Thread: Sony Explod?

Originally Posted by NoBoost91

everyone i know runs a alpine HU, they look good and work well. I've had my CDA-9886 for almost 2 years , they are not the cheapest though i paid 270 for mine

My CDA-9887 was $429.....got stolen...man I was pissed. I fricken loved that thing...looked nice, had lots of options, sounded awesome. Only thing I didn't like about it was it wasnt compatible with my iphone but that's not why I bought it so it didn't bother me A LOT, just bugged me.

Originally Posted by ZR1Vette09

I like Kenwood as long as you find one with a good iPod interface. BS on you only being able to find 2V outputs, most of them are 2.7-4 volts, there's no reason you can't get a 4 volt. And whoever said the 3 types of outputs, it's front, rear, and sub, sometimes the rear and sub are on a switch with each other.

lol...thats what I meant. (sub, "F" and R) I've never been big on proofreading.

turns combos of blue and green or just solid and also combos of orange and red or solid red. If your going to use if for ipod i wouldnt get it..id ge the ida=x305s

Originally Posted by 4THGENCAMAROFAN

My CDA-9887 was $429.....got stolen...man I was pissed. I fricken loved that thing...looked nice, had lots of options, sounded awesome. Only thing I didn't like about it was it wasnt compatible with my iphone but that's not why I bought it so it didn't bother me A LOT, just bugged me.

I got rid of mine in favor of a DEH-P880prs.

I didn't like the top end of the Alpine AT ALL. I moved things around and tuned for 3 years...finally gave up I really like the snap of the mid-bass but the midrange of the Pioneer is fuller and it's smoother at the top end. Glad I switched from the 9887. Unless it's pre-china I don't think I'll be going back to Alpine. Their CDA-117 sounds the same as the 9887. When I was listening on a board it had the SAME response issues as my vehicle. That's no good I preferred the Kenwood x994 over the 117 when I was doing a/b comparison with 3 sets of speakers...Hertz HSK-165XL's, JL's top of the line and some middle of the road something rather. 117 had same problems with ALL the speakers. JL's were my favorite of the group. Might try them if I ever get over my a/d/s/ addiction

I plan on getting some translucent photo film to place over the LED's in the face plate so the knobs and buttons match the interior lighting. I'll leave the display white though. It also illuminates in blue. I'll take pictures of it if requested.

For the record...I think the 9887 looked better. I also used their KTX-100eq and didn't like those results either.