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<blockquote data-quote="cyantist" data-source="post: 1333635" data-attributes="member: 552254">I upgraded from a 7894 to a 7998. Although I liked the 94, the 98 has MANY more features and overall much better sound quality. and the Biolite display is WAY better than the 94&#039;s segmented LEDs. In all honesty, the 7894 isn&#039;t a bad deck at all, but it&#039;s not really even in the same league as these other two. I haven&#039;t personally used the 35, although I have seen and heard many owned by friends. It&#039;s a great deck. I would compare it equally to the 98, except the 98 has the XL fantomface, which I like. One thing that I would change about the 98 is the colors. The 35 lets you choose between 512 colors but the 98 has two: Amber and Green. The amber *almost* matches my dash, but not quite. And for the record, I&#039;ve never had a problem with the motorized face on my 98 yet; let&#039;s hope it stays that way. Also, keep in mind that the 98 doesn&#039;t have an internal amp like the 35, which isn&#039;t an issue for most since we all run external amps anyways, but it&#039;s something to keep in mind in case you were wanting to run deck power to your speakers.So, I guess it comes down to a matter of looks: The 98 with it&#039;s 2 color options and oversized, non-removable face, and the 35 with it&#039;s removable faceplate and choice of 512 colors. Other than that, both of them are considered to be near the top of Alpine&#039;s best decks in terms of SQ and build quality.Hope this helps...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="cyantist, post: 1333635, member: 552254"] I upgraded from a 7894 to a 7998. Although I liked the 94, the 98 has MANY more features and overall much better sound quality. and the Biolite display is WAY better than the 94's segmented LEDs. In all honesty, the 7894 isn't a bad deck at all, but it's not really even in the same league as these other two. I haven't personally used the 35, although I have seen and heard many owned by friends. It's a great deck. I would compare it equally to the 98, except the 98 has the XL fantomface, which I like. One thing that I would change about the 98 is the colors. The 35 lets you choose between 512 colors but the 98 has two: Amber and Green. The amber *almost* matches my dash, but not quite. And for the record, I've never had a problem with the motorized face on my 98 yet; let's hope it stays that way. Also, keep in mind that the 98 doesn't have an internal amp like the 35, which isn't an issue for most since we all run external amps anyways, but it's something to keep in mind in case you were wanting to run deck power to your speakers. So, I guess it comes down to a matter of looks: The 98 with it's 2 color options and oversized, non-removable face, and the 35 with it's removable faceplate and choice of 512 colors. Other than that, both of them are considered to be near the top of Alpine's best decks in terms of SQ and build quality. Hope this helps... [/QUOTE]

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