Installed my 7998 today!!!!

[bigbangtheory 5,000+ posts]

Humm Blados had the deck stolen the other day and here you are just installing it.

j/k

Nice deck!

 

[skierxx5556 10+ year member]

haha I cant get over the sq on this deck! Im thinking about getting the h701 and going with a 3 way active front stage.

 

[req 5,000+ posts]

im getting the RUX-C701 and the PXA-H701 to match with my alpine CDA-9827, image dynamics CX62, image dynamics COMP2 HLCD's, and image dynamics IDQ 15's

i cant wait. it should be awesome. i am going to buy it shortly after christmas //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/tongue.gif.6130eb82179565f6db8d26d6001dcd24.gif

 

[Ayrton 10+ year member]

Mine is still sitting new in the box... //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

 

[joemamma 10+ year member]

yeah, i still luv my 7897...still haven't had time to use EVERY feature on it

 

[Phiber Optik 10+ year member]

does the 7998 even play mp3s?

If memory serves me right, it does, but no quick search feature

 

[Ayrton 10+ year member]

does the 7998 even play mp3s?
If memory serves me right, it does, but no quick search feature

Yep...

manual for those that care.

http://www.cartoys.com/cartoy/pdfs/alpinePDF-3.pdf

 

[OlogyAudio 10+ year member]

I had a 7894.... thn it got stolen -- thn I got the 9833... and the 7894 was a faster loading unit... irritates me a little bit... Overall its hard to say which I like better... the 7894 or 9833... I wish theyd incorperate all the good from the old in with the new... it makes me sick grr...

 

[DiamondFanatic 10+ year member]

Congrats on your new deck skiier, glad you like it! I can't wait till I get mine...

 

[rocky 59 5,000+ posts]

where did you find the 7998 i cant find it online anywere

 

[Slaugh 10+ year member]

hey i need to know this... how does the SQ from 7998 compare to the ones from Alpine 7878 and Eclipses 8454 and 8455?

i'm narrowed between these 4 to replace my current 9815 //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

 

[Ayrton 10+ year member]

where did you find the 7998 i cant find it online anywere

They have been out of US production since 2003. You will have to find one on ebay or just keep watching the classifieds. I was able to track down a new one that was left in dealer inventory, but I got lucky.

 

[ngsm13 5,000+ posts]

They have been out of US production since 2003. You will have to find one on ebay or just keep watching the classifieds. I was able to track down a new one that was left in dealer inventory, but I got lucky.

Noticed the link in your sig. Checked it out, but how is it going to be the best sounding Mp3 if the guy doesn't even tell you what to set the bit rate to when choosing the LAME.exe for compression. I mean, I usually rip @192...but to have this supposedly "best sounding mp3" do I need to choose 320?

Sorry for the small hi-jack...I'd love to try a 7998 out!

NG

 

[Ayrton 10+ year member]

Noticed the link in your sig. Checked it out, but how is it going to be the best sounding Mp3 if the guy doesn't even tell you what to set the bit rate to when choosing the LAME.exe for compression. I mean, I usually rip @192...but to have this supposedly "best sounding mp3" do I need to choose 320?Sorry for the small hi-jack...I'd love to try a 7998 out!

NG

Because you don’t set the bit rate, LAME does. LAME will let you choose between APS, APX, or API MP3s that are all variable bit recordings.

APS --alt-preset standard (~190 kbit/s, typical 180 ... 220)

APX --alt-preset extreme (~250 kbit/s, typical 220 ... 270)

API --alt-preset insane (320 kbit/s CBR, highest possible quality)

LAME MP3 encoder is the highest quality MP3 compressor available. Best results are achieved using it's VBR features.

Current consensus is that settings "--alt-preset standard" are recommended for most cases. This results in a very high quality VBR MP3s, giving you bitrates around 200kbps, depending heavily on the music. Mellow rap can go much lower and loud heavy metal can result higher bitrates. The quality will always remain very high.

 

[3.5Max6spd 10+ year member]

So what does the 7998 do that the 9815 doesn't....

Curious, I owned a 7998 myself in my last car.