After years and years of being a Pioneer fan, I decided to try an Alpine unit after a friends recommendation. Plumped for a 9815RB, what an amazing head unit - the sound quality is streets ahead of the Pioneer 5500 it replaced, it's a remarkable difference.

 

Can't wait to get all my new Alpine speakers in too...got 2 pairs of R series 6x9s, a pair of R series 17cm components and 2 x 12" 900W subwoofers plus three amps going in too :)

I like my Pioneer head units too,in 1991 I spent 3.5k on Pioneer ice and at that time was a fair amount of wedge to spend on a system,With todays standards it would probably have sounded shite:D

Alpine head units rock, the speakers are seriously $hite though, try listening ti some Infinity Kappa's or some JL Audio.

Alpine head units rock, the speakers are seriously $hite though, try listening ti some Infinity Kappa's or some JL Audio.

 

like the sig - how much do you want not to drop stones on my head? :D

Alpines rule, but I went with Black Diamond 6x9s in my doors - expensive but very nice!

Seriously, the speakers are $hite, well atleast they were 3 years ago, Infinity Kappa's all the way :D

My current setup is Alpine all round. I did some extensive research and the Alpine HU was a must. Was just simply far better than all the others in its price range.

 

The speakers are TypeR seperate components in the front with matching TypeR 2-Way 6x9's in the back (wanted a little bass without having to resort to buying a sub). Admittedly, for the money I probably could've got some better sounding speakers but having heard both before purchasing and being impressed I stumped up the money. (I'm also pretty anal about having things looking just right, hence matching ICE).

 

Since installing them I've been very happy, they sound much better than my pals JL, Pioneer and Sony stuff. But then that may not all be done to the speakers alone...

Just got Alpine head unit (Well chuffed with it) now looking to add Alpine speakers all around,