nice one, told you you cant go wrong with alpine;) it just gets better with decent speakers, especially if you go component, then an amped sub in the rear and your laughing:D You dont have to be a Max muppet to like music loud, i like bassy music and have a decent home stereo, but spend 2hrs a...

Cool, looks like another great h/u from alpine, its a slightly better spec more like the 9853, as its the flip down 50W type which look neater. Should be as good if not better than the 9847 anyway. As i said the 9853 is the next unit up , and form what i know is better for running the ipod as it...

All i would say is if you can afford it, go for the Alpine CDA-9853R , as this includes the inbuild crossovers and time correction functions, which are awesome, and give great soundstaging in most cars, bit more messing, but if you like quality sounds its one of the best h/u's around. But for...

Philthy, the Alpine 9847R Is a great unit, have had 2 alpine h/u and both have been awesome, my current one is the previous version of this without ipod features, and i love it. Very clear, sweet sounding, lots of power and all the features you could want, the sound delay feature makes...

Cheers guys, good info:cool: I was going to suggest he just buy a new quality headunit, as i assume the original is a bit pants anyway (and he needs an ipod connection:rolleyes:), and add a seperate active sub box in the boot (one of those amp/sub box jobbies) and see how it goes. I know...

Cheers, i guessed that wouold be one option, but not sure he is too handy with a saw, just wants somat bolt in:rolleyes: And i am not making em for him:p

Hi, after a bit of info for a mate, he has an 04 defender(he's a doctor in dartmoor;)), but likes his music and wondering if he can upgrade the speakers in it? Havent looked myself but apparently the doors are pretty shallow, making it quite difficult to find speakers to fit:( Wondered if...