Oh yea, targeted for first quarter of 2011!!!!

 

sounds exciting! about time.

 

WOW great maybe I will hold off on the MS8 and stick with the alpine setup.

(edit: This is in reference to a setup I posted on the DIYaudio page I will post a build log here when I am closer to completion)

 

That great news! I'm happy to hear that they appear to be going back to putting out higher quality units, compared to what they have been putting out lately. That's coming from an Alpine fan.

 

Glad to hear Alpine is coming out with as processor that doesn't lock out the user like Imprint and doesn't cost to much.

I guess I can stop buying used H701's now.

 

Nothing wrong with that. I'm still using mine, and I have a new ms-8 sitting in my spare room. The H701 is still my favorite processor.

 

Maybe the Bitone and the MS8 have kicked Alpine in the @$$ and are now taking the offensive to produce and put out something to match or rival their competition. I wish Alpine would go back to high quality products like the F1 line or similiar (i.e. CDA-7949 era). If, and when it does come out, hopefully it will be compatible with previous Alpine HU's......

 

Considering processors account for about 1% of the market I doubt that MS-8 and bit one sales have caused them to come out with something new. I think it may be the fact that the imprint processor, which is great in theory, works poorly in real life.

 

This is good news especially considering they've done away with active capable head units.
I expect they'll release more info at CES in January. Any bets on whether we'll hear more sooner than that?

 

considering the ms-8 thread on here was started 3 years before it was released i'd say that is a safe bet.

 

Thank you Jesus!!!!!!!!!!

 

I talked to my sales rep in Toledo, He talked to Alpine and they wont know anything Firm until they meet in California in December for the Rep conference. It will likely show up at CES in January and we will see it in stores March and maybe as late as June.. I hope its sooner then that I am salivating at the news.. Although I do have to save up the money to buy one.. I am expecting retail at 700 real world around 600. On par with the MS-8

 

Gewd times

It's hard to to put all my eggs in the P99 when a "multimedia" double din + H701 would be easier to sell to the wife

 

man i just ordred the bit one :/

 

I am looking at upgrading my 9886 to 9887 to tide me over until the new imprint comes out.

 

Fingers crossed hoping for 3 pairs of RCA out on the front channel. It would be nice if they release this HU in the USA Alpine*-*Mobile Media Stations*-*IVA-D511R

It has optical out via the KWE-610A cable. Plus adjustable illumination to match one's car interior.



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Why cant you have it shipped here?

 

Well this is interesting news. I was just on the phone the other day with Alpine CS about another matter and I mentioned how I was really disappointed in Alpine for not offering a more user tweak-able like the H701 anymore. Or for that matter the fact that none of the new HU's having optical outputs. The guy said that's what the imprint modules were for . Well obviously he just doesn't understand our mentality . Anyway, I'm glad to hear the news except I just sent my H701 off to have Matt R modify it.

 

http://www.diymobileaudio.com/forum/diyma-member-build-logs/90965-iasca-sqi-rookie-build.html


guy said he has a "Alpine PHA-H701 (yet to be released to the public)"

 

He said on shopping list!







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Ya I wish I was that lucky NO ONE has one yet. That I know of

 

What I heard from some guys who talked to Steve Brown at MERA it really wont be much like the H700/701 at all. Its an upgraded version of Imprint that fixes many of the auto tune features that the original version has. It will have some, but limited ability for the user to make fine adjustments.

 

So much for that .

 

Although I'd love to get my hands on a PXA-H700/1 replacement just for the sake of it, you guys have to understand that most people DON'T care to tune the car themselves, we're a minority in the car audio market.

Let's not forget that the H700 did have auto-EQ and auto-TA, as did most upmarket Pioneer units, as did the F#1 (both generations). Did they work? Did they f*ck. Nowadays though, with modern algorithms, readily available chipsets and careful software design, it's much easier to auto-tune (and sound right). The Audyssey software found in Imprint, Audison's implementation in the BitOne and the DSP/Logic7 in MS-8 are all great examples of that. Some may be more capable than the others, but they all share the same basic concept.

Let's hope I'm 100% wrong though, and the new Alpine processor, aside of its auto features, has an all-out manually tunable environment. :blush:

 

It's about time. I've been running my W200/H701 way too long...

 

Im not getting rid of my 700 and my 701 yet.....

 

Check out the PKG-H701s on Alpine Japan's website.

 

PKG-H701S

 

huh, apparently my source was wrong...

I dont see a much if any differences between the original and new version

 

It looks like it's the same piece but that model is for the combo deal (H701 + C701)

PKG-H701's as in Package 701's.

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PXA-H701 alone.

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RUX-C701 alone.

RUX-C701 | ƒ}ƒ‹ƒ`ƒ�ƒfƒBƒAƒ}ƒl�[ƒWƒƒ�[ | ƒwƒbƒhƒ†ƒjƒbƒg | ALPINE Japan

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