^^ aye mate DJ gear is second to none, but like any other multi-product manufacture, some of there other products fail IE - sony make great tubed TVs, but anything else they make is utter crap, especially their plasma's and hifi's.

However in this case, i think its mainly on cosmetics :) The pioneer is a nicer unit, especially at night. Although the alpine might be better in the sound area....although tbh, i doubt you would notice any major differences between them two on the sound side. Only differences would be little gagets to keep ya busy for a month :thumbs:

Pioneer are top of the market for DJ gear.Such as the cdj1000s used by top jocks around the world.There also the creators of the most popular effect mixer in the world....the DJM600.Both high quality, reliable, products.

This says pioneer not only looks good, there products are high quality.In clubs the 600 gets rammed about, beer thown over it etc etc and keeps on going.

Id say its all about the features and looks on this one.Both units are high quality and will last.Not sure about the sound though, what i do know from being a DJ myself is that pioneer are the leaders in DJ equipment such as cd decks and mixers.

I myslef would get the pioneer because of its looks

my corsa is stocked almost fully with pioneer. i love the pioneers, they're quite hardy and haven't given any problems. BUT alpine is definitely a superior brand when it comes to car audio and i would suggest going for the alpine. not as fancy-nancy looking, but definitely better sound quality!

alpine lets u search thro ure mp3's without having to wait 10 secs for it to change track

get a alpine cda-9811r

If u get the Pioneer u'll be back postin something thats gone wrong with it in a month or so....lol.
Alpine for sure....does that alpine have I-Personalize?
The Alpine's display is nowhere near as impressive as the farty oel from pioneer but what it lacks in looks it'll make up for insound...specially the Media Xpander.
As ICorsa said...those models are a little tricky...but once u get used to it u will be pleased with the money u spent.

Alpine for sure..... a little tricky to set up tp start with, but a great head unit

u cant go wrong with Alpine mate

The Alpine is the better HU, but I have a Pioneer 8400 and its also great.

pioneer

I can't really decide. Both of them have what I feel I need (4x50W, removable fascia, seperate controls for subs etc and external amps, fancy displays and all that). However, in most of the installs going on here, I've noticed a lack of Pioneer gear, especially HUs. Is there a reason for this?

The models I'm looking at are MP3/WMA CD Tuners:

Pioneer DEHP7600MP -


Alpine CDA9830R -