Anyone have any experience with Alpine?

[BobT99 10+ year member]

I am looking at the alpine cda-9886. Any hangups or flaws?

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[okiedokie 10+ year member]

how much are you playing for it?

Alpine makes solid products,just make sure you buy it from a dealer-warranty.

 

[PIITB Wut Wut 10+ year member]

how much are you playing for it?Alpine makes solid products,just make sure you buy it from a dealer-warranty.

why?

never seen a alpine 9886 breakdown yet.

 

[okiedokie 10+ year member]

Alpines will & can break down,So it always best to get a warranty on any headunit.

 

[PIITB Wut Wut 10+ year member]

i own 2 of these headunits.. both work great... if u get a good deal on a used one take it... they arent cheaply built headunits... sure warranties are always great

 

[Mattd0344 10+ year member]

Alpines will & can break down,So it always best to get a warranty on any headunit.

Well I've had zero problems with my CDA-9887 knock on wood...OP if you're on somewhat of a budget, look into the Kenwood Excelon KDC-X693. All I hear are good things about it and it's MUCH cheaper than the Alpine HU's. I'm putting it in my explorer for my SPL build.

 

[Johnny Law.Lulz 5,000+ posts]

But it is by far the best unit i have ever used. Solid Quality build, beautiful display, easy ipod navigation which is what i needed, just a great all around unit.

 

[pilyin 10+ year member]

I have a 9886. Nice unit, but it sucks that it has no built in equalization to speak up. Bass and treble is all you get. Crossover is weak. If you need to equalize your sound, you'll have to get an additional "imprint" unit for like $150 or something. The 9855 had much better sound processing. My other complaint is that the iPod controls are really slow. Push next, it takes a bit to react (my eclipse is immediate). The 9886 does sound pretty good though without much equalization and is easy to use. Personally if I was doing it over with what I know now, I would go with a different head unit (probably a Clarion or Eclipse)

 

[undeadxsunshine 10+ year member]

I like my 9886 a lot. Unfortunately I have no car to put it in currently.

 

[gunz4me2 10+ year member]

My other complaint is that the iPod controls are really slow. Push next, it takes a bit to react (my eclipse is immediate).

I went with the CDA-9885 in November 2007 for both of my vehicles because there were issues with the 9886 taking a while to access the ipod's content. I was told that issue was fixed in a later version of the 9886, but I never tried one to see.

 

[BobT99 10+ year member]

Well I've had zero problems with my CDA-9887 knock on wood...OP if you're on somewhat of a budget, look into the Kenwood Excelon KDC-X693. All I hear are good things about it and it's MUCH cheaper than the Alpine HU's. I'm putting it in my explorer for my SPL build.

I wanted that unit, it looks awesome but the problem I've heard with those is the ipod search and loading is very slow and a huge setback.

 

[BobT99 10+ year member]

I like my 9886 a lot. Unfortunately I have no car to put it in currently.

Do you not see the issue of the slow loading time?

 

[Unfortunate 10+ year member]

Do you not see the issue of the slow loading time?

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Im considering buying one this week used for cheap.. but if the ipod controls are as slow as everyone claims they are maybe not.

I use my ipod a whole lot and would be the main reason for upgrade from stock.

 

[pilyin 10+ year member]

I went with the CDA-9885 in November 2007 for both of my vehicles because there were issues with the 9886 taking a while to access the ipod's content. I was told that issue was fixed in a later version of the 9886, but I never tried one to see.

I don't remember for sure, but I beleive mine was a mid 08 production. Still slow.

 

[okiedokie 10+ year member]

Eclipse is the way to go