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Thread: Erin's 2006 Civic Sedan

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    Re: Erin's 2006 Civic Sedan

    I truly had no intentions on changing anything but then I gave in to my year long desire to own one of my favorite old school headunits when the opportunity arose. After unloading a lot of stuff, I went for it.

    Alpine 7909j. "J" for Juba... or Japan. This was alpine's top of the line headunit from waaaaaay back in the day. Fully restored by a fellow highly respected in the collector community for all his work. It is upgraded with elna silmic caps. FM tuner was Japanese replaced with US tuner. Audio board got upgraded opamps. Laser realigned and DC converter rebuilt. This is better than original factory quality. It plays CD-R with a quickness and also has a BT/iPhone mod so I can still use it with my phone to listen to music and make phone calls.

    I expected at best a lateral step in Sound Quality from the Sony but I was pleasantly surprised to find that it actually performs better than the Sony in a few notable areas: the soundstage is larger, bass is fuller, and the midrange tonality is more detailed. One key example is "Magic" by the cars when there's a "click clock" Sound made by the singer that pans to the far left. I've heard this song numerous times and when I put the alpine in and listened I immediately noticed the sound was a good 6" outside the point it used to be. I listened to "Grandma's Hands" from the Chesky disc and the *snap* is the most realistic it's ever sounded in my car. I can literally hear the pressure of the hard snap, as if it were reaching the dynamic range of the mic with the hard flesh sound of the snap then carrying throughout the room as it reverberates. Never sounded so lifelike.

    I chose to not use the Mc meters since they didn't look right at all with the headunit.

    Just wanted to share my excitement and some pictures with my buds here.




















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    Re: Erin's 2006 Civic Sedan

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    Re: Erin's 2006 Civic Sedan

    those things are beautiful.

    You gonna get the clock for your garage now?

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    Re: Erin's 2006 Civic Sedan

    You went from one of the most technologically advanced HUs to one of the least but got better sound stage characteristics.
    I'm not sure if that means anything but I noticed it.
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    The guy who reworked the H.U. [ might have some skillz ] , Erin knows stuff ( deep stuff ). This isn't hard to believe .
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    Re: Erin's 2006 Civic Sedan

    Happy for ya erin!

    Its fantastic that the *new* HU is bringing more joy than you expected.

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    Re: Erin's 2006 Civic Sedan

    Ok, I call dibs on the HU when you update again which I predict will be in a few months.

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    Re: Erin's 2006 Civic Sedan

    Haha. Thanks, guys.

    Chad, nah, I won't be getting one of those clocks. I've had ample opportunity with local sellers. They are neat, though.
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    Re: Erin's 2006 Civic Sedan

    7909j with bluetooth..... you sir, are a stud!

    I'm happy for ya pal!!

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    Re: Erin's 2006 Civic Sedan

    Whoa! That....is....Kick-Ass!

    Being an avid old-school is better school enthusiast, that pushes my buttons.

    very very niceeee!

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