaliser, it has ...
uzyg's full review | 259 words | 1 comment added.
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