Alpine CDE-205DAB CD/ Bluetooth Car Radio, Black

Sounds really good as most Alpine products. Got it for the mrs car as a gift and it makes a world of difference sound wise (without changing any speakers). It's got everything you need in a car stereo.

In all my years fitting car radios, this Alpine is simply the best! Not too fiddly to setup, nor tune into stations - also the Bluetooth capability is perfect too.. just one niggle would be a 3rd FM band so putting some extra presets on - it looks like I can upgrade the firmware too which I'll give it a go! So far so good! I'll keep you posted :) Well recommended!

I purchased this to replace an earlier Alpine unit to provide me with BT streaming and DAB audio and I am very pleased with the upgrade. My fitter told me he had absolutely no problems installing it (it only took half-an-hour!) and the sound quality is excellent!

Lost a star because there is no case for the removable front panel, and nobody seems to sell one deep enough. Otherwise I cannot fault it.

Alpine for years has been synonymous with quality. In a sense this continues…. I’ll be blunt, I have been fitting Alpine head units to my cars since 1997 starting with the TDA-7556R through the CDA-9813R and CDA-137BTi. Now it is at the CDA-137BTi where it started losing the hewn from stone build quality, though to be fair they also became cheaper and the actual head unit amplification produced less outright power. For sure the abilities, Spotify, FLAC, DAB radio compatibility were added and are welcome to the latest head units. But the previous head units like the 9813R really did not necessarily need add on amplification to float my boat. Enter this CDE-205DAB which was fitted to my runaround Fiat Panda…. This coupled to Focal Performance PS165-V1 front components, Focal icu130 rear coaxials, a Focal impulse 4-320 amplifier and a Rockford Fosgate P300-10 subwoofer. Obviously this system coupled with sound deadening is not going to sound bad at all and in a Fiat Panda it simply shines. Any system is only as good as each of the components in the chain and in that, the Alpine CDE-205DAB plays it’s part as I expect it to, providing a clean signal for the amplifier and speakers to give of their best…. It does this well. I do however find it a bit tight fisted of Alpine to no longer include a case for the removable face of the head unit… Certainly every other head unit from them had this included, but I guess sometimes corners get cut. So long as sonically the CDE205-DAB delivers and it does, I guess this is a small niggle…… It also includes phone call support which is also handy…. I am pleased with how the Alpine CDE205-DAB compliments my other car sound system components and am happy to recommend it

Value for money, great looking and sounds super

Great sound quality, easy to use, has great subwoofer control settings. Dab is great. Bluetooth connectivity is easy to use.

This is my 4th stereo in my van by far the best