hey guys needs a lil help chooseing a headunit...

i have the 9855 with glide touch..but the cd player dont work no more..and alpine wants to fix it for 98 bucks..plus shippin both ways...n for that i get a new radio.....


i hear soo many good things bout both thease h/u... whats ur input...

which one should i get????


or should u get the new ida-x001???

 

I just switched from the 9857 to the 9885. Depending on what you are doing with your system would switch which one I would recommend.

If you aren't planning on using amps (or low quality ones), I would recommend the 9857, The BBE and other sound quality features are nice and help to get the sound to where you would like it. The only thing I didn't like was the preouts are only 2Volts.

Switching to the 9885 I lost some of the sound options, but gained 4V preouts. Since I am only using my amps, which have built in X-overs the loss on the deck didn't bother me. The 4V also cleaned up the signal my amps were getting which got rid of a little hum I was experiencing before.

Hope this helps, feel free to hit me up with some more direct questions.

 

thats...was my only concern really with the 9857..and its the same with my 9855..thats why i bought a eq to bump me up for 4 volts...

the 85 looks like a nice piece..where did u order yours from!..and if u dont mind how much u spent????

 

Took the risk and bought on eBay for around $230 shipped. I normally like to purchase from authourized retailers, but the local BestBuy didn't have it yet.

 

good news..went to a car audio place close to my house and they had one 9857 left...

i stole it for 195..and 25 for the full speed ipod cablee!!

 

You should have went with the new Alpine 9885. But you did get a good deal with the alpine 9857.

The Alpine 9885 is one of my favorites now..(If there is anything wrong with your Alpine 9857, i'm selling mine for $200 with modifry control unit it's only 3 months old)

 

sorry to invade the topic but...
you can buy an equalizer that alters the pre-out volts?

How much does one of those run?

 

I second the 9885. I've had mine for a few months (see my thread) and I'm loving it! It's a really good radio.

 

i dont remeber the number of the unit but its by audiocontol..the eq changes colors to match the amber in speedo..reall nice piece...it was around 200-300...i dont remeber..