Post your Alpine CDA-9887 dislikes..

[ejschultz 10+ year member]

the buttons around the volume know feel cheap and flimsy imo.

Evey 2005 and up Alpine I've used feels like that.

 

[FJF 10+ year member]

The Pioneer Premeir DEH-P800PRS has independent L/R control with it's 16 band graphic eq and it's crossover (3 way or 2 way).

True. I had a 880. It's tuning features are much better than the 9887's, as illustrated above. If I could make a change in the Alpine, I'd opt for the Pioneer's L/R EQ and the ability to switch phase for individual drivers. This said, I prefer the Alpine. For my needs, that are automotively driven, using the Pioneer was an ergonomic nightmare. I can control the Alpine (while driving) without even looking at the deck. Not so with the Pioneer. Ultimately, the choice of deck depends on individual preferences. If audio took precedent, I'd still have the Pioneer. As a car guy mostly interested in the act of driving, the Alpine is a better choice.

 

[ejschultz 10+ year member]

True. I had a 880. It's tuning features are much better than the 9887's, as illustrated above. If I could make a change in the Alpine, I'd opt for the Pioneer's L/R EQ and the ability to switch phase for individual drivers. This said, I prefer the Alpine. For my needs, that are automotively driven, using the Pioneer was an ergonomic nightmare. I can control the Alpine (while driving) without even looking at the deck. Not so with the Pioneer. Ultimately, the choice of deck depends on individual preferences. If audio took precedent, I'd still have the Pioneer. As a car guy mostly interested in the act of driving, the Alpine is a better choice.

I do agree to some extent. The controls on the Alpine are all pretty much on the left side of the unit which makes it a lot easier to use without looking. My Caprice is not my daily driver so I don't get to use my 800 all the time. Every time I take the car out I do get more and more used to the layout and looking at it while I'm driving isn't necessary for most functions. Obviously looking for a certain song on an iPod or tuning the EQ would require attention on any HU.

 

[av8ter 10+ year member]

Amen. It seems like Alpine's finish just keeps getting cheaper and cheaper the newer they get. My ratty old 9883 has me yearning for a Premier........

Kevin

 

[GlocksRock 10+ year member]

I love my 9887, but it would be nice if you could tune to your personal preferences after you run the imprint kit. But once you learn the interface, it's not bad at all, and the ipod interface is fine. It won't charge the ipod touch 2nd gen, or 4th gen ipod nano.

 

[chaunb3400 10+ year member]

Slow, didnt have a motorized face plate, kinda confusing at first...

I have a 880prs if anybody is interested

 

[James Bang 5,000+ posts]

the buttons around the volume know feel cheap and flimsy imo.

Evey 2005 and up Alpine I've used feels like that.

new alpine = weak.

 

[dman4486 5,000+ posts]

Slow, didnt have a motorized face plate, kinda confusing at first...
I have a 880prs if anybody is interested

how much?

 

[Sarthos 10+ year member]

how much?

X2

 

[dman4486 5,000+ posts]

Slow, didnt have a motorized face plate, kinda confusing at first...
I have a 880prs if anybody is interested

how much?

I can make payments?//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/greedy.gif.5a53e6246569d7ab79867170f3b06629.gif

 

[CJL 10+ year member]

How do you use the Alpines active xover? heres a quote from the manual....

Built-In Crossover: This unit is equipped with a built-in active crossover. The crossover limits the frequencies delivered to the unit's speaker and line-level outputs. Each channel is controlled independently so each speaker pair can be driven by the frequencies for which they have been optimally designed to produce. The crossover adjusts the high pass filter or low pass filter of each band along with the slope. You can adjust the following crossover settings.
* High Pass Filter: The front and rear speaker outputs or line-level outputs can be set to filter out low frequencies below 20 to 200 Hz with a slope of Flat, 6, 12, 18 or 24 dB/oct. In addition you can adjust the output level from -12 to 0 dB.

* Low Pass Filter: The subwoofer line-level outputs can be set to filter out high frequencies above 20 to 200 Hz with a slope of Flat, 6, 12, 18 or 24 dB/oct. In addition you can adjust the output level from -12 to 0 dB.

Why can you only go up to 200hz?

 

[CJL 10+ year member]

bump

 

[dtbrown 10+ year member]

I only used pioneer before my alpine but every pioneer that I've ever owned and friends that owned the RCA ouputs all failed due to the way pioneer does something with the grounding internally. I've had Alpine ever since and love them. But now the new Pioneer DEH-P710BT looks killer and has everything I want. But I'm really afraid of the rca ouputs failing again.

 

[Alpine4life89 10+ year member]

you have to flip it open to insert a cd. That is it. I wouldn't trade it for anything.

 

[fbi90909 5,000+ posts]

no pink back lighting. highly disappointed.