Discontinued Decks?

Audiophile · Post by **Audiophile** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 10:55 pm

I posted this in my other topic, too--but oh well.

Does anyone know of any nice discontinued headunits(CD/MP3)? Any brand/company is fine, preferably somewhere in the high quality range (Alpine, eclipse, etc).

A friend of my dad's is a rep for some company and said he could get me discontinued units really cheap, so I had to ask :)

Thanks guys!
Brandon

Post by **GlassWolf** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 2:51 am

Alpine CDA-7990

smoker · Post by **smoker** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 4:19 am

alpine 7909

sinister audio · Post by **sinister audio** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 6:03 am

eclipse 8443

Audiophile · Post by **Audiophile** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 8:10 pm

If it ain't too much trouble--how much was each of those when they were on the market? Estimated values is A-OK with me :) I just want an idea of what I'll be paying from this guy.

As far as cheaper goes--how's the Alpine CDA-9830?

sinister audio · Post by **sinister audio** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 8:26 pm

eclipse 8443 was 425 new

Audiophile · Post by **Audiophile** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 8:53 pm

hows the alpine 7876 stack up? I found one...relatively cheap. Looks like a nice unit to me :)

Post by **GlassWolf** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 8:52 am

alpine cda-7990 retailed for $3,000

Audiophile · Post by **Audiophile** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 10:36 pm

....*begins to chuckle histerically* THREE GRAND?! WHAT DO I LOOK LIKE?! AN ATM!???

Jeez you buncha rich people. I'm 17...I'm a damn bus-boy at a restaraunt...granted I make almost $300/week...but that's beside the point. The 7990 must've been a DVD player witha flip up touch screen--no?

Post by **GlassWolf** » Sat Jul 09, 2005 4:12 am

nope. straight AM/FM/CD. no DVD, no MP3, no WMA.
pure audiophile grade CD player.

I use one in my Charger. It's their F#1status unit with optical outputs for their digital processing components. The deck also uses K-grade 24/96 Burr-Brown DACs and similar components internally that justify the price. Street price was about $1800 if you shopped around, which is still very steep, I agree, but there isn't a better CD player in the car audio realm if you're after a SQ based system.