Single din active capable headunits what our my options?

[PaCiFiKbAllA]

21 minutes ago, reedal said:

Maybe I’m misunderstanding you, but I am under the impression that Panasonic is a brand (that does sell EQs), but I’ve never heard of Panasonic Equalization. Shelving, Graphic, Semi-Parametric, and Parametric are the terms I am familiar with. Could you please explain or link me to Panasonic Equalization?

I am referring to the equalizer in the high end Panasonic head units, of which I own 4 of.  The CQ-C9701N, 9701U, 9801U, and 9901N. 

[Kyblack76]

We went with a cheaper HU and dsp. Been happier. HU does what it does all day, and the dsp does what we want. I struggled with the prs fucking up a ton for years also. Went a different route. It's probably 6s either way. But happy to have everything working, reliably as balls now. 

[reedal]

4 hours ago, PaCiFiKbAllA said:

I am referring to the equalizer in the high end Panasonic head units, of which I own 4 of.  The CQ-C9701N, 9701U, 9801U, and 9901N. 

I was indeed misunderstanding you. Thank you for clearing that up for me. 

[SkarredSierra]

For the price you pay the 80prs should be more resiliant. I used to love pioneer units. Fried pico fuses in several of them back wen i was young and dumb. Bought a kenwood unit because of the price and havent used pioneer since. Id recommend what others have. Get a diff unit and a dsp. For the price of the 80prs you shouldnt have to zip tie it. Poorly designed imo.

[Rich Schenk]

What's a good budget friendly dsp?

[Hellbilly429]

minidsp.com

Triticum says he runs one in this thread, and he loves it: 

 

[Rich Schenk]

Kylar what hu proccesor combo u go with?

[Kyblack76]

46 minutes ago, Rich Schenk said:

Kylar what hu proccesor combo u go with?

Cheap, lower tier alpine unit, that runs fast (going through 100 gig of music, can take time) relaible, does everything we want, nothing we dont. I wanna say it's like, the 847 unit? Cant recall. But, nothing special, just a fast, clean signal giver.  Then, to a audison bit dsp. Which,  with out, we would NOT had wont a world title/ring. Zero chance getting a perfect rta score with out it. This set up, has been the most relaible we have ran to date. The audison may be a bit much for your needs, [I did just buy another one, off Tony Damore, same exact one he ran in his rig] the mini dsp others speak of, is a fine unit, simple to use, straight forward OS, and found for much cheaper than a mosconi, or  audison unit. But, we have absolutely been thrilled with our bit. Like I said, was a HUGE part, in getting us a title. The save and load feature works like a dream, adjustments are simple, the OS hooks up like a charm, something my rf 360.3 was a complete turd at. Hated that unit. 

[Jessica]

from what i can ell the Ep2 was the last reliable DSP that fosgate made.

[Kyblack76]

1 hour ago, strangeduck said:

from what i can ell the Ep2 was the last reliable DSP that fosgate made.

Bruh,  I ran the 360.1 and 360.2. Yes, they are ancient compared to shit out there meow, but I actually dug the .2, and ran it for a long while, and when talk rose up on the .3, I was ecstatic. In fairness, I was a VERY early adopter of it. One of the first to buy, install and run. But, I hated it. For several fucking reasons. 

There is a SONY hu out, with no CD slot, that I've been looking at/into... that looks wicked nice. In fact I think Steve installed one, maybe in his tahoe? Or maybe Anthony's rig, I can not recall, but, if I deck shopping, that is the one, I'd be looking into. I think it's pretty damn costly, but, looks dope.