Alpine 9830 for 6k. Good Deal?

iraghava · 29th June 2006, 12:18

Guys I searched all threads and couldn't find any prior comments on this issue so here goes:

My friend's got a Swift with some crappy Pioneer HU and he's getting an Alpine 9830 from his contacts (taken new off a Skoda) for 6k. He's got front and rear compnents and a Velocity Bass tube powered by a Sony 502. The Components are driven by a Sony 504.

Do you think for that price the 9830 would be a good deal??

jkdas · 29th June 2006, 12:38

it is a good deal. very good one actually

Sam Kapasi · 29th June 2006, 12:41

It a good deal for 6K, PROVIDED it's in great shape. Taken new off a Skoda - so it should be.

navin · 29th June 2006, 12:51

It is a good deal the 9830 is quite a nice HU. My wife used one for 2 years or so. The audible differences between her 9830 and 9833 are small.

iraghava · 29th June 2006, 13:23

Thanks for the advice guys I told him to go ahead with it.

kb100 · 30th June 2006, 00:40

Damn Good deal buddy... Hmmmm. care to elaborate exactly how you happened to come by this unit... some of us will be very interested to know the modus operandii?

iraghava · 30th June 2006, 08:14

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Originally Posted by kb100

Damn Good deal buddy... Hmmmm. care to elaborate exactly how you happened to come by this unit... some of us will be very interested to know the modus operandii?

Yaar I am friends with one of the so-called GOOD installers of Delhi since in my group of close friends about 10 cars go to him for ICE work every now and then. The other day I had just popped in and he showed me a nearly brand-new 9830 he had taken off an RS (stupid customers I know) and said if I wanted it he would give it for 6k. Partly because it was semi-used and partly because he knew that I would know it's off an RS. So I called up my friend who had been complaining about the Sound Quality in his car and told him to get the swap done right there period. Now my friend calls me today and tells me that he hasn't even tuned the system properly yet and still the improvement in SQ ia so much that he's wondering what he was doing with ****ty Pioneer's for so much time!!

Anyways enough stories but if you want something like a 9830 or so I could source a nearly-new piece for you for peanuts. Not that you would need it with the 9835 & IVA-200

P.S. One reason I have been told for ages is that Pionner's have better display than Alpine's and I say yeah but does it have better SQ and most of the people don't know what SQ is! Fact is many people I know & have seen getting their HU's changed to Pioneer simply because of the damn Dolphins or the Indy cars or Racing Motorbikes and that kind of excreta!

kb100 · 30th June 2006, 15:21

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Originally Posted by iraghava

Anyways enough stories but if you want something like a 9830 or so I could source a nearly-new piece for you for peanuts. Not that you would need it with the 9835 & IVA-200

Buddy... I think you are confusing me with Speedzak.. he's the guy with the above combo... I am sticking by the good ol SH**TY Pioneer

... P80RS to be precise... Apparently has been voted uniformly better than anything this side of USD1,000/-

And looks like a million bucks too!..

iraghava · 30th June 2006, 17:09

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Originally Posted by kb100

Buddy... I think you are confusing me with Speedzak.. he's the guy with the above combo... I am sticking by the good ol SH**TY Pioneer

... P80RS to be precise... Apparently has been voted uniformly better than anything this side of USD1,000/-

And looks like a million bucks too!..

Oh sorry KB100,000 I did actually confuse you with SZ!! And well I know that the P80 is not the usual Pioneer so good choice!!

kb100 · 30th June 2006, 17:21

lol... Wokies!!... Seedzak is the tru $$$$$$$ man... IN fact he got so much of it that he has OUTGROWN his lil Alto... and he's now going to buy a BIGGER CAR to stuff all of his ever expanding list of ICE Goodies into!

iraghava · 30th June 2006, 17:37

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Originally Posted by kb100

lol... Wokies!!... Seedzak is the tru $$$$$$$ man... IN fact he got so much of it that he has OUTGROWN his lil Alto... and he's now going to buy a BIGGER CAR to stuff all of his ever expanding list of ICE Goodies into!

Hahahaha I read that!!!! Nice situation to be in haan you have a car and you buy some good ICE equipment, then you get a good deal and buy some more and suddenly one day you realise that the car is too small for all the fancy equipment so you buy another car

But I don't envy poor SpeedZak's situation!!!

speedzak · 1st July 2006, 00:27

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Originally Posted by iraghava

Hahahaha I read that!!!! Nice situation to be in haan you have a car and you buy some good ICE equipment, then you get a good deal and buy some more and suddenly one day you realise that the car is too small for all the fancy equipment so you buy another car

But I don't envy poor SpeedZak's situation!!!

Guyz! I'm not in a Situation here puhLeeez!!!!!!
My dad just got some loose change that he has allowed me for a second car. And My Alto will be the car I'll mostly drive around in the town and 'The Big one' will be used mostly for that highway runs guyz! And as I'm not happy with my current setup of Alpine HUs, I may even change those into the big car and fit my gud OL pio 7750 back into the Alto. I just looooove my Alto man! Pl dont ask me why!!

Nothing overgrowing here!
I am just getting choosy with the next car though!! Why?? Because it should have a good drive and should be strong enough to carry my bassy strokes!!

navin · 1st July 2006, 10:57

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Originally Posted by kb100

I am sticking by the good ol SH**TY Pioneer

... P80RS to be precise... ..

yeah and an equally "SH**TY" amp from a no-brand company that also "looks like a million bucks too!.." :-)

maxbhp · 3rd July 2006, 18:47

Hey Any more sparingly used Alpine Head units 9843 / 9830 / 9833 available ? ... I need one badly

Am not much of an audiophile , but somehow found these players turn out some crisp sounds with avg.speakers. 5K-6.5 K preferably.

jkdas · 3rd July 2006, 19:25

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Originally Posted by maxbhp

Hey Any more sparingly used Alpine Head units 9843 / 9830 / 9833 available ? ... I need one badly

Am not much of an audiophile , but somehow found these players turn out some crisp sounds with avg.speakers. 5K-6.5 K preferably.

have contact @ skoda service?

29th June 2006, 12:18	#1
iraghava Senior - BHPian Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Bhaiyyaland Posts: 8,033 Thanked: 265 Times View My Garage	Alpine 9830 for 6k. Good Deal? Guys I searched all threads and couldn't find any prior comments on this issue so here goes: My friend's got a Swift with some crappy Pioneer HU and he's getting an Alpine 9830 from his contacts (taken new off a Skoda) for 6k. He's got front and rear compnents and a Velocity Bass tube powered by a Sony 502. The Components are driven by a Sony 504. Do you think for that price the 9830 would be a good deal??
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29th June 2006, 12:38	#2
jkdas Senior - BHPian Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Thiruvananthapu Posts: 9,687 Thanked: 1,492 Times View My Garage	it is a good deal. very good one actually
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29th June 2006, 12:41	#3
Sam Kapasi Distinguished - BHPian Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Mumbai (but wat Posts: 6,997 Thanked: 2,378 Times View My Garage	It a good deal for 6K, PROVIDED it's in great shape. Taken new off a Skoda - so it should be.
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29th June 2006, 12:51	#4
navin Team-BHP Support Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Mumbai Posts: 25,185 Thanked: 9,275 Times	It is a good deal the 9830 is quite a nice HU. My wife used one for 2 years or so. The audible differences between her 9830 and 9833 are small.
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29th June 2006, 13:23	#5
iraghava Senior - BHPian Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Bhaiyyaland Posts: 8,033 Thanked: 265 Times View My Garage	Thanks for the advice guys I told him to go ahead with it.
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30th June 2006, 00:40	#6
kb100 Senior - BHPian Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Bangy Boy! Posts: 1,555 Thanked: 21 Times	Damn Good deal buddy... Hmmmm. care to elaborate exactly how you happened to come by this unit... some of us will be very interested to know the modus operandii?
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30th June 2006, 17:21	#10
kb100 Senior - BHPian Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Bangy Boy! Posts: 1,555 Thanked: 21 Times	lol... Wokies!!... Seedzak is the tru $$$$$$$ man... IN fact he got so much of it that he has OUTGROWN his lil Alto... and he's now going to buy a BIGGER CAR to stuff all of his ever expanding list of ICE Goodies into!
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3rd July 2006, 18:47	#14
maxbhp Senior - BHPian Join Date: May 2006 Location: C C K Posts: 1,382 Thanked: 89 Times View My Garage	Hey Any more sparingly used Alpine Head units 9843 / 9830 / 9833 available ? ... I need one badly Am not much of an audiophile , but somehow found these players turn out some crisp sounds with avg.speakers. 5K-6.5 K preferably.
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