Alpine CDA-9887

ELmx479 · Post by **ELmx479** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 8:00 pm

What do you guys think of the 9887? I ordered one, I was just going to get a basic head unit but I have no space for an EQ or anything else so I figured this might give me everything I need all in the dash.

crx4spl · Post by **crx4spl** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 8:33 pm

hows it going to be in the dash that unit has no built in eq, its a seperate unit....

gridracer · Post by **gridracer** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 8:45 pm

crx4spl wrote:hows it going to be in the dash that unit has no built in eq, its a seperate unit....

If you like to tweak your sound, this is the head unit for you. It gives you 6 channels of Digital Time Correction, 3-way or 2-way crossover, 7-band graphic EQ or 5-band parametric EQ. You can manually toggle between the CDA-9887 default sound setting and IMPRINT to tune your sound the way you want.

I think right now this is alpines best head unit for the price with the 24 bit D/A converter the sound quality should be excellent. Your gonna love this deck.

ELmx479 · Post by **ELmx479** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 8:46 pm

Thats the 9886, the 9887 has a built in EQ, crossover's and time correction.

ELmx479 · Post by **ELmx479** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 8:48 pm

gridracer wrote:
crx4spl wrote:hows it going to be in the dash that unit has no built in eq, its a seperate unit....
If you like to tweak your sound, this is the head unit for you. It gives you 6 channels of Digital Time Correction, 3-way or 2-way crossover, 7-band graphic EQ or 5-band parametric EQ. You can manually toggle between the CDA-9887 default sound setting and IMPRINT to tune your sound the way you want.

I think right now this is alpines best head unit for the price with the 24 bit D/A converter the sound quality should be excellent. Your gonna love this deck.

Thats good to hear, I plan on renting the Imprint after I have everything installed. So do I just set my amps to bypass and use the crossover's in the head unit?

gridracer · Post by **gridracer** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 8:53 pm

Try it both ways to see what you prefer,I myself use an electronic 3 way crossover so I can't say which would be better. I am leaning toward the head unit crossovers though.

ELmx479 · Post by **ELmx479** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 9:01 pm

gridracer wrote:Try it both ways to see what you prefer,I myself use an electronic 3 way crossover so I can't say which would be better. I am leaning toward the head unit crossovers though.

Ok, will do. The PG ti amps have pretty good crossover's (to me anyway)
Do you know what the crossover adjustments are? 60,65,70, etc?

crx4spl · Post by **crx4spl** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 9:11 pm

whats this for?

IMPRINT sound tuning technology
Load the supplied software onto your laptop PC, connect it to the KTX-100EQ via the included USB cable, and you're ready to adjust your system. Let the computer set the adjustments, or use the software to do it manually. You'll find a built-in 3-band parametric equalizer, manual crossover controls, and manual time-correction controls as well.

So it can still adjust the tone without this? I have one but have not used it and had thought I had to buy that to adjust the tone. I just bought it for my competiton vehicle.

Post by **bdubs767** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 12:30 pm

crx4spl wrote:whats this for?

IMPRINT sound tuning technology
Load the supplied software onto your laptop PC, connect it to the KTX-100EQ via the included USB cable, and you're ready to adjust your system. Let the computer set the adjustments, or use the software to do it manually. You'll find a built-in 3-band parametric equalizer, manual crossover controls, and manual time-correction controls as well.

So it can still adjust the tone without this? I have one but have not used it and had thought I had to buy that to adjust the tone. I just bought it for my competiton vehicle.

its auto tune system...it tunes your car for you. Go to DIYMAaudio.com and check ti out tons of reviews on the unit and the imprint tech.