need clarification on the 9884

[wp7456 10+ year member]

I want to make sure before I upgrade from the 9883. Are time correction, EQ, and the crossovers all unusable until I buy that crazy expensive imprint thing? If so then what makes this any better than my 9883? I thought the crossovers would be built in so I could go active if I wanted to.

Also, when it says EQ, that is talking about the 5-7 band eq right? If I choose not to buy the imprint stuff, I still have control of my treble/bass at the very least right?

I want to go active in a while, and need a HU that can do it.... but don't want to buy all this extra imprint stuff. What makes the 9887 so much better than the 9884 if the imprint and tuning kit are what unlock all the features on these HU's?

Could a sundown 125.2 have enough features to run active from the amp if I choose not to get the expensive crossover options in the tuning/imprint kit? Thanks guys.

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[ashtrey1212 10+ year member]

The 9887 has all those goddies built into it so you can tune them manually if you want. The 9884 has your standard EQ and HPF and will require Imprint to get the real balls out of your system. If you really want you could upgrade to Imprint on the 9887, but everything that it will do you can still do manually.

 

[wp7456 10+ year member]

hmm okay. So it looks like the 9887 is really the better deal. I might temp. use a 9884 until I get enough cash for the 9887. Anybody know if I could stick with the 9884 and if the sundown 125.2 has enough crossovers to go active?