Best affordable head units?

[Shran]

I replaced the head units in my Explorer and the wife's 95 Ranger recently, I put a Pioneer MVH-S320BT (single DIN, no CD player) in the Explorer and a Kenwood KMM-BT260U (also single DIN, no CD) in the Ranger. Pretty happy with both, I like the interface on the Kenwood better but the Bluetooth connection is kinda finicky sometimes.

I also put four Pioneer 6x8s in the Ranger and two in the Explorer + two Kenwood 6x8s. I don't have an amp and am just running them right off the head unit but the Pioneers sound much better. I can crank the volume way up in the Ranger and it sounds nice and clear, Explorer gets kinda crackly for some reason at near max volume.

 

[Chapap]

Also, if your rear speakers mount on the plastic trim, don't bother with them. I tried my best on mine and it was just time/money wasted.

Mounting Speakers On Trim Panel

My 94 single cab rear speakers are mounted to the plastic trim panel. Of course this goes against all box design basics, but I don’t intend to do major surgery to fix it. Anyone have recommendations to improve the situation? My current plan is to just line the panel with 80 mil butyl sound...

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