1990 Sony CDX-7520 Car CD Player Review and Test

[@wal]

Comment below about your first car audio head unit or one you recall from your dad or uncle from way back. Thanks for subscribing and remember to keep it old school!

[@der_pinguin44]

It was a double din Pioneer from the early 90s. I don't remember anything else...

[@thebestofall007]

Does this look familiar: uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20130831/2ubezuju.jpg I've been wanting to get my hands on one of those old SuperTuner IV units for a while. This unit was crazy expensive back in the day, about 1200-1600 dollars or something like that...

[@fallwind101]

A LearJet tape deck and a pair of 6x9's back in about 1988. I don't remember the cost but it was likely under $100.

[@scottmcrae7211]

Wow. My first in car CD player was a similar Sony (CDX-7540?) to this but with power....And oh how it did skip....

[@jhue73]

i think my first head unit was a coustic shaft style tape player, not sure what model.

[@brickwal92tt]

That cassette deck is sweet! I'd love to have one wired up today and listen to my tape collection!

[@mattmahoney9815]

My first CD player was the CDX-7560 & XK-8D tape deck. The CD player was notorious for skipping, and always had the E-04 code flash. A technician in the day told me that the laser(eye) mechanism in these units were very weak. The XK-8D had issues too, but less frequent. Still have the XK-8D, but junked the 7560 years ago. This review brings back vivid memories.

[@wal]

Awesome, thanks for sharing. My 7520’s volume buttons lost their click feel about 1yr and 1 day after I bought it. I was not happy with the Sony, got an Alpine 7903 and it gave me MANY years of reliable service

[@JaMarvelousjmar]

Glad you invited us on the trip down memory lane. My first system was a fultron 100 amp on a kicker comp 15. Wish I still had the amp to this day.

[@wal]

+jmar662 jmar662 thanks for joining me on the trip!

[@nvd05x]

My first system was fairly basic. Was back in 1999 i had a Sony cdx4005 running jbL 6x9s in the rear deck and a clarion pro audio 15" woofer in a nasty box i made at midnight in my mums garage. I picked up a nasty 2 channel audioline amp to run the sub and even at 200wrms my friends at the time were pretty impressed!

[@wal]

Yeah man, that's a kick-butt first system!

[@FLYBOY-eh5th]

Had the Sony XR7400 along with CDX7520 and the XE90 MKII EQ installed in my 1988 RX7 in 1990. Kenwood amps, Altec Lansing and Polk Audio front and rear speakers and two 6 X 9 Pyle Driver subs. The system looked and sounded awesome

[@WAKEFIELDRides]

I LOVE these old school Sonys! The styling of the buttons and the amber illumination matched the design of the dash in my older BMWs at the time. I wish head units in 2017 would take some styling cues from the clean design of the old ones. I had one of the Sony cassette decks from around this same year. So, I was running the Sony deck, a Jensen four-channel amp, a Coustic 2-way crossover, Rockford mids and Kicker tweeters mounted in custom kick panel pods, and a lone 15" JL Audio sub. This was my first real system after I was working during the summer after just graduating high school back in '92. I really kind of miss the "golden age" of car audio back then. :)

[@wal]

+Samuel Wakefield Car Audio was very expensive back then. You can get SO much more for your $$ today...

[@JacobFrey]

That tape deck is so cool! You can even give the tape head a proper cleaning with that setup.

[@wal]

+Jacob Frey yes, very true 🤙

[@jamestrapp3783]

Well, the tape drawer I sent you I imagine is the one you used in the video I had along with the pull out version of your CD player and then I had the XE8 digital eq all stacked up in my 73 Mach 1. My amp was the series 7 Hifonics Thor running the MTX Road Thunder 10" full range truck boxes I had seat belted in the back seat. I tried laying them down in the rear because my Mach had the fold down rear seat but it didn't sound to good s back seat it was. Oh the good old days!

[@wal]

+James Trapp wow bro, you sure did!! My bad for forgetting to give you a shout out!! 😔. I want to find an XE-8 so I can put together the same setup...just for show though

[@barthchris1]

Those MTX road thunders are what hooked me into car audio. Very distinct sound, definitely not audiophile quality but they were loud!

[@GroinsItchin]

Awesome video brought back so many memories, my first stereo was a Sony that looked just like that I don't remember the model number but it was like this just made a few years later. Good times your videos always take me back thanks so much!

[@wal]

Thanks for watching and commenting. I really enjoy reminiscing the old days and glad you guys like going back with me!

[@ralphlongo1975]

I was so freaking excited to see the actual tests! I'm also excited to see how clean it was, it makes me think about the Monty Python skit where the old man was yelling that he's not dead yet. Like, if your using the aux, it's still a great unit.

[@wal]

+ralph longo thanks for watching and commenting 👍👍

[@303nitzubishi4]

First head unit was around '93 a shaft style Alpine tape deck with matching underdash EQ. It didn't have an internal amp. My second headunit was a Kenwood CD player around mid '96. Rocked that thing in my Grand Am until late '99 when I sold it. Lots of different amps and subs in & out of that car through those years.

[@michaelhony4728]

I had that same CD player in my 1987 Mazda B2000 along with Rockford Fosgate components and a Punch 150. That CD player went through several amps and speakers. It would always skip so many seconds into the first track into a CD unless you pressed previous and then next. The little amp screwed to the back. An employee at the local car stereo store kept the amps from installs that did not require an "internal" amp and powered a system off of the little Sony amps.

[@chrizizdaman]

My first head unit in my first car was the Pioneer DEH-P7200 aka "The dolphin radio!" I still remember people getting in my car and how amazed they were to see the moving graphics on the head unit. That was revolutionary for 2001. Up to this day I've always had Pioneer HU and never had a problem with any of them. Also my system at the time was 2 Pioneer IMPP 12's and a 1600 watt Power acoustic amp (SPX-1600.) That Amp looked so cool with the clear top and the neon lights inside it. The whole trunk would light up at night!

[@wal]

+Chris614 awesome, thanks for sharing 🤙

[@chrizizdaman]

Thanks for the reply BigD. I just recently discovered your channel and I absolutely love it. Keep up the good work!

[@Brian1.]

Wow I had the 7560 pullout. Thanks for the video

[@OriginalBloc]

I actually got into car audio recently (2015) so weird cobbled setup. Stock headunit (for car systems integration), run into a Sony XM-GTX6040 driving some JBL GTO8608Cs, GTO8628 in series on the front outputs and a Infinity 860w subwoofer bridged on the rear outputs. It was an experience to wire and hear for the first time. Hope to have after market audio for the rest of my car buying career. Love your videos.

[@RocketFast321]

Still rocking my CDA-9827. Got it in 2004, and my dad's old Coustic 380 amp from like 1986

[@wal]

Oh yeah! Old school quality

[@07zx14White]

My filesystem was in my first car, a 91 Ford Escort hatchback. A detachable face Pioneer CD player, Rockford 6"1/2s 2 way coax in the front door kick panels, Rockford 4x6" 2 way coax in the inner rear fender humps, a Boss 900 watt two channel amp, and two 12" Cerwin Vega subs in a gigantic sealed enclosure bridged to 2ohms on the amp.

[@wal]

Oh yeah, Cerwin Vega subs! Those were the best

[@07zx14White]

BigDWiz They certainly used to be didn't they? They sounded outstandingly good even compared to today's stuff, I'm not talking competition spl. They just required such a large sealed enclosure per manufacturer specs. I can't remember the exact model but I bought them new in 97-98 and they had the double hump red surround instead of the single roll surround. Thanks for the vids brother we really appreciate them.

[@ArcadeDude44]

Very cool, I'm not too surprised at the awesome thd measurements on this old school deck. My first "system" was a crappy kraco cassette and realistic (radio shack) "booster" on wonderful factory speakers in my 4 cylinder Mustang! System & car were garbage, but that all changed a year later! My 5.0 Mustang I got when I was a senior had a Kenwood KRC-959 cassette with a Sony CDX-A10 changer! The factory speakers ran off of a Unic amp but my Collins 10" subs (tubes) ran off of my first "real" amp...my Kenwood KAC-920...which I still have!:)

[@wal]

+ArcadeDude44 we all have to start somewhere.

[@gabrielcarrillo8988]

Awesome video!!! My sister use to have a Sony like this back in her old Nissan Sentra. My first system was a Radio Shack Optimus tape player. I couldn’t afford a CD player until way after I left college.

[@shawnk4517]

That motorized cassette transport is DOPE!! :D

[@wal]

Especially if you can get the tape in correctly :-P

[@shawnk4517]

Lol

[@chadcurrent1645]

My first car cd player was a similar era sony. It skipped so bad I ended up complaining to the audio store and they finally let me trade it in for in store credit. Bought an Alpine one and it cost me $150 more than the sony. It was way better and I still have it. Still works too.

[@bdevine12]

I would love a review of the Pioneer DEQ-9200, I miss that EQ from back in my car audio days. I used to have that paired to a a Clarion, with a Kicker 12" Square-frame solobaric sub S12-L7 hooked up to old school Fosgate 500a2 and a 200a4 running some clarion components and a pair of Focal TN45's that just sounded wonderful. Ah I miss it all.

[@aztecred92]

Awesome throwback video. Love the graphic equalizer. I had a Alpine 7385 Tuner/Cassette Deck.

[@wal]

Thanks for watching and commenting! I love old school Alpine, they were SO much better than the same era Sony's IMO

[@NVMDSTEvil]

Many cd players have a potentiometer internally to adjust the pickup laser intensity. Helps a lot of units that wont read reliably and also helps against skipping. If they dont have the potentiometer you can identify the circuit and add a shunt circuit...

[@wal]

+Stephen M it would be nice to have it working, but it's really not worth my time trying to troubleshoot

[@TheWardog1369]

I love that half din tape deck, I liked how the Sony stuff looked like it was made for Ford. My first install I did myself was some blaupunkt by Sony any it didn't last long. It had a mechanical detachable face. My dad also borrowed my truck and cranked the based up when listening to new age. Replaced with a Pioneer Deh P3100 head unit and Cerwin-Vega 6002 speakers. I added a Hundred watt RF amp,. Wish I remembered the model. I also had a boss Iq 12 sub that I put behind the seat of my truck. It was an 80 F-150 I had In high school and college. Late 90s

[@wal]

+Warren S. thanks for watching, commenting and sharing your system

[@toddnunley8591]

Dude, love the Nostalgia stuff. My first indash car CD was a JVC with the caddy. (remember those). I was in the electronics service business in the 80s and 90s and if you recall skipping was a major issue for in-dash CD players. The life of the CD laser pickup was short. You could only get a good couple years at the most from the unit before the laser diode got too weak to play reliably and it would in turn be more likely to skip and reject discs. A replacement laser pickup was usually in the $100 range plus the cost to install and align so very few people decided to fix them.

[@wal]

+Todd Nunley thanks for watching and sharing your experience 👍

[@TechTimeWithEric]

Back in the day I had an 86 Camaro Z28 with an Audiovox Prestige CD player (my first CD head unit), Pioneer 8 inch IMPP in a bandpass box stuffed in the well ran off a 300ish Watt Rockford amp, Kenwood 4x6 speakers in the front and some cheapo Pioneer 6x9s in the rear factory locations. Pretty simple system, but sounded pretty darn good to me in the day lol.

[@wal]

Yeah man, doesn't take much to kick the butt of the old factory systems. Today's factory systems are MUCH better than the ones we had back then

[@barthchris1]

You ain't kidding! While lacking the sub bass I am extremely impressed with my the sound in my wifes lowly Toyota RAV4. The soundstage is unbelievable, you can tell a lot of work went into sound design.

[@bigassfordsd]

my first was a pioneer shaft style cassette player from the mid to late 80's, with some inexpensive K-mart urban audio works 12"s, jensen 3 way 6X9's and a booster equalizer. I didn have much money ate the time, so i had to use what i could afford. Funny thing is, i still have the 12's some where around here 20+ years later, and they work just fine.

[@wal]

Oh yeah, nothing wrong with that setup! I think a lot of us were embarrassed by not having "name brand" stuff back then, but turns out the cheaper stuff could do the job and at least give you some good sound. Then just buy the nicer stuff when you could save up enough to buy it. I remember even skipping lunch at school, saving my lunch money to put toward my system...that was serious business!

[@bigassfordsd]

I still have some old school JL Audio evolution xr 5.25's in my truck still putting in work 16 years later,and a crossfire VR302 amp from 2002. Have much nerew stuff in my car though.

[@Xx1SailorScoutxX]

My first HU was a JVC single din (I forgot the model; I bought it in 2003). I was running Pioneer 2-ways, no-name tweeters, a Bazooka amp, and a pair of Kicker 12's at 8 ohms.

[@wal]

+Elton Thomas nice setup. Thanks for watching and commenting 👌

[@caseytbss]

Great video! My first real head unit was Kenwood kdc-9000. I loved that thing, actually still have it and a Kenwood ps900. That 9000 had the quad illumination ..... was so awesome! My favorite of all time tho back in the day was Alpine 7930! It was pure heaven to have subwoofer control and be able to title radio stations and cds. Even better if you got the cd changer. I still use that Alpine hooked to my home audio set up. Or I can switch it to run off my power supply and Rockford 25 to life punch 150🤓

[@656hookemhorns]

My 1st car audio system was a Craig AM/FM cassette stereo, with 1 6x9 in the dash using the front channels bridged, and 2 Craig surface mount 4" speakers mounted overhead at the back of the cab of my 66 F100. The gas tank was behind the seat, so no subs and the door were steel, so I didn't want to cut them for speakers. Total cost was $100 in 1988.

[@wal]

6x9 center channel, yeah!

[@MrRenotstoner]

my uncle had one of these in his 75 c10 with 4 mtx terminators behind the seat. all powered my hifonics amps.

[@raymondward1009]

Early 1980's, I had a 1975 Camaro LT with a Sony XR-35 receiver, a pair of Pioneer TS-69's on the rear deck and a pair of Kricket 6 1/2's in the doors. The Pioneers where powered by an Alphasonik 40 watt per channel Class A amp and the Kricket's where powered by a Magnodine 22 watt per channel Class A/B amp with a built-in 7 band EQ. The whole system put about every thing I drove up beside to shame, the Pioneers couldn't handle half the Class A goodness from that Alphasonik amp even if they where rated at twice the wattage of the amps out-put. The Krickets did a fine job of handling the Magnadyne although the unit wasn't as beastly as the Alphasonik.

[@wal]

Wow, not many systems back in the early 80's. Love that setup! We had an EQ/Booster in our '79 Dodge Van powering some Jensen 6x9's in the back. Alphasonik made some great amps! Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@stevegarrard4601]

cdx 5180 was my first back in 92. I agree the skipping was pretty bad. moved on to an eclipse 55040 years later and loved that one. I probably still have them both packed up somewhere

[@wal]

I never owned an Eclipse, but always heard good things about them

[@gettinthrewlife76]

Back in the day I used to have the combination Sony CD player and tape player in my Buick Regal. I also had two Autotec amps, Kenwood components and two 10 MTX FREE AIR SUBS. Man those were the days, ✌️ out bro

[@wal]

Funny you mention Autotek...I remember the first time I saw them at a local car audio shop. They were comparing them to the RF Punch amps saying they were better. I got Autotek and Audiovox mixed up and thought they were fools...turns out those Autotek amps were NO JOKE!!

[@gettinthrewlife76]

BigDWiz I miss those amps. And yeah they did work on my MTX subs.✌️ out Big D

[@tonyf9896]

Wow... Pulled out my CDX-7560 I originally had on my '87 Toyota Supra. Connected up the head unit with cassette. Cassette works great. CD would just load then eject also. Unit was stored in a box for over 25 years so not surprised. Seems like CD player didn't age well. From the service manual appears CD hub is direct drive with no belts. I never hear it spin up so assume motor has seized. Will check it out later.

[@edrickmendez7978]

My first audio system was in my father 89 Ford Aerostar back in 95 i was jamming with 2 - 15's MTX Thunder 7000 "Black Model" with the last good damn amp that Boss Audio made Chaos Series 2000.1 "Plexiglass Version".. In the doors I installed 4 - 6x9" Pioneers 2 way with another Boss Audio Chaos Series 1000.4 "Plexiglass " with 1.5" Boss Audio Component Tweeter and Radio was Power Acoustic with 7 band Equaliser of the same brand..man I miss the old days cutting class Fridays to go to the Beach! 😎👌

[@wal]

Those MTX 7000's were killer. Nice setup!

[@edrickmendez7978]

BigDWiz yeah..I know miss the old days..keep up the good videos!

[@CarPhonix]

Oh man!!!!! That thing is awesome!

[@wal]

Thanks bro!

[@MeatPopsycle]

That tape deck is awesome

[@wal]

I think so too...it really made this video since the CD mech didn't work

[@bobanmilz6512]

used Orion 2125sx, single used Orion XTR 12 in a bandpass box. 2 sets of matching Orion components 5 1/4. Then 2 10" XTR IB in a sealed box blew them. Ditched everything bought 2 10" Kicker Comp (gold lettering) big sealed box and at the time isobaric setups were getting popular tried that with Infinity reference 6.5 componets. First CD player a was a Blaupunkt pullout...that someone stole with my Trineer and Friends disc in it...they left the cage though. I love the channel! You got me hyped up and I put a system in my garage. Alpine CDA9883/JL audio bluetooth/MTX Thunder 275x/MTX 12"/2.5cu.ft. ported box/ 4 Pioneer 6.5 coaxials.

[@bobanmilz6512]

In the basement.... mtx blue thunder 10", Kenwood KPX-120 Tri-mode x over, Soundstream Reference 200, Boss Eq, Pioneer 6.5 coax....Radio shack 25amp power supply

[@wal]

Awesome bro, thanks for sharing!

[@wal]

Oh yeah, sweet setup!

[@bobanmilz6512]

BigDWiz ...Like I said before I love this channel! Brings back a lot of memories, Thank you.

[@twiseii260]

Now thats old school bro!

[@wal]

+T Wise II no diggity!!

[@jasonshawaga3413]

My first was an early 90s alpine cd player, power acoustik 12 inch woofer in a truck rider box, power by a power acoustik 2 channel amp. Ran the stock dash speaker in a 1981 ford f-150. Back in 1993 i thought my stuff was awesome haha.

[@wal]

+Jeff Shawaga Alpine had the best head units! Thanks for watching and commenting

[@tomcatjunior9730]

Yeah Son !! Blue Thunder 10s. First woofers I ever saw and heard.

[@wal]

Loves me some Blue Thunders!

[@bobdodge3171]

My very 1st car stereo was a Sherwood tape deck, two thump 12" LOLZ. Powered by a marantz powered eq. Wow how times have changed lol. The marantz was the best thing in the car then.

[@wal]

+Bobdodge I was wondering when someone was going to feed up to having a powered EQ or "booster". Nice!!

[@mikemccabe952]

The cdx7520 was my 1st deck I got..like a year or 2 later I upgraded to the amplified version after I swapped out one for someone and traded my 7520 for his amplified version which ran to an old orion 280gx out to 2-12" mtx blue thunders

[@ericxiong6582]

First system: Flea market Pioneer coaxials, Alpine "2-knob" in a 1983 Nissan Sentra. Couldn't complain though.... being 16yrs old and not a care in the world back in the early 90s.

[@wal]

😬👍

[@ryanmoore9877]

The blue thunder woofers were one of my favorites...dont remember the model number but my first legit head unit was the first pioneer CD with the dolphins on the display

[@wal]

It would be cool if MTX would release an anniversary edition of the Blue Thunder subs....I know they did several over the years, but it's been too long

[@dakillerklown]

first system. two kicker comp 12's. Jensen 400 watt amp. some old Toshiba CD player. stock factory speakers in my 1979 ford ltd the two door version. My hoopty back in 98

[@wal]

Nothing wrong with that setup! Thanks for watching and commenting

[@dakillerklown]

BigDWiz no problem I like what you do. when you do the New amps it helps me with my amp choices for amps for my new system

[@djrumple9761]

alpine cva-1000 was my first and been in love with alpine every since....but it did cost a months pay back then lol

[@Hyperion65]

The reason they skipped is because they only had a damper on the cd mechanism. Back then they did not have what's called a "buffer". or "read ahead" A buffer is a chip or circuit that the cd writes to, then the chip outputs the nessasay 1s and 0s to the output circuit. The CD may be skipping but you will not hear the skipping because the buffer puts the digital signal back together at the skipping points before its outputted to the output circuit.

[@hellogoodbye8844]

Mine was a Sony tape deck pull out and a kenwood amp with some Jensen 10s sealed house boxes.

[@wal]

+Julio Garcia oh yeah, pull out baby!

[@KAuto26]

Man I couldn't afford a CD player head unit until after high school. My car had a JVC tape player with the adapter for a Discman, and a Punch 60 transana I bought at the thrift store pushing a pair of JBL dual voice coil 15s that I learned to wire at 1 ohm from reading a magazine. Sometimes I miss being 17 and stupid as opposed to being 36 and stupid like now.

[@wal]

I saved up for almost a year to buy the first system you see in this vid. Mowing grass, saving birthday/Christmas money and such. I was on a mission to have a system. I recall a lot of my friends had tape decks with Discman's back then. Lol that last sentence comment!

[@trailerpark187]

Urban audio head unit. Single Atomic 12" urban audio amp. I dont remember the serial numbers. But i also had a pair or urban audio 12" i bought from Target back in the day. Those things took a beating.

[@wal]

+NTH Welding UAW FTW 👍

[@barthchris1]

Holy crap! I had a similar version back in 1990/1991 I think it was the CDX-5040, fed into a Kenwood 4042 for sub control/crossover. Two kicker C10s in a DIY sealed I forgot what mids/highs, most likely coax. I know for a fact the one I had was a pullout, not detachable. I pulled it out every day/night, was a PIA after a while. It did skip with every bumpMust of bumped it too hard one day and the laser "lost track", cost me a fortune getting it fixed. Sure beat the JVC twin knob tape deck that preceded it!

[@wal]

👌😬👍

[@bkrgls]

Dude I'm going crazy over that eq. I miss eqs like that. I love knobs and tiny leds. Buttons are o.k....but knobs to me just have more of a classic audioplhile look and feel(the good ones LOL! ). Finer control of your adjustments. But, I think that my first head unit was a Sanyo tape deck. I was in love with that unit. I remember buying it from Bud's. As soon as I got it in my car in the parking lot of the store...I hooked it up right there. You couldn't tell me nothing. It didn't have that BS tone control...it had separate bass and treble controls. It had the feature that would allow you to flip to the other side of the tape without having to take it out manually. Was this called the PROG feature? I think it was even good enough to stop at the beginning or ending of songs whenever you press RR or FF. My first C.D. player was a Sony that came from Crutchfield probably around 1996 or 1997. Sounded very good, but the skips were too annoying. It cost between $200 - $220. I'm that guy who was and still is anal about my CDs. I kept them clean as possible. What pushed me away form Sony was when a $99 Kenwood kicked my Sony's "butt" in CD playback. One of my friends had that Kenwood and he was the type of guy who just tossed his CDs around like rags. LOL! I will never forget that day. He had a stratched up C-Murda CD and he was bumpin it. So, I wanted to see what it sounded like in my car...well, that Sony wasn't having it. Spit it out. LOL! He had one Petras Prowler 15 and I had 3 10 inch W6s on an MTX 2300. Ah man...I miss those days!

[@wal]

I hated the buttons too!! Most head units during the early 90's used buttons, even Alpine moved to buttons. This is why I stuck with my 7903 after the Sony crapped out. You had auto reverse with your Sanyo Tape deck. Kids today don't know the struggle of using cassette tapes!!

[@bkrgls]

BigDWiz You right about that. I remember it taking me awhile to get used to the sound of CDs. At first the bass and mids didn't seem as smooth and the highs seem a little too brite. Then when mp3s first came out...I was like WTF have they done to music...this is horrible! 😭 LOL!

[@MrBrymstond]

I found that every time I ever had this problem finding a model of electronics if it was a computer or stereo surround and even my HDMI Cables, it was a Black Friday Deal, not kidding and that explains late in 1990. I'd bet that's when you bought it...

[@MrBrymstond]

I could never get the drivers for a Black Friday Laptop if I lost that CD/DVD

[@liveyourbestlife3785]

My first was a pioneer DEH-10, I used it to power two house speakers in the backseat of my first car. I have no idea what the ohm load they were, I had no knowledge of such things then. Back then I thought it sounded good.

[@wal]

Sweet, house speakers in da car. I did the same for a period of time, more important for sounds than to worry about how it looks, lol

[@Stikkzz]

my 1st one too

[@hectorortega9131]

My First Decent System Back in 1987,, Alpine Tape deck, pairof 6" Clairons in the front an 2 MTX (pink series cant remember the model but they needed no box,, infinite baffle type subs). all ran by a a small RF Punch 45.. lol. i remember i had to get a Co-Sing to get it Finance, i total was like 800 some dlls.

[@wal]

+Hector Ortega MTX Eliminators!! They were gray with pink writing. Awesome system, thanks for watching, commenting and sharing your system 🤙

[@misturchips]

CDX-A10 for me w/ the analog 'surround' delay for the rear speakers!

[@wal]

oh man, that was the bee's knees!

[@misturchips]

Yeah - I still have the grey 10-disc magazine that only came with the A10.. I believe my pal still has both of my CDX-A10's in his closet, along with some no-namo "Turbo" amps we used to use for driving subs in our vans before I switched to PPI. That A606.2 was a helluva machine! You're welcome to test any of the PowerClass amps I may have left (4X50, 1X200), art series (4X25, 2X25), or even the 'Turbo' amps to see just what the heck they'll doo. Also have an ES-series head unit that has the burr-brown 4V output op-amps in it - sounds tremendous!

[@sleeper10s61]

Awesome vid. Man my first system I had was some pioneer from the early 90s deck and 12s not sure if they Watts and I had it in a 85 Dodge Caravan and I loved it everyone in highschool loved it too poop can with some bass what is there not to love

[@wal]

Sweet man, we all had to start somewhere. I used to be embarrassed of my '79 Ford Courier, funny they are in demand now, lol

[@iceman45ification1]

Wow dude that's a time capsule right there. Lol. I had one of the first Sony CD players too. Thing gave me nothing but problems with skipping. Any little crack on the road would make it skip. Eventually I ended up with Alpine and never had a problem again and stuck with the brand. My first system was a pretty much all fleamarket stuff. Lol. Had a set of Pyle 12's and two Motorola piezo tweeters pushed by a Sentrek 100w amp.

[@wal]

+Danny Caballero I'm with you...early 90's Alpine head units were the best!! I think we all had Piezo's at one time, soft some tweets were expensive back then! Pyle subs won't bad at all and I'm sure the Sentrek pushed them good 👍

[@HifiVega]

Danny Caballero that's why I had that 30 second skip protection!

[@iceman45ification1]

hifivega Now why didn't think of that!! 😅😅😅

[@JAMPROSOUND]

Mine was a cdx-5460. I had the remote too.

[@wal]

Did yours skip like a school girl playing hopscotch too? 👈😜

[@kenbyers9795]

The red and black Orion is a 1994 amp xtr first amp in 94 I have the book on that year

[@wal]

Great amps

[@Anonymous-tm1jn]

Mine was a Pioneer DEH-1500 "Super Thunder 3D"

[@wal]

+Anonymous417 😊🤙

[@meatem1]

My first was a nakamichi cd-7 paired with a MB-7 in the trunk. With a Yamaha ypa-1000. MB quart qm components.

[@wal]

Oh man, that's a super nice setup!

[@crystalstanborough4053]

that " tape " was sum rocken shit! nothen but head bangers here till my bro started playing some m&m stuff.... not my flavour but to each there own.... had Alpine decks because, used and what was cheap lol

[@wal]

Rock on!! 🤟

[@indopleaser]

getting what you pay for in the hayday of american car audio! bought a car stereo for my friends car at one point in the past.

[@chrisjarrett2473]

Dude great video if you ever sell that Hot Shot eq let me know I had the Fultron model back in the day I actually had 2 different model a full din and that 1/2 din and have never found another one. But my first new head unit was a Fultron cd player 1990 cost $450 and it skipped like a kid.

[@wal]

+Chris Jarrett those old EQ's with the lights are funky aren't they? Something about watching dancing lights that just makes me smile 😊

[@chrisjarrett2473]

Yeah I know the feeling

[@kuntry7278]

I had a sony do the same thing back in 93 and i found i had to have the antenna hooked up or ground the antenna input to the CD player case

[@wal]

oh, gonna have to try that, thanks!

[@303nitzubishi4]

Idk man this video doesn't look familiar. I have a mobileES tape deck from this same era, obviously the buttons are laid out completely different but all the same buttons are there, and the RCA aux in etc are those same blocks. The halfDIN tape deck here is waaay cool I'd actually like to know more about that!

[@kenrivers9757]

My cd player like that had the aux hole on the front for your walkman lol

[@wal]

Oh yeah, you were ballin’

[@kenrivers9757]

@@wal lol naw you ballin with the diff color lum button. My original one like that didnt have the lum just orange. Lol

[@jerrynierzejewski5612]

You bought that for 400 and in 93 I bought a Denon slightly used from a local dealers show car for 400

[@kevin666b]

did you try to clean the laser with a cleaning disk or qtip? its probably dusty inside

[@wal]

I need to try this!

[@andresramos7865]

Hey BigDWiz, could you dino an old volfenhag zx7190

[@TheLolo919]

Used to have the tape deck

[@wal]

My brother had it, the Sony CDX-R77 and the Sony XE-8 EQ. I need to find one of those EQ's to show off the full setup!

[@thebestofall007]

My first system had an Audiovox Rampage K-4768Q tape deck from 1998. I was 13 years old at the time with it installed in my dad's old '71 Chevy C10 pickup, along with an Audiovox Rampage AMP772 equalizer/booster, and a pair of Audiovox Rampage TRY32 6x9s in wedge boxes. The deck's knobs broke, and I blew the speakers on a real amp. My absolute first car CD Player was the Jensen CD330X, shown here: i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTIwMFgxNjAw/$(KGrHqJHJCIE9Ep1Utj3BPVtjgVUqQ~~60_57.JPG?set_id=8800005007, from 2000 that I found in the trash because that cheap blue volume/tuning toggle switch was broken completely off, so I had to jury rig a setup that will activate the push buttons on the PCB that controlled volume and trk/tune, NOT an easy task. The unit sounded awesome, but it had a dark display, and had a very weak tuner that overloaded easily on really strong stations, and it didn't seek out stations well at all. I later got my hands on a Pioneer DEH-31/DEH-345 from 1998 in a trade around 2002, but it had been fried and abused previously and I had to repair it with a soldering iron, and It still didn't outlast a Pioneer KEH-1800 I had since getting it new in 1999. I had the '1800 for 10 years until 2009, and I had the DEH-31 for about a year.

[@wal]

+thebestofall007 awesome! Thanks again for informing me of this head unit. Fun reliving the old times and it appears a lot of folks enjoyed seeing it and the XK-8D motorized cassette deck

[@thebestofall007]

Youuuurrre welcome.

[@dr.trichome6419]

Deh-980 bt premier lost the face plate in a fire still got the unit though best deck ever made even to this day i cant find its replacemen. My dad had tye krc-999

[@wal]

+wayne clark keep watch on eBay, bet a face will show up

[@stereomann83]

we had the sony cd-x4040 that looks alot like this head unit and a ocustic amp and we had a denon dcr 5320 cassette pioneer deh 730

[@wal]

I remember the 4040, a lot of the early Sony models looked alike

[@emerybryant]

hmm my 1st system o.o i dont even recall at this point. lol the one i had the longest was a set of pioneers (some old ass ones that were like 10 years old when i bought em and still lasted me another 7 years or so) with a sony amp. when i went to a shop to have the system switched to another vehicle the stupid ass that installed it, cranked the gain and fried the subs -_- so i been upgrading since lol i want more and more power every time i think about it!

[@wal]

It can be addicting for sure

[@emerybryant]

thats for sure man! love the bass :D but one thing i learned. be careful who installs what! i either do my own stuff or have a friend help me and we make sure to use dd1 or oscope to set gains now!

[@twobuck4093]

I have one of thos early Sony's as well, skipped like a school girl over every pebble and crack in the road. Garbage. was soon replaced by a Blaupunkt pullout w/CD changer.

[@HifiVega]

You trying to break the tape deck? 😉

[@wal]

Seems I was...I obviously forgot the trick to loading the cassette into the XK-8D. I always hated cassettes, still do, lol

[@HifiVega]

BigDWiz I was a cassette hold out lol I refused the digital disc for far too long...

[@mr.amp0076]

Yo.... Wizzzz.... Love ya....

[@wal]

+Ranjan Gupta 🤘😎

[@g-style4466]

I remember the loud button get really loose and fall off

[@wal]

The volume buttons stuck on mine just after the 1yr warranty period was over. I found an Alpine 7903 used about 100 miles away in a Trading Post classified flyer, drove to pick up that bad boy and man I'm glad I did. The best head unit I ever owned. Lasted 10 plus years over 3 cars and last time I checked (2 years go), it still work!

[@dewaynecurle7396]

Alpine 7903.

[@wal]

That the deal! Did you know the "s" model didn't have aux inputs, but the original 7903 with flat play/pause button has Aux inputs? I have both, will show in a future video

[@nukedathlonman]

I thought Sony "Xpold" decks and later got finicky and cranky like that and the older ES and prior gear was fairly rock solid. Hope you can figure out why it's acting up and it's an easy fix. :-( As for my first deck, well, it was a rather simple and dull low power Craig AM/FM cassette deck that was better then having an empty hole where a radio should have been in my car. Then I had some cheap 3-way "300W" Legacy 6x9's in the rear and Audiovox 5.25 coaxial's in the front. But things quickly morphed to equaly shady stuff to some pretty good stuff from there. ;-)

[@wal]

+Reggie Reginato oh yeah, some sounds are better than none. I wonder how many of those "3-way" speakers had actual working tweeters? Something tells me they were only there for looks 🤔

[@nukedathlonman]

BigDWiz I think they all worked... but as ear shreders. LOL

[@g-style4466]

I want to say the Sony cassette tape was like a quartered din 8mm for some reason I don't know why the 8 millimeter sticks out I could be wrong

[@envisionelectronics]

Nope - it was half DIN

[@lesterlancaster9708]

Mine was a Sony with the entire chassis pull out. Lol

[@wal]

The CDX-7560 was this way. I think the CDX-R79 (older model) was as well. My Alpine 7903 was a pullout and could be swapped with Alpine tape deck models during the time

[@kenrivers9757]

Every one of those darn models skipped bad...but they read scratched cd good..

[@wal]

Skipped like a mutha

[@elesjuan]

My first system was a Kenwood excelon kdx-x817 head unit, some Boston 5.4 components, and an xtant 202m running two Fosgate punch 8" subs. This was all stuffed in a 1988 piece of shit Ford Ranger. It bumped. Wish I still had that amp...