Sony "raised the bar" with this one, and few paid attention.
Written: Feb 16 '02
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Pros: Sound quality, features, simplicity, sophisticated, workmanship, too much more to list.
Cons: Deep chassis size, impossible to get Sony tech support, limited wireless remote functions.
The Bottom Line: Nobody - not even Sony - currently offers a deck of this refined beauty and caliber.
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| outastep's Full Review: Sony XR C900 Mobile ES Radio / Cassette Player Cam... |
I almost have an emotional attachment to my recently un-installed XR-C900. Needing MP3 playback support in a head-unit, I hit the market and bought the undisputed "best you can get" from Alpine: CDA-7878. I can honestly say that in the 15 years being involved in the car audio enthusiast industry, I have never come across a finer deck than Sony's XR-C900. At first look, you notice superb craftsmanship and the highest quality materials. There's no goofy distracting gimmicks on the face, just sleek and beautiful. A head unit this nice would be right at home in the dash of a half-million dollar Ferrari. When you turn it on for the first time and knowing that there's a lot of initial programming and setup to do, as is the case with any new deck, you are pleasantly surprised at how simple and fast the process is. While setting the clock, illumination color, default motorized face angle, and so-fourth, you discover so many wonderful and useful functions, you just can't help but to smile. Some features that other decks have may seem fun, but the novelty of useless functions on those units, runs out about as fast as it came on. Sony's no-nonsense feature set is, to me, the best you can get, without junk you won't use. One quick note, before I submit this users-review -- On the "list of features" located on this Site's description of the unit, it states that there is no CD Changer support. That is incorrect. One of the main functions of this deck is to control the 10-CD Sony changers, including CD Text support, and every other changer control feature.
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Amount Paid (US$): 350
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