Im looking to get a new deck for my balt...I know a older guy from a local that only deals with Alpine/Clarion and he really knows his ****...I heard a couple years ago that Alpine was going downhill big time so my question is have they turned themselves around?? How is their new stuff??

I had an older Alpine deck in my cav (9830 i think) and it worked and sounded great...I dont want a touchscreen or dvd deck just something with exceptional sound..

How is the 9886?? 9887??

Thanks

 

I've had the 9886 for about a year and havent had a single problem with it.

 

Hey i am getting a 06 coabalt ss/sc and i was thinking about black with orange racing stripes. Also change all the chevy and ss symbols to orange to. Anyone think that would look tight?

thanks,
Nelson

 

Does it sound pretty nice?? What speakers are you running?? I would like to keep everything Alpine..

 

way to thread jack man! lol try starting a new thread or post in a thread that has the same subject

but anyways

Yea it sound way better than stock radio lol
and right now im still on stock speakers
oh and i also have an alpine amp mrp-m850
so there's nothing i can complain about the system so far!

 

my balt has all speaks type R, and 2- 10" type r subs, with a w200 double din dvd player and 2 big ass amps, with 1.2 farad cap, and an additional yellow top

 

alpine makes nice equipment they are just expensive. Try and find one with 4 or 5v preouts because alot of them have the 2v

 

firestorm - I am pretty much going for the same set-up as you minus the head unit...I have an Alpine amp already that will work perfect for my future Type R speakers and hopefully getting 2 10" Type R subs with a seperate amp...

I will probably go with the 9886...

 

Alpine is the greatest for the money i have iva-d300 indash with alpine digital theater amp i couldn't ask for anything better

 

it pounds so ******* hard, none of this teeny=bopper bass reverb you hear at a light.

 

Sorry guys one more question...Is the Imprint module worth the $160??

I figure Im looking at about $600-$650 for the head unit, Imprint module and install....

 

supposedly the imprint module is the **** but i dont know if i would pay 160 for it. im hoping that 650 is including everything with the module harness. **** not sure how much that deck is but you could probably get the pioneer 700bt for less then that with module harness and install

 

Ya $600-$650 is with the module...

Deck is $300
Module is $160
Harness, Install and Other little things should be the rest....

 

Very clean Looks Good 2005silverrl

 

I use to own the 9884 and it was awesome. Sadly it went to the dealer with my car. If I didn't have the pioneer system, I wouldn't hesitate to buy again.

 

i guess thats not too bad then... just added it up. imprint is expensive

 

I have the 9887m its they re best one by far. If you re concerned with SQ, go with it over the 9886. The time alignment features are what makes it worth the money, along with being able to run active on it. From what I ve heard on the SQ boards, the imprint kit is great for imaging, but the eqing is so so. However, if you rea novice, it may come in handy.

 

i just got the Ida-x100 and i havent installed it but the screen quality is nuts!! i love it

 

I am contemplating the 9887 now.....I can get the 9887 installed without Imprint for cheaper than the 9886 with Imprint...

I heard Alpine's 2009 line-up comes out in a month and a half too though so thats another option to wait and see whats new...

 

i find out tomorrow