European Alpine head-units (better quality?)...

[Slaugh]

so, I, with nothing to do, stumbled upon a pic of the Alpine CDA-7998R.. for those who do not know, the R sufix stands for European models of Alpine decks...

what surprised me at first glance was the fact that the body of it is copper plated, what could point out that the European alpines are made for better quality rather than the americans...

http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/8166/3mt3.jpg

also, notice that it's made in Japan.. usually, the american alpines are made in Korea ou China :uhoh:

a few other european models of alpine head-units (the difference in the color of the faceplate and buttons are noticeable)...

9815RB (9815)

http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/938/alpine98154wq7.jpg

9812RB (9813???)

http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/3460/cda9812rbti8.jpg

9833R (9833)

http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/7979/scorpio131108559944postbb0.jpg

9827R (9827)

http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/3076/alpinecde9827rbbu0.jpg

9835R (9835)

http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/474/cimg1946ph8.jpg

European is always better than american... even their chicks..




















jk

[gl0ck]

9835 looks sick.

[cesar418]

I wonder if these differences are with all the products alpine sell liks subs and amps...

[whitemax]

That 7998R also has a digital output. I thought about getting one and hooking it up to my PXA-H600 a few years ago.