Alpine CDA-9887 Listed in Crutchfield

[frzninvt 10+ year member]

Like the title says, their website reflects "none in stock" though. Alpine does not even have it listed in their product lineup yet. "Summer Release" I suppose.

Sound's promising as compared to some of their other models as of late. They mention an outboard sound tool but do not elaborate on it much.

Alpine's website makes a mention of it from a January tech brief something about being able to use a PC and software to custom tune it to the acoustics of your vehicle made or designed by Audyssey the folks that Denon uses in their AV receiver's for room adjustments. I think it is more of an installer's/shop tool than an everyday user.

See summary here:

http://www.crutchfield.com/S-yCiyY4xsqfr/cgi-bin/ProdView.asp?g=300&tab=essential_info&i=500CDA9887#Tab

I wonder what the quality will be like though, hmmmmmmm. We'll see.

Looks like I may have to keep waiting until they make a product comparable to my 7998, without paying the $$$ for the 7990/9990.

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[Igno 10+ year member]

Like the title says, their website reflects "none in stock" though. Alpine does not even have it listed in their product lineup yet. "Summer Release" I suppose.
Sound's promising as compared to some of their other models as of late. They mention an outboard sound tool but do not elaborate on it much.

Alpine's website makes a mention of it from a January tech brief something about being able to use a PC and software to custom tune it to the acoustics of your vehicle made or designed by Audyssey the folks that Denon uses in their AV receiver's for room adjustments. I think it is more of an installer's/shop tool than an everyday user.

I wonder what the quality will be like though, hmmmmmmm. We'll see.

Looks like I may have to keep waiting until they make a product comparable to my 7998, without paying the $$$ for the 7990/9990.

well I heard the same thing from an Alpine dealer, if its like Audessey than it should be somewhat end user friendly for those who read manuals

 

[Babs 10+ year member]

Very similar technology to their new oem integration processor PXE-H650 also coming out.. The 9887 needs the extra toolkit for the auto-calibration but I think (keyword: think) the mike and setup capability may be included with the 650.

Big difference being adding more processing onto the end of the already atrocious OEM processing, verses a fresh head unit with it's own burr-browns and internal processing. Would take a lot to convince me the 9887 wouldn't sound light-years better/cleaner.

 

[Flipx99 5,000+ posts]

So Alpine finally going back to internal active HUs or would you still need external.

Can it control the pdx amps like the older series?

 

[Russkels55 10+ year member]

no release date? i wanna know so i dont buy a new hu and than have this one comes out a month later.

Russ

 

[dalucifer 10+ year member]

the 9887 should be available this summer. That HU (iirc) is a fully active HU. Has alot of nice features, but many pointless features as well. I have 2 7998's and would buy those over new alpine any day.

 

[Rich B 5,000+ posts]

What happened to Alpine's color displays on their highend units?

That display looks like it belongs on a stripped down model they sell through Circuit City.

 

[medik13 10+ year member]

Is there a way to integrate the ipod with the CDA 7998?

 

[Babs 10+ year member]

Actually, to me, it looks a bit more high-end without the flashy screen.

Less is more...

I'd rather they put the cash under the hood instead of a cheezy shell.

Reason the big 3 carmakers spend more cash in their fugly bodystyle designs than in drivetrain development and assembly/reliability/performance improvement.

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Flashy crap:

Clean no-bling high-end:

If you think about it.. You're buying what goes into your ears anyway, right?

 

[Igno 10+ year member]

well I think eclipse has some nice HU's out, I like the pioneer premier too

 

[Fast1one 10+ year member]

the 9887 should be available this summer. That HU (iirc) is a fully active HU. Has alot of nice features, but many pointless features as well. I have 2 7998's and would buy those over new alpine any day.

I agree...
So sell me one //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[desertheat 10+ year member]

The word I hear is that it will control a h701.. but that is what I hear and not fact yet. Stock it is pretty much a clone to a 9835 with a better faceplate and updated firmware. If all holds true it will be the best sq deck they have made since the 9835. I am game //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif time alignment, stellar built in crossover and 5 band parametric is a great start to a great deck. Add in a better eq with an add on unit and I am very happy.

 

[Russkels55 10+ year member]

i called crutchfield as well as alpine and neaither have a release date or even an idea when its comming out.

 

[Babs 10+ year member]

Just get on the email notification when they're in stock. Saves everyone time. When it hit's Crutchfields shelves, you'll get an email.

 

[99StangGt 10+ year member]

I have been waiting for a couple of months. I am taking back my deck and waiting for the new one. Just going to put in a junk deck for now, so I have some sound.

 

[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.