Alpine DVA-9860 $299

[dawgdan]

Crutchfield is doing one of their blowouts on the DVA-9860. Not a fancy unit at all, but nice for someone maybe wanting to play DVD-Audio discs (been pondering this lately) or hooking up external monitors, RSE, etc. Optical out for H701 processing, but you'll still need a RUX.

http://www.crutchfield.com/S-UvoOEl9Sry4/cgi-bin/ProdView.asp?g=300&I=500DVA9860

[dawgdan]

Damn, just noticed it doesn't do DVD-Audio. Oh well.

[Infinity]

Figures, I just DL'ed Dark Side of the Moon on DVD-A. Awesome mix.

[Finleyville]

Optical out for H701 processing, but you'll still need a RUX.

http://www.crutchfield.com/S-UvoOEl9Sry4/cgi-bin/ProdView.asp?g=300&I=500DVA9860


Just so you know you do NOT need a RUX to control a 701 with this unit. The 9860 can control the H701 directly.

[ALH19]

It's quite hard to control the processor using the 9860. The screen is extremely small, but its possible