Best SQ Head unit

[shaneb 10+ year member]

Eclipse

 

[Megalomaniac 5,000+ posts]

Imaging cues in the high frequency region is dictated by IID, not ITD.
TA'ing tweeters to the same-channel mids (if drastically separated) might help same-channel phase coherency around the crossover region, but not high frequency imaging.

But yours is the only post in this thread I've read....so I'm not even really sure what the discussion is actually about.

I think i may have worded it bad. He is using stock locations from what i understand(mids in doors tweets in sails). without t/a using those locations would not give him a sufficient a stage at all. It would sound rather stock(imaging wise). I just mentioned the tweeters out of the top of my head because thats the closest drive to his head. anywho i guess the real point is, changing the source(alone, leaving settings alone) will not magically give you a stage without utilizing the functions.

I keep emphasizing on t/a because only way to not use time alignment(and have a good stage) is if you have like 7' pathlengths and nothing in its acoustics way, hehe

I hope that makes more sense, if not i can go in more depth but i feel i brushed the point enough whether it be direct or indirectly.

edit: the discussion was because of the post khan said.

Get a Clarion DRZ9255 and call it aday.. around 650$ ish or 615$ free ship. One of the BEST you can find compared to McIntosh line. Because Clarion makes HU for McIntosh and rebrand it.
It doess all kinds of things that a 9887 or other HU can do except MP3 . Time correction, eq , and most importantly is the DUAL 24 Bit converter in that separate power supply .

I've had a older series of that JDM HU and it's just WOW. The music comes alive. Every single detail that the artist sings or play comes all out to my speakers. The 9887 of alpine does not have that DEtail and CLarity of the Clarion. Now i throw over 100 cds of mp3 on my car and begin to burn FLAC Audiophile albums to CDs.

The new DRZ9255 is very promising, the one i had didn't have all that fancy adjustment available and it can only play CDs , no time correction , only bass treble knob. 2 pre outs lol //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

I own a 9887 and it is very dissapointed HU for all the advertisement that alpine put on those Multi EQ imprint . After using the Clarion, all that time correction or EQ that Alpine has is just a big FAIL. I wish i know the clarion earlier so i don't waste 350$ on that deck. I'm pretty happy with my clarion and the SQ it has. I just leave everything flat, tune it right on the amps and no need to adjust anything else.

 

[James Bang 5,000+ posts]

I really want to know what amps khanhfat is running.

 

[buggsson 10+ year member]

I never knew that, I guess. Great news, thanks.
But lossless is a form of compression, is it not? I understand the audibility between the two is probably not possible in a car, but just to be 100% sure.

Yes, lossless is a form of compression, but as it's name implies, it is not supposed to affect how it sounds, in comparison to lossy formats like MP3 where the sound quality is reduced.

But both AIFF and WAV files are uncompressed file formats if you want to be on the safe side. But I have only heard positive reviews of Apples lossless format. I am sure some will disagree, but for me it's good enough.

 

[khanhfat 10+ year member]

please discard my posts if u don't agree. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif Its just my personal opinion, the clarion deck i'm using doesn't have time correction or anything it's an old deck. But hey, the new clarion DRZ now comes with Time Alignment and EQ, dual 24 bit , noise filter , what more could i ask for compared to Alpine Eclipse that you guys recommend, price tag is nearly twice as much.

At least the Clarion comes in 3-4 th place in Hiend HU show down on Elitecaraudioforum after McIntosh and Panasonic CQ TX 5500W.

The down side is they don't play MP3 cds, so if uu want to hook up your ipod or play mp3 cds. Get either 9887 or the Eclipe 7200 are good enough.

 

[Megalomaniac 5,000+ posts]

please discard my posts if u don't agree. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif Its just my personal opinion, the clarion deck i'm using doesn't have time correction or anything it's an old deck. But hey, the new clarion DRZ now comes with Time Alignment and EQ, dual 24 bit , noise filter , what more could i ask for compared to Alpine Eclipse that you guys recommend, price tag is nearly twice as much.
At least the Clarion comes in 3-4 th place in Hiend HU show down on Elitecaraudioforum after McIntosh and Panasonic CQ TX 5500W.

The down side is they don't play MP3 cds, so if uu want to hook up your ipod or play mp3 cds. Get either 9887 or the Eclipe 7200 are good enough.

I stand behind the Pioneer 800 prs still. Man that deck was fun to tune with. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[budahbuddy803 10+ year member]

Pioneer p880 > Alpine cda-9853 haha i think that the 880 is very user friendly. I have problems with using different alpines and what not. But i guess it just depends on how long you mess with them.

 

[khanhfat 10+ year member]

yeah 880PRS is also a decent choice //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif .

 

[MikeyB 5,000+ posts]

I wouldnt mind getting an 880.

I might have to get one and swap my 9887 to my truck and use the 880 in my car. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/naughty.gif.94359f346c0f1259df8038d60b41863e.gif

I love the EQ on the 880. I have always liked the layout of Alpine decks and I feel my 9887 is very user friendly, but even so I really liked tuning the EQ on the 880 even though I dont really like the Pioneer layout.

 

[81elocd]

the Ural is FTW by far... if you can get your hands on it... even comes with a complimentary suitcase

 

[Megalomaniac 5,000+ posts]

I wouldnt mind getting an 880.
I might have to get one and swap my 9887 to my truck and use the 880 in my car. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/naughty.gif.94359f346c0f1259df8038d60b41863e.gif

I love the EQ on the 880. I have always liked the layout of Alpine decks and I feel my 9887 is very user friendly, but even so I really liked tuning the EQ on the 880 even though I dont really like the Pioneer layout.

800prs is better than the 880.

 

[Slammed 5,000+ posts]

Alpine 9815 //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[MikeyB 5,000+ posts]

800prs is better than the 880.

So Ive heard. I havent had the opportunity to play around with one yet though.

 

[James Bang 5,000+ posts]

Alpine 9815 //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

9815 = oldschool 9835 w/o biolite //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

my bro likes his 9815

 

[tcguy85 10+ year member]

800prs is better than the 880.

there is no real difference between the two. different color face, and a copper plated chassis. thats it.