Alpine CDA-9815

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Value Rating
 4 of 5

Used product for
1 to 3 months

Visitors rate this review
1.00 of 5, 1.00 votes

Price Paid:  $329.00 from Autohaus in Napa CA

Year / Model Reviewed:
2003 alpine cda-9815

Strengths:
everything about it. period.

Weaknesses:
the fact that it's discontinued, and inexperienced users may become frustrated with all of the sound shaping features. For those people, I recommend the 9821 or something along that range.

Summary:
Audiophile heaven. selectable f/r/s or l/m/h active crossovers with selectable slopes, 5 band eq with selectable slope/frequencies, individual attenuation of all 3 channels up to -15 db, 6 channel time correction, 2 line dot matrix display with 2 selectable easy to read fonts, etc. etc. etc.

Similar Products Used:
alpine cda-7995

Price Paid:  $340.00 from ebay

Year / Model Reviewed:
2003 CDA/9815

Strengths:
lots of options for eq/crossover settings 60x4 amp time correction I-Personalize looks beautiful motorized face

Weaknesses:
eq and crossover settings can be tricky, but after playing with it for little it gets easier. I-Personalize also helps.

Summary:
This unit has it all. You can always count on alpine to deliver the very best head units. This is my third alpine h/u and is by far the best. I upgraded to this from the cda-7893 for the mp3 playback.

Similar Products Used:
Alpine 7893 Alpine 7861

Price Paid:  $400.00 from SOUNDS IN MOTION

Year / Model Reviewed:
2003 CDA9815

Strengths:
VERY GOOD SOUND AND SOUND SETTINGS

Weaknesses:
SEE COMMENT

Summary:
THIS HEAD UNIT HAS GIVEN ME NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS. THE FIRST ONE I BOUGHT LASTED 2 WEEKS AND KEPT CUTTING OFF, FINALLY IT NEVER TURNED BACK ON. THEY CHECKED THE CAR WIRING AND CAME TO THE CONCLUSION IT WAS THE UNIT. THEY ORDERED ANOTHER UNIT FOR ME, AND ITS ABOUT 3 MOS AND IT TO IS STARTING TO CUT OFF DURING PLAY. I WONDER WHAT THEY WILL SAY WHEN I CALL SCREAMING THIS WEEKEND!

Similar Products Used:
KENWOOD

Price Paid:  $469.00 from tweeter

Year / Model Reviewed:
2003 cda9815

Strengths:
xm radio good sound but not like Nakamichi

Weaknesses:
nome

Summary:
sound is good but not that of a Nakamichi 400 the only reason i got this was i wanted xmradio

Similar Products Used:
Nakamichi elcispe

Price Paid:  $400.00 from E-Bay

Year / Model Reviewed:
2004 Alpine CDA-9815

Strengths:
Many options, nice look, amazing sound, worth everything dollar I payed..

Weaknesses:
I had trouble with a CD-R I burned. It had about 150 songs on it. When I went to put it on the last track from the first, it had alot of trouble reading it. Not too big a deal though.

Summary:
I used to own a Panasonic MP3/WMA CD player, it was decent but didnt have the sound or options I wanted. I invested some money into this little gem and it was well worth it. Oh and let me explain a few of the "Weaknesses" left by other reviews. First of all, the buttons cant fade out b/c they are a clear plastic not white paint type stuff. Second, the screen wont die out or fade out, ive used many alpines and never once had a display problem, lastly, the "No Support" problem.. read the manual.

Similar Products Used:
older alpine models then went to blaupunkt for awhile, then panasonic (haha what a joke), and back to Alpine..