9887 Review im looking for...

[Sinister_kid 10+ year member]

Well ive searched and searched, but i cant seem to find this specific review ive been looking for. It compared the 9887 to the 880 and some other decks, and it rated them very well.

Was wondering if anybody knows of this review?

Thanks.

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[UCF52 10+ year member]

I believe Nismos14 did one. Search for threads started by him.

 

[jdc753 10+ year member]

^^ What he said. Also I think a Clarion Unit was thrown into the mix. Very good review.

 

[MikeyB 5,000+ posts]

Yeah Im pretty sure Nismo did a review, was very good. Its actually what I used when I decided on my 9887. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[Sinister_kid 10+ year member]

thanks guys! i found it.

 

[Lil Poot 5,000+ posts]

i just switched to the 880 from the 9887. controls, i have to say i prefer the alpine. i havent been able to get used to the pioneer's knob control, although its only been a week. for sound, and adjustability, the 880 wins hands down. looks, i prefer the 9887.

one major thing i noticed was that the 9887 NEVER skipped from bass and would play scratched up cd's. my 880 is picky, it has to have a cd in good condition, and even with a perfect one, it skips when my bass hits. my sub stage is a little more than needed though.

 

[UCF52 10+ year member]

i just switched to the 880 from the 9887. controls, i have to say i prefer the alpine. i havent been able to get used to the pioneer's knob control, although its only been a week. for sound, and adjustability, the 880 wins hands down. looks, i prefer the 9887.
one major thing i noticed was that the 9887 NEVER skipped from bass and would play scratched up cd's. my 880 is picky, it has to have a cd in good condition, and even with a perfect one, it skips when my bass hits. my sub stage is a little more than needed though.

Interesting, I just fried my 880, so I'm am trying to decide between another 880 or the 9887. Hmm...

 

[MikeyB 5,000+ posts]

i just switched to the 880 from the 9887. controls, i have to say i prefer the alpine. i havent been able to get used to the pioneer's knob control, although its only been a week. for sound, and adjustability, the 880 wins hands down. looks, i prefer the 9887.
one major thing i noticed was that the 9887 NEVER skipped from bass and would play scratched up cd's. my 880 is picky, it has to have a cd in good condition, and even with a perfect one, it skips when my bass hits. my sub stage is a little more than needed though.

x2, I completely agree. In the future Im thinking about the 880, Im just such an alpine fanboy, I love the looks of them, always have.

 

[MikeyB 5,000+ posts]

If they just expanded the eq in the 9887 it would be amazing. Ive only got 5 bands to play with.....Pioneer has like 12 bands iirc. Thats the only thing it has thats better imo

 

[jdc753 10+ year member]

If they just expanded the eq in the 9887 it would be amazing. Ive only got 5 bands to play with.....Pioneer has like 12 bands iirc. Thats the only thing it has thats better imo

Exactly, and its a shame is such a big factor though. Love the Alpine but that single limitation just plain sucks.

 

[khanhfat 10+ year member]

9887 is decent HU that does lots of stuff //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif. Pioneer one is great as well but for pure SQ, i cross those 2 HU out //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[Sinister_kid 10+ year member]

I played with a 9887 today.. its really sweet. the only thing i dont like is you need to get tuned imprint to unlock bass/treble.

I found a local shop that will install the deck and tune it for 460$. Deck is 400$ and tuning is 60$

good deal?

 

[rusty_armadillo 10+ year member]

i have one ill sell you for 150 plus shipping PM me if interested

 

[khanhfat 10+ year member]

9887 price drop like nuts Ebay that sucker //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif .

Tuning kit, it wont give u immediate satisfy results, u have to do it couple of time to get it right

 

[AVX Mike 10+ year member]

I have two 9887 decks and a pioneer 800prs. As far as user eq feature the pioneer has more, but the imprint tuning on the 9887 is really good. Doesn't quite get it where I want it to be, but does amazing things for the sound. I have each deck running active and the imprint improves my imaging and staging better than the pioneer. I only decided to get the pioneer for something different than yet another 9887. (Gotta love having four sq comp cars to play with stuff in) Unless something else really b/a comes out I'm looking at another 9887 in my camaro, possibly the clarion or a mac. 9887 is a great deck though. I have not been unhappy with mine since I got them.