Just cause I'm pumped... pics of my "new to me" Old school Alpine deck

bikinpunk · 11-25-2007, 03:13 AM

Alpine cda-7878. I don't think many people here will appreciate this deck at all, but who cares...I'm posting pics anyway.

I paid shipping for this from a board member on DIY. he just didn't want it. I did some research after I paid him $15 and realized how truly awesome this deck is. All the EQ, t/a, x-over settings... wow. And on top of that, it apparently retailed for $800 when it came out in 2002.

On to the pics...

anavrin351 · 11-25-2007, 05:01 AM

Nice, hopefully the display doesnt go out on you anytime soon.

Jayhawker · 11-25-2007, 12:13 PM

I was hoping to see a 7909. You have yourself a nice deck there. Nice find.

Solo2EG · 11-25-2007, 12:16 PM

Nice find... my 7930 was built in 1997 and I'm never replacing it! (everything still works fine) Pretty sure the 7894 in the wife's car is about 8 years old too with no issues.

**firmhonda** · 11-25-2007, 12:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jayhawker

You have yourself a nice deck there.

Sorry, I had to.

lostdaytomorrow · 11-25-2007, 12:58 PM

Awesome catch, man. Good job on getting the PSU figured out!

bikinpunk · 11-25-2007, 01:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jayhawker

I was hoping to see a 7909. You have yourself a nice deck there. Nice find.

This just might be better (minus copper chassis, iirc correctly).

ameuba10 · 11-25-2007, 02:23 PM

so what are you gonna run with this setup?

bikinpunk · 11-25-2007, 02:26 PM

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Originally Posted by ameuba10

so what are you gonna run with this setup?

Still don't know.

This won't go in my car because I can't run a full 4-way (tweet/midrange/midbass/sub) off this. But, it makes for a good 3-way (tweet/mid/sub). Oh, FWIW, usually 4-way is called 3-way, and 3-way is called 2-way. People just assume the sub is there. :)

Anyway...if it goes in my wife's car I'm going to run an Alpine xt-19 tweeter set, and don't know about midrange.

I was looking for a deck for my friend and someone on the boards gave me this one. He might still get it if he wants it, but he wants something that controls an iPod and this one has the old iPod ai-net control, which I don't think he'll want.

***COMplex*** · 11-26-2007, 11:32 PM

Ahh... Memories

Jayhawker · 11-27-2007, 08:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bikinpunk

This just might be better (minus copper chassis, iirc correctly).

There are a lot of decks out now that would blow the 7909 away. That set the standard back in it's day though and is a classic timepiece.

bikinpunk · 11-27-2007, 09:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jayhawker

There are a lot of decks out now that would blow the 7909 away. That set the standard back in it's day though and is a classic timepiece.

That is true. I constantly see talk about that deck.

I Vtec, do you? · 11-27-2007, 10:13 AM

Alpine is where it's at!

dt07Si · 11-27-2007, 10:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by anavrin351

Nice, hopefully the display doesnt go out on you anytime soon.

Not bad for just paying shipping, but to be honest I hate the look of single din headunits in our dash's, but Alpine FTW. Thats pretty much all I use for audio.

bikinpunk · 11-27-2007, 11:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dt07Si

Not bad for just paying shipping, but to be honest I hate the look of single din headunits in our dash's, but Alpine FTW. Thats pretty much all I use for audio.

This isn't going in my car. It's actually going in my wife's 05. :)

$15 for a h/u that sold for $800+ when it came out!? Hell yes!

haha

Last night I hooked it up to the power supply and powered some alpine xt19 tweeters ($35 shipped) and CDT m6's (free from a diy member) off it and played the crap out of some Christmas music, lol.

The total price of my wife's 'system' so far is $50 for what you see above. The most expensive part is going to be the sound deadener for the doors.

I figure that by the time it's all said and done, I'll have spent about $200. $50 for the above, $100 on deadener for the doors and $35 on wiring/hardware.

And that thing will be able to hang with just about anything else in the $1000+ range when I'm done with it. Beleee dat'!

***COMplex*** · 11-27-2007, 01:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by I Vtec, do you?

Alpine is where it's at!

Quoted for truth!

jthoske · 11-29-2007, 03:38 PM

Not sure if this was originally $800 or not. I bought a 7893 brand new in 2002 for like ~$300. It saw use in 3 different cars and I traded it + some speakers for an Xbox 360 when I bought my Si. Still runs strong to this day!

Duce2k · 11-29-2007, 03:42 PM

Very nice indeed

11-25-2007, 03:13 AM	#1 (permalink)
bikinpunk Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Age: 25 Posts: 2,913 Erin iTrader: 3 / 100%	Just cause I'm pumped... pics of my "new to me" Old school Alpine deck Alpine cda-7878. I don't think many people here will appreciate this deck at all, but who cares...I'm posting pics anyway. I paid shipping for this from a board member on DIY. he just didn't want it. I did some research after I paid him $15 and realized how truly awesome this deck is. All the EQ, t/a, x-over settings... wow. And on top of that, it apparently retailed for $800 when it came out in 2002. On to the pics...

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lostdaytomorrow Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 712 iTrader: 0 / 0%	Awesome catch, man. Good job on getting the PSU figured out! Last edited by lostdaytomorrow; 11-25-2007 at 11:32 PM.

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