What type of radio do you have in your Tacoma?

The old stock radio is out (will not play cd's and volume control problems) and a new from Cructhfields....!!!!

 

I have a 2010 access cab and I put in a kenwood KDC-BT752HD
http://www.crutchfield.com/S-6mts2ttKtc7/p_113BT752HD/Kenwood-KDC-BT752HD.html
it's "no longer available" but I would buy the exact same one if I could again..
I don't need to blow the doors off..I have the stock speakers and they sound good with it. I am looking to upgrade the speakers now as I now have to drive more than an hour a day...
It has a usb and when you connect an iphone it resumes from where you left off, has hands free or device controls...you can charge while you listen...

I really like the HD radio channels. A lot of people don't even know they exists...We have one HD channel here in boston that plays christmas music 24x7 year round...

 

I have the Alpine CDE WRT 265BT - it has everything except the touch screen. I gave it a really nice initial review on Crutchfield from the sound quality perspective, but here are some refined opinions. Maybe Pioneers and Kenwoods don't have the issues I have below?

1. Bass Pre-amp volume does not seem to increase linearly with the Front and Rear pre-amps. Bass output finally 'catches up' once the volume is turned all the way up to 30-35. No idea why its like this.

2. Unit advertises 4 Volt preamp, but actually puts out 5 volts peak to peak (clean sine wave at 1 kHz) at full volume. This is one of the features that drove me towards this unit. In retrospect, you can go with a cheaper head unit, and install an Audiocontrol Line Driver (not very expensive) to boost the pre-amp voltages all the way up from a measly 0.5 volts to 8 volts or even 13 volts if the amp can handle it. I used to have an old school eclipse unit with 5 Volt pre-amps - and that unit felt like it had more punch than this unit while driving similar 600 watt bass loads. (maybe old school equipment had a lot more headway than today's equipment?)

3. Bluetooth is good for people who don't care about sound quality - the BT removes even more portions of audio signals and makes already compressed audio from an MP3 for example sound even more tinny than before. I recommend ignoring whether BT is included, and ensure to use a dedicated iPhone or Android cable. Also, Bluetooth on this unit only connects to Pandora to play the current station, but does not allow you to switch between stations. Cable must be used for station switching on the "Pandora source".

4. MX Audio - The old school 'loudness' setting has been replaced by an MX level setting (ie. level off, 1, 2, 3). You can have a really nice eq tune setting, but for some reason if you don't have Level 1 set, the volume still must be turned all the way up in order to get descent bass. With level 1, the bass output is provided at much lower volumes, so you don't need to kill your ears for good bass. Level 2 and level 3 are pretty useless - I don't know what they do.

5. Time correction doesn't work as advertised. For some reason, there is a limit on 'total sum' of distances from your ears to the speaker location. Because of this, there will be one speaker (at least in the tacoma) which doesn't have the proper distance set, and the overall system won't sound right. I have this setting disabled.

6. The built in crossovers for front rear, and sub output work pretty well, but I'd really like to visually see what the rolloff settings look like against the actual setting.

7. The 9 band parametric EQ with adjustable center frequencies works pretty well, but in the end, I have a typical V shaped curve from 20 Hz to 20kHz. Leaving the EQ flat makes my 1100 watt system sound pretty bad, but I think most aftermarket car stereos in this truck will require the bass and Treble turned up anyway with the mids remaining in the middle.

 

Kenwood DNX-6960. Had it in the truck for years. Garmin nav, iPod controls, DVD, rear camera, USB, front microSD slot for maps, etc. Still stands up to the test of time and keeps on going.

 

Pioneer AVH X5700BHS

 

I originally replaced the stock Entune unit with an Entune Audio Plus, so I could listen to classical music on the HD channel. Within the last month, I replaced it again with an Entune Premium Audio with Navigation and App Suite. I have the under dash navigation antenna, but not the shark fin SiriusXM antenna. Since I am not going to subscribe to SiriusXM, this is not a problem.

 

My audio install next week having the Pioneer 8200nex put in.

 

Let me know how that works out. I'm still happy with the stock unit, but these things are a money pit.

 

I will let you know and post some pic's. I feel confident it is going to kick ass. My other double din Kenwood with GPS I love it. I will still have all my controls same as the factory headunit. The owner of the install place has Hybrid audio speakers in his car. I cannot wait till I here how my truck sounds. He told me my truck is going to sound better than my car. My car components speakers were 800.00 dollars

 

I have an old discontinued Eclipse AVN62D, It's a good head unit and still works great!