New Car Stereo Help/Thoughts
 

So,
I haven't had a working radio in my VW Rabbit for nearly 2 years and after my wife used my car for 2 days, she bursts into the house saying "My god.. you need a ****ing radio" lol.

I have the stock one now, but would like something that could work with Pandora, or iPod etc. I have stock speakers, and (at least from what I can remember) didn't mind the sound.

what sort of shit am I in for here? I don't want to drop mad coin; just a good upgrade for a good price.

my birfday is on Saturday, so I think this is now my birthday gift...to myself lol.

Speakers should be reasonable. I paid like 160 for all 4 in my Harley truck. Radio should only be couple hundred.

I've heard great things about this alpine head unit that does bluetooth for around $200.

And you might be tempted to go to Best Buy, but at least stop by Santa Fe Auto Sound. They've independent and somehow are still around after 20+ years as an independent car stereo place.

If you are looking for a basic, cheap head unit with decent sound, check out this Pioneer unit: http://www.amazon.com/Pioneer-DEHX26...=cm_cr_pr_pb_t

It has full iPod control and says it works with Pandora through an iPhone. I put one in my wife's car and was pretty impressed, especially considering its price.

I've seen that Pioneer mentioned by a lot of folks around the internet. :hmmm:

The only warning I'd give about anything that has iPod controls over USB is that you're more at risk of a software update breaking that (because Pioneer doesn't support the new OS for example) than if you get something with bluetooth.

That price is pretty impressive though.

Hmm. That's good to know.

I think I found a decent Pioneer 2-DIN that might give me what I want for about $140-ish.

link?

My wife has been asking about putting one in her SUV that would bluetooth with her iphone for music. Double-DIN.