My new car Head Unit - P99RS !!!

Invinsible · 30th March 2010, 19:07

Way to go, Congrats! this HU can do much more than 4way active, more than it's the sound that matters. Using 4 DAC for each high, mid, midbass & sub. The sound will equal to those high end HU mentioned.
By the way what's the landing cost on it? I suppose this one is from Singapore ? It now retails at 1200$ in US.
Plan on getting one when I visit S'pore in June.
Look forward for your feedback on this.

Why not get 64gb pen drive or may be an portable HD. Like the looks not flashy at all.

low_bass_makker · 31st March 2010, 11:40

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Originally Posted by nick17s

what is the cost of it, looks nice when it is turned on.
and does where the usb is connected, a cable or in front of the head unit ??

It is 50K+ like I mentioned maybe 60k may be 70K but it is 50K+

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Originally Posted by panky12345

WoW! WoW! Thats "some" HU LBM.. Congrats on your purchase.

BTW, are you retaining your alpine processor with this or not?

Thanks Phaji...Yes I am retaining the Alpine processor can let go such a marvelous Audio equipment. Also it is not available in the market now.

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Originally Posted by Invinsible

Way to go, Congrats! this HU can do much more than 4way active, more than it's the sound that matters. Using 4 DAC for each high, mid, midbass & sub. The sound will equal to those high end HU mentioned.
By the way what's the landing cost on it? I suppose this one is from Singapore ? It now retails at 1200$ in US.
Plan on getting one when I visit S'pore in June.
Look forward for your feedback on this.

Why not get 64gb pen drive or may be an portable HD. Like the looks not flashy at all.

Ya it does not look flashy or cheap it is quite sober looking HU. Ya I also assume that this HU is comparable with the other High HU I mentioned. Even Pioneer also say that this is there latest offer in the HU department. Here is some info from there website..

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The DEX-P99RS is designed to replace (and advance the performance of) the award-winning DEX-P90RS and DEQ-P90RS Pioneer CD tuner and processor package, which is highly popular with enthusiasts.

New competition grade CD Tuner DEX-P99RS - Pioneer Europe

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The DEX-P99RS incorporates 32-Bit Binary Floating-Point DSP for high-precision and highspeed sound processing. The unique use of 32-bit "floating point" DSP offers significantly higher accuracy, especially a high frequencies and low signal levels. This new DSP is five times faster than the equivalent DSP used in the DEH-P800PRS or DEH-P880PRS models.

Pioneer USA - DEX-P99RS - Reference Series CD Tuner with Digital DSP and USB Port with Digital Direct Signal Transmission

I also found the HU to be very clean and nice sounding. I found it better sounding than the HX-D2 also. Rest a short preview of the HU will be up in few weeks time.

esteem_lover · 31st March 2010, 12:05

Congrats Basswallah. Like many have said, that swift will be in it's last legs, give it a break.

Invinsible · 31st March 2010, 12:17

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Originally Posted by low_bass_makker

I also found the HU to be very clean and nice sounding. I found it better sounding than the HX-D2 also. Rest a short preview of the HU will be up in few weeks time.

So can we have the small review on this. What I would be interested in knowing is how effective is Auto tuning that does the TA & EQ tuning and what are the crossover points for the sub in active mode?

ghpk · 31st March 2010, 15:56

Congrats man, its awesome, at SQ level you would digest I am sure its worth every penny, you've spent.

I am not able to see anything since i read the price.
i am blind and there are birds and stars around my head,
50K head unit, many people in India have this much budget to buy a 2nd car just to be inside a 4 wheeler ride.

anyway if its not shocking what speakers shocks are there for us to get BEHOSH Again.

yogeshnaik · 31st March 2010, 16:05

Congrats! The .wav files in your 32 GB drive could have been compressed to either mp3 with lame encoders or into aac formats with faac encoders freely available. You just need aac support in your Audio Head Unit.

low_bass_makker · 31st March 2010, 17:45

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Originally Posted by ghpk

anyway if its not shocking what speakers shocks are there for us to get BEHOSH Again.

Thanks..But they are in the range of 100k.

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Originally Posted by yogeshnaik

Congrats! The .wav files in your 32 GB drive could have been compressed to either mp3 with lame encoders or into aac formats with faac encoders freely available. You just need aac support in your Audio Head Unit.

I am using mostly WAV files. And few Mp3 for which I do not have the wav file.

Bass&Trouble · 31st March 2010, 19:25

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Originally Posted by yogeshnaik

Congrats! The .wav files in your 32 GB drive could have been compressed to either mp3 with lame encoders or into aac formats with faac encoders freely available. You just need aac support in your Audio Head Unit.

He has bought the P99RS rather than some other high end head units so that he can play "lossless" .wav files over USB. Other comparable head units don't do this, and .mp3 or any other such lossy format is too lo-fi to fully enjoy a setup that uses something like the P99RS as the source.

navin · 31st March 2010, 23:34

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Originally Posted by Bass&Trouble

He has bought the P99RS rather than some other high end head units so that he can play "lossless" .wav files over USB.

LBM will this HU play FLAC anc Wavpack too?

Invinsible · 31st March 2010, 23:46

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Originally Posted by navin

LBM will this HU play FLAC anc Wavpack too?

Yup, I suppose it does, I did read somewhere on Diyma that it can.

low_bass_makker · 1st April 2010, 05:40

Have not tried but I think it will not work. It plays WAV,WMA,AAC and these are written in the manual have not tried FLAC and WAVPack. But will try them and then update.

Live To Jive · 1st April 2010, 07:52

Can this HU play from a portable HD?

navin · 1st April 2010, 09:28

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Originally Posted by Invinsible

Yup, I suppose it does, I did read somewhere on Diyma that it can.

well we can rename the words of this song to "I think I have found what I am looking for"

YouTube - U2 I Still Haven't Found What Im Looking For Live From Milan

check out this video after the first the first 2 minutes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVdZ0Rdm8zI

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Originally Posted by low_bass_makker

But will try them and then update.

Thanks LBM. Ofcourse it must have better SQ (compared to the Alpine 9835 & 9987 that I use) and have TA, XOs, etc.

BTW what does this HU cost in India/Mumbai?

Invinsible · 1st April 2010, 11:08

Quote:

Originally Posted by navin

well we can rename the words of this song to "I think I have found what I am looking for"

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check out this video after the first the first 2 minutes

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Thanks LBM. Ofcourse it must have better SQ (compared to the Alpine 9835 & 9987 that I use) and have TA, XOs, etc.

BTW what does this HU cost in India/Mumbai?

You sure can rename anything

The HU is almost the double the cost here at around 85-90k that's with B&W. Yet have to check whether it's available in grey or not.
The Japanese version comes with external amp and is said to have slight better SQ over P99rs, I guess may be coz of better internals. Cost about 105,000 yen.

thedreamcatcher · 1st April 2010, 12:04

This is one real good HU and a nice way to spend around 80K. Saw somw extremely good reviews about the product and for the first time I saw this product featured in a mag and I though they made a typo with the price. But when I saw the features and what it was capable of, the only thing that came to my mind was

"good things come in small packages"

30th March 2010, 19:07	#16
Invinsible Senior - BHPian Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Bombay Posts: 1,257 Thanked: 62 Times	Way to go, Congrats! this HU can do much more than 4way active, more than it's the sound that matters. Using 4 DAC for each high, mid, midbass & sub. The sound will equal to those high end HU mentioned. By the way what's the landing cost on it? I suppose this one is from Singapore ? It now retails at 1200$ in US. Plan on getting one when I visit S'pore in June. Look forward for your feedback on this. Why not get 64gb pen drive or may be an portable HD. Like the looks not flashy at all. Last edited by Invinsible : 30th March 2010 at 19:15.
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31st March 2010, 12:05	#18
esteem_lover Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Madras/Py Posts: 7,556 Thanked: 513 Times View My Garage	Congrats Basswallah. Like many have said, that swift will be in it's last legs, give it a break.
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31st March 2010, 15:56	#20
ghpk BHPian Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Ghaziabad Posts: 872 Thanked: 212 Times	Congrats man, its awesome, at SQ level you would digest I am sure its worth every penny, you've spent. I am not able to see anything since i read the price. i am blind and there are birds and stars around my head, 50K head unit, many people in India have this much budget to buy a 2nd car just to be inside a 4 wheeler ride. anyway if its not shocking what speakers shocks are there for us to get BEHOSH Again.
	() Thanks

31st March 2010, 16:05	#21
yogeshnaik BHPian Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Bangalore Posts: 347 Thanked: 219 Times	Congrats! The .wav files in your 32 GB drive could have been compressed to either mp3 with lame encoders or into aac formats with faac encoders freely available. You just need aac support in your Audio Head Unit.
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1st April 2010, 05:40	#26
low_bass_makker Senior - BHPian Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Faridabad Posts: 6,813 Thanked: 306 Times View My Garage	Have not tried but I think it will not work. It plays WAV,WMA,AAC and these are written in the manual have not tried FLAC and WAVPack. But will try them and then update.
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1st April 2010, 07:52	#27
Live To Jive BANNED Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Swindon, UK Posts: 698 Thanked: 89 Times	Can this HU play from a portable HD?
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1st April 2010, 12:04	#30
thedreamcatcher Senior - BHPian Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Dubai Posts: 1,204 Thanked: 67 Times View My Garage	This is one real good HU and a nice way to spend around 80K. Saw somw extremely good reviews about the product and for the first time I saw this product featured in a mag and I though they made a typo with the price. But when I saw the features and what it was capable of, the only thing that came to my mind was "good things come in small packages"
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