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[kongmen]

Trying to educate myself on this subject. What does MOSFET mean? Is there a web sight I could go to when I have a chance to pick up a stereo component so I could tell if it's a quality unit or not, somewhere I could match up model numbers? For instance I can get a pioneer MOSFET DE H-P7300 hu right now but I don't know if it's a quality unit or not. Thanks.

[gilligan]

MOSFET is a type of circutry that is designed to give you more power to your speakers. Alot of CD players and amplifiers have been designed this way for years. A cd player that puts out good rms (constant power to your speakers) Will sound great. when you are looking for a deck you have rms and peak power.

Buy from crutchfield I think they have great buys. you get everything you need to do the job yourself. They make it pretty much plug and play.

Hope this helps

[Nestor]

MOSFET stands for "Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor" MOSFET's, by design, have a better sound/noise ratio, amongst other qualities. They are much more common in amplifiers, so not really a unique feature as they might have been 15 years ago.

Pioneer itself is popular and has some good quality products. You might try carsound.com or epinions.com and try and locate a review or forum thread.

the pioneer website might be of help to give you specs on the hu if it's a current model.

[lizardking]

MOSFET's as mentioned above is standard today even on the lower end gear..Not a big deal... I've had good luck with the Pioneer Premier brand in the past and it's just about the same price as the standard Pioneers.

Units to consider:

Alpine
Kenwood Excelon
Pioneer Premier
Eclipse