Alpine's new CDA-9813 looks promising!

[Tungsten 10+ year member]

Like many of you I would imagine, I got my new Crutchfield catalog in the mail yesterday and started flipping through it to look at the new products for 2003. One of the head units that really caught my attention was Alpine's new CDA-9813 MP3/CD model.

I had looked at the CDA-7894 while shopping last year and ended up going with the Kenwood eXcelon X859 instead because I liked the display a little better. The CDA-7894 had a pretty archaic "calculator style" LCD, it seemed.

Yeah, I know... that's a petty issue but still. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

But the new CDA-9813 may make me sell the eXcelon and go back to Alpine. That sucker looks sweet! Multicolor display, typical Alpine clean interface layout, not too much {bling bling} silver or chrome to catch a passerby's eye ... perfect!

Alpine's own website has NOTHING about the CDA-9813 listed yet and Crutchfield says it won't be available until the end of January 2003. Do any of you resident shop owners / workers have any hands on experience with demo models yet? I'd love to hear some first hand reports on them.

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[Bumpin03 10+ year member]

Originally posted by Tungsten Like many of you I would imagine, I got my new Crutchfield catalog in the mail yesterday and started flipping through it to look at the new products for 2003. One of the head units that really caught my attention was Alpine's new CDA-9813 MP3/CD model.

 

I had looked at the CDA-7894 while shopping last year and ended up going with the Kenwood eXcelon X859 instead because I liked the display a little better. The CDA-7894 had a pretty archaic "calculator style" LCD, it seemed.

 

Yeah, I know... that's a petty issue but still. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

But the new CDA-9813 may make me sell the eXcelon and go back to Alpine. That sucker looks sweet! Multicolor display, typical Alpine clean interface layout, not too much {bling bling} silver or chrome to catch a passerby's eye ... perfect!

 

Alpine's own website has NOTHING about the CDA-9813 listed yet and Crutchfield says it won't be available until the end of January 2003. Do any of you resident shop owners / workers have any hands on experience with demo models yet? I'd love to hear some first hand reports on them.

never heard or seen anything about it yet...but i do know it will most likely be great. i have yet to hear a legit complaint about an alpine HU. eXcelon HU's are also good...but i believe alpine has it beat.

 

[ss3079 5,000+ posts]

Of course it looks promising

The new 9518 looks pretty nice too.

Cant wait to upgrade

- Steve

 

[mattj 5,000+ posts]

i read about it in crutchfield. i would like to play around with it. i have the 7894 which is the same level of that deck. the other one plays WMA/MP3 compared to the 7894's only MP3... and has a different display.

 

[LeV]

You can now download the new Spring 2003 Alpine catalog (2.1 mb, PDF) from their website. It lists all the new models and more.

 

[ss3079 5,000+ posts]

A little common sense goes a long way...

http://www.alpine1.com

http://www.crutchfield.com

- Steve

 

[Tungsten 10+ year member]

Originally posted by ThunderTunes ss3079 i am thundertunes fagboy so get that shit out man before i kill ur *** lol j/k

so where did ya see the the 9518 is there even one

Yay... my thread has been violated. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/rolleyes.gif.c1fef805e9d1464d377451cd5bc18bfb.gif

 

[Tungsten 10+ year member]

Hmmm... you know, the new Alpine 9815 actually looks even better than the 9813. Dot-matrix display instead of the old LCD style. Very sweet.



(Click pic for Crutchfield's stats on this model)

Both the 9813 and 9815 bring a 5-band EQ to the head unit, something the older 7894 was sorely lacking, IMO. Too bad the 9815 doesn't come out until March 2003. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

 

[ss3079 5,000+ posts]

Originally posted by Tungsten Too bad the 9815 doesn't come out until March 2003. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

It's worth the wait

- Steve

 

[TheGrimReaperKD 10+ year member]

Originally posted by Tungsten Hmmm... you know, the new Alpine 9815 actually looks even better than the 9813. Dot-matrix display instead of the old LCD style. Very sweet.

 



(Click pic for Crutchfield's stats on this model)

 

Both the 9813 and 9815 bring a 5-band EQ to the head unit, something the older 7894 was sorely lacking, IMO. Too bad the 9815 doesn't come out until March 2003. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

Looks great!

 

[Tungsten 10+ year member]

Yeah, it does look great but I am not sure I can hold off that long. I am probably going to stick with my eXcelon X859 for the time being as it's a great deck in and of itself. It's time for me to start gutting the interior to lay down some Second Skin and finish this project once and for all. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[bass_mekanik 10+ year member]

just a q who needs a eq to put peaks in the response of a stereo system i you are buying a deck like that you usualy are after some sq and for sq you should not need a eq at all personaly all the abss/trebel boost i need comes from the deck's normal bass/trebel controls and i only use 1 db of trebel boost at 17.5k because i have a dip as a result of tweeter position. i hope no one takes this personaly and creates a flame fest outa this because i am just puting a point accros.

but by all means that deck looks prety good and has potential.

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[Tungsten 10+ year member]

bass_mekanik: In a perfect world with a perfect sound system, you would be right about not needing an EQ. But I like having the ability to bring in a little more midrange and tone down the highs some, if the desire hits me. I use the equalization features on my eXcelon 859 to correct problems, not boost bass out the ceiling. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[Tungsten 10+ year member]

Crap... Crutchfield has pushed back the ship dates for the CDA-9813 and 9815. Basthids!!! //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/mad.gif.c18f003ab0ef8a0d9c27ca78d77a6392.gif

 

[Tungsten 10+ year member]

**** Alpine! They've pushed back the release date for the CDA-9815 until mid March now. It was supposed to be released yesterday. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/mad.gif.c18f003ab0ef8a0d9c27ca78d77a6392.gif