Originally Posted by
MCOR
I know that BOSS equipment is enticing due to the seemingly endless feature inclusion and the ridiculously low price BUT-you get what you pay for. Boss, Pyramid, etc are all "flea market" sub WalMart quality junk. Their failure rate is out of this world and by the time you get done pulling this thing back out and purchasing a replacement, it will have cost you more than if you had just purchased a better quality piece in the first place. I understand better than anyone how important budget is (I own a shop-my entire living revolves around this economy and the consumers decreasing spending budget). However, save a few more bucks (wait a couple more weeks or whatever you have to do) and get a better piece of equipment (Pioneer, Kenwood, JVC, etc). Not a week goes by that one of the local high-schoolers comes in here having us install some flea-market/eBay crap. We take bets (sometimes in front of the customer) on how long it will last (I usually win the bet-they come back in less than a week). This is no exageration...
Thanks everyone for the help with head unit removal. I decided though, the head unit(80+), box(20+) and instillation(50+) adds up to 150+ vs. 80 so I'm holding off for now.
And here's the real reason why I'm posting... I was at radio shack today checking to see if they sell tape decks($22! vs $9 total on amazon) and the employee found them for me... I told him I'll think about it and get this... he said you're better off in the long run going to walmart and getting a $60 head unit. I said but I heard they're not all created equal though. He said that's BS he works in audio and the only difference between them all is mp3 compatibility so just get a cheap one from walmart. What a joke! And why walmart in particular?
