Had a nice trip down to Ilford today to see Andy_ccr and the Car Audio Centre showroom. Dead easy to find too - the shop's big and slap bang on the A12 with a nice clear sign so you can't miss it!

Although I already had in mind the head unit I fancied, Andy gave me a good run through of his stock (lots...) and even produced coffees

Went for the Sony CDX-F7500 (see piccies), which now installed looks the business, and sounds wicked too - the dedicated sub-out and corresponding headunit control has really made things sound a lot better than the aged Kenwood unit I previously had in the fabia... Now to start burning some MP3 CDs to use in it...

Big thanks to Andy - good advice, good price and excellent service... I know where I'll be going for future ICE purchases...

very bling, mate! :speaker: :speaker:

Personally I don't like the idea of the big screen on the HU but it looks the dog's danglies on that one! ( almost sat-nav like... :eek: )

Looks a lot better than many recent Sonys , and the separate sub controls will come in very handy.

How much was it?

Also has a removable face, unlike some of the earlier sonys...

Liked it because of the combination of the display and the aluminium look...

Very nice HU there Steve.

Andy's place is a great place for anything ICE orientated and I shall be going back there in the future if I need anything to do with sounds.

CDX-F7500 retail is meant to be somewhere around

Andy - what can you do for me in the line of Fabia component door speakers?

I've been looking online at Cerwin Vega stuff which you can get dirt cheap from the USA compared to over here...