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Old 03-06-2007, 05:14 PM
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Was on Alpines website looking at Head Units and Displays. I was wondering why their best head unit costs $2400 and their best display is only $1600.
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because they are designed for different things.

also, building a great headunit is harder than making a decent screen. When you put a flip up screen in your dashboard, your sacrificing a TREMENDOUS ammount of valuable space that is needed to make an award winning SQ headunit
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The headunit incorporates much more electronics wise, and therefore cost wise?
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long story short... if all you care about is sound then you wouldnt want a screen.... good SQ costs more to engineer than a screen.
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