Alpine CDA-9887 Listed in Crutchfield

[CrazedCat 10+ year member]

Man this thing needs to come out already. I need a new HU asap.

 

[Babs 10+ year member]

It's killin' ya.. ain't it! //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

yeah.. me too. :/

 

[CrazedCat 10+ year member]

Been checking every **** day for the past 3 weeks! //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif

I like the features I've been reading about...got...to...hold...out...

Starting to get an itchy trigger finger on the CD7100

 

[Babs 10+ year member]

Don't do it man! Breathe! Breathe! Get your finger off that mouse... don't add to cart!

Even if you have to stick a $50 sony in your dash for a few more weeks to hold you over. hehehehe

I'll probably have to wait for a few months before I can within-budget pull the trigger anyway on any gear. I just made high bidder on a crazy 12" SQ sub I can't even install yet.. But I guess it will light a fire under me at least to start planning on the car install.

Got to pull my OEM and do some harness surgery to get the aux cabling out so I can sell it first before I do a 9887.. Unless I find a silly deal on a 3sixty.2 maybe or ms-8 or H650 (if they'd ever hit the market).

 

[grampi 10+ year member]

Alpine may have realized it was a mistake to dump the sound quality related features (time correction, EQs, etc) in favor of making their units compatable with every form of media out there. However, I still doubt this unit will have as many features as the Premiers.

 

[Babs 10+ year member]

I'm hoping all the brands will realize this. I don't think I'm the only one that couldn't care less about a cute color screen as well. I'm all about good circuit boards, dac's, processing, noise reduction and long-term rock-solid reliability/performance.

 

[Prowler573 5,000+ posts]

Looks to have a pretty good feature set for a suggested retail of $400 //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

7-band GEQ switchable to a 5-band PEQ...

6-channel T/A...

Burr-Brown DAC...(although not an ODD setup which is odd to me...)

And for those that are decidedly not fans of motorized faceplates of any kind?

The 9887 doesn't have one //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[grampi 10+ year member]

It almost seems like car audio is going the way of home audio, that is whereas all components are becoming throw-away items. They probably figure you're going to be looking to upgrade every 3-4 years anyway because of advances in technology, so why build them to last longer than that? I also think they are going the wrong way with features. They're doing away with features that allow for things that directly effect SQ in favor of adding those that support external bells and whistles. I'd rather have the SQ stuff.

 

[desertheat 10+ year member]

9835 is basically the same deck as the 9887, and the 9887 is taking forever to get here and the overseas people are price gouging them like auaudio so I bought another 9835 to hold me over until I can test out the 9887.

Asked alpine about a release date 4-5 times and they NEVER have an answer... just it is coming this summer, and I reply it is freakin 114 outside and I still do not see it for sale!! Sheesh. You need more summer than this to release it?

 

[Prowler573 5,000+ posts]

It almost seems like car audio is going the way of home audio, that is whereas all components are becoming throw-away items. They probably figure you're going to be looking to upgrade every 3-4 years anyway because of advances in technology, so why build them to last longer than that? I also think they are going the wrong way with features. They're doing away with features that allow for things that directly effect SQ in favor of adding those that support external bells and whistles. I'd rather have the SQ stuff.

While you, me, and the majority of the forum regulars feel this way you have to take into consideration that folks like us make up a small minority of the buying public.

Think of all the purchases made through Best Buy, Circuit City, Car Toys, etc....

The average customer (I'm speaking in generalities here) in a setting like that would have absolutely zero use for good time alignment, a really outstanding EQ whether it be a graphic or a parametric setup, etc.

All they want is for it to play CDs (sometimes .mp3/.wma decoding is a plus, sometimes they just don't care) and for there to be a way to attach their iPods to it.

It's sensible business, to tell the truth, regardless of whether or not those of us who both appreciate and utilize a higher-end feature set suffer for it. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif

 

[Babs 10+ year member]

And for those that are decidedly not fans of motorized faceplates of any kind?

The 9887 doesn't have one //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

Cool.. One less thing to die on you.

Flip down, push up.. Works for me.

 

[inapontiac 10+ year member]

old alpine > new alpine

 

[grampi 10+ year member]

old alpine > new alpine

Can't argue with that.

 

[ghart999 10+ year member]

old alpine > new alpine

That's why I just bought a used 7998 instead of waiting for the 9887. Couldn't be happier with the SQ of this thing.

 

[Fixxer 10+ year member]

For the amount they charge for these things there is no reason the whole unit isn't customizeable. Full color changeable backlighting for controls, color OEL screen, good internals, and realistic HO preout voltages. It would be nice to have higherend models with options for no internal amps too.

I'm hoping all the brands will realize this. I don't think I'm the only one that couldn't care less about a cute color screen as well. I'm all about good circuit boards, dac's, processing, noise reduction and long-term rock-solid reliability/performance.