 Very good Head Unit |
| Review Date: January 15, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Hisham Abulnaga, Egypt |
This is a powerful head unit. pure sound and control -time alignment, X-over, Parametric EQ
I 'm happy to have it.
But there are some disadvantages
1-Remote control lacks some important features , especially when dealing with Ipod.
2-Bluetooth car kit is very bad , I don't know how Alpine did it.
3-The unit is Imprint ready but disabled, you have to buy KTX-100EQ which is about 200-250$.
4-MultiEQ disables time alignment and EQ.
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Sounds absolutely Awesome!!!
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| Review Date: June 10, 2010 |
| Reviewer: B. Rodda, Loveland, CO |
First lets talk about sound. The CDA-9887 right out of the box is OK. But dial it in with all the extra features and it sounds incredible. I like to try the Imprint system just to see how it changes the settings. But I have a similar feature on my VSX-1019 AHK. However it allows you to tweak the system after the MCACC (like Imprint) is finished. Not so on the CDA-9887. It's either Multi-EQ ON or OFF. No in between. And I recommend you keep the bass down when you do your Imprint setup. You'll get a better result and you can always turn the bass amp up!
Now for all those who say the setup is too hard! Baloney! If you think it's too hard to set up, get a less sophisticated receiver. I can adjust the EQ while driving, although I recommend you wait for a red light. One item they don't talk about that much is the Media MX feature. Basically, it's a dynamic ranger expander. Takes all the peaks on the sound track and boosts them a few db. You get a better dynamic response making the sound track sound a lot less compressed. I've been using the 7 band Graphic EQ with pretty good results. Haven't tried the 5 band parametric EQ yet. I've never had good luck with Parametric equalization. But I'll check it out just the same. You never know. I'd definitely recommend this to anyone needing a good quality receiver with just about every bell and whistle you can think of. I too wish they would add HD Radio and Bluetooth without needing to nickel and dime us to death. But Alpine isn't alone. Almost all manufacturers are doing the same.
As you can tell I don't have an IPOD but with as good as the MP3's sound on a CD-R, I'm thinking of getting one. I'm tired of swapping out discs and MP3 sound amazing on this unit. You can thank the Media MX feature for that. |
Alpine CDA-9887 Ultimate radio
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| Review Date: June 15, 2008 |
| Reviewer: Jean Pierre Savoie, Mtl Canada |
| This product has amazing value. Sound quality is simply amazing. Sober look but delivers all you expect from this type of receiver. |
WOW
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| Review Date: January 10, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Ryan Khunja, trinidad & tobago |
| sold my cda-9835 after 5 years of constant abuse it still worked and sounded the same as the day i bought it, so a preventitive measure was to relace it with the cda-9887 and i am so happy i did , i really like the sound.. |
tunes
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| Review Date: March 2, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Charlie L. Bright, deland fl |
| great head unit all the features one could ask for at a great price cant wait to hear it |
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