The World's Highest Resolution Car Audio System!

It's baaack!!!
Watch as Alpine Teguh breaks down the return of the ultra-high-end AlpineF#1Status sound system and goes into detail about what makes it the world's highest resolution car audio system!
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SYSTEM OVERVIEW:
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Digital recording continues to progress towards higher Bit and sampling rates. While some recording studios record as high as 384kHz/32Bit, the convenience of lower-resolution files with sampling rates of 44.1khz/16Bit found in CDs or highly compressed music from streaming services has become widely accepted as “good enough.” However, much of the original content is lost when playing music recorded or compressed to these lower sampling rates. High-Resolution audio was created to address the listener’s desire to enjoy music as the artist originally intended.
AlpineF#1Status was designed as the first complete vehicle sound system capable of not only reproducing this full-spec High-Resolution sound but doing so in the difficult environment that the inside of a vehicle presents.
By maintaining the details produced in a recording studio, the AlpineF#1Status system delivers music just as the artist intended resulting in the excitement of a live music performance.
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SYSTEM COMPONENTS:
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AlpineF#1Status is an all-inclusive system utilizing cutting-edge proprietary connectivity to achieve the highest resolution audio available in the vehicle. The total system includes:
(1) DAP-7909 - Digital Audio Player
(1) HDS-7909 - Head Unit Commander & B.Box
(1) HDP-H900 - Digital Audio Processor
(2) HDA-F900 - 4 Channel Amplifiers
(1) HDZ-9000SW - 11” Subwoofer *second subwoofer option available
(2) HDZ-9000WF - 6.5” Speakers
(2) HDZ-9000MID - 3” Mid Speakers
(2) ​HDZ-9000TW - 2.5” Tweeters
*An optional additional subwoofer can be added to the system for added bass output.
A pair of traditional RCA inputs can be used to retain head unit functions from an aftermarket radio or up to 6 high-level inputs can be used to integrate a factory head unit. All system components are synchronized and work in perfect harmony to produce a high-resolution experience you’ve never experienced in the car before.
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[@chrisbaker9307]

When I called the Alpine dealer in Sacramento, CA. early this year when the information was released for this he told me that the price for the system that he'd been told was in the $25000 range, but that may have changed by now with all the craziness in the world. Nice to dream, I'll still with the DVI-9990. Just found out they pushed the price up to $39000. For most of us, that's more than our cars are worth.

[@abe4781]

Man these comments are great lots of people with various love for the electronic like me. My first major deck was an Alpine tape deck then saved up enough money for an Alpine cd player. Always had Alpine until I went to Eclipse for a hot minute until they went out of business now back to Alpine and sticking with my cde-148bt or until they come up with another flagship single din with great audio in mind. I would love a single din stuffed with the best of the best audio. Looking to finally upgrade to the new r series amps and really bring out the sound of my focal components.

[@Gglsucksbigballz]

I remember obsessing over my car audio system - so much fun! I had Alpine 7890 3 Macintosh Amp (High, Mid, Low) Image Dynamics (2x 36 band eqs (left / right) Image Dynamics Crossover with custom XLRs Image Dynamic Compression Drivers Dynadio MidBass custom kick pods Some 10” aluminum woofer custom box In a Delorean and had over 200 tuning from Ed Ning at Sunset Audio in SF. The imaging sounded like vocals were coming from 10’ in front of the car. When a cymbal hit it sounded like someone was tapping on my driver side glass and freaked people out. A friend had butler Amos that sounded amazing but I wanted clarity at very loud volumes. My car was tuned for SuperTramo Long way home. Wish I never sold the car & system. Can’t even get close now.

[@flitchstudios]

I love Alpine - I have Alpine in my car - and this new system surely is amazing engineering. But I will question one thing though, perhaps even the core and main sales pitch for this system, and that is the hype around Hi-Res Audio. Through the years, despite all the commercial efforts to outdate the CD and make it now seem “low-res” or “highly compressed” (which it is not), there never was and perhaps never will be strong scientific evidence that the human ear can truly distinguish a real difference between the “Redbook CD standard” (44.1kHz/16-bit) and "Hi-Res Audio" (96kHz/24-bit, let alone the totally exaggerated 384kHz/32-bit). Even back in the 80’s the now venerable CD was engineered to accurately reproduce the 20-20,000Hz range that the human ear can hear based on solid scientific evidence and research, for recorded music. That’s probably why we can still buy CDs nearly 40 years later, and its slow demise is simply more likely due to the emergence of more practical forms of media rather than actual sound quality, even though ironically most people listen and stream their music in lossy (low-res for real) formats nowadays. High bit-rate digital audio IS useful (and was actually invented) for recording studios for the simple reason that they must manipulate and process (and re-sample) recorded tracks multiple times without losing any fidelity, much like the studio high-speed master tape reels, but when the music is finalized there is no more need to keep such high bit-rates down to the consumer, it is a waste of data and money for simple music playback, even with a top-end audiophile system. To actually hear any difference whatsoever between CD and Hi-res Audio, if at all, you would basically have to listen to your music in an acoustically “sealed” room with absolutely no background noise, which isn’t a natural (or even a fun) way to enjoy music. The car is one of the worst places for background noise, and therefore in all honesty ruins any effort to reproduce music in any “purer form” than CD. All this to say that big companies - like Alpine - are keen to invent a “problem” to sell you something overpriced and give you bragging rights to say you’ve spent the price equivalent to that of a new car on an audio system which will sound better than everybody else’s. True, this system WILL sound amazing because of all the top-end engineering, including the speakers, but is this difference in sound worth… $30k+? Allow me to (really) doubt it. When we discovered High-Definition (HD / Hi-Res) movies and TV, it was a revelation, and EVERYONE could see and appreciate the difference immediately. We didn’t need to be convinced or be sold to the idea; we saw the difference by ourselves right away. For “Hi-Res Audio” however, this anticipated revelation is simply not there, and companies must throw at us a bunch of technical mumbo jumbo to make us believe that it sounds better, and most importantly spend the cash to justify the supposedly perceived difference. Worth reading: audiophilereview.com/audiophile/the-truth-about-high-resolution-audio-facts-fiction-and-findings/ www.mojo-audio.com/blog/the-24bit-delusion/

[@matronix1977]

My way for optimum audio quality. Bypass the head unit and use the aux. With a 3.5mm cable. iPad mini with lossless files through a dragonfly cobalt portable DAC. Perfecto sound !

[@indiobaez3314]

💯💯💯💯

[@RAPEDBYBLACKS]

very informative comment. Im not even into any audio shit but read every bit of this and learned a lot. Thanks!

[@Leaky_Pixels]

Definitely wrong there is a major difference in high res audio.

[@indiobaez3314]

@@Leaky_Pixels I Agree But For 37,000+ Thats A Down Payment On A Property I'm All Set 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@kobotherobohobo]

I swear, if they make an updated flip out unit, I'm going to buy it no matter the cost. I can't think of anything more fitting for my Skyline

[@raydanieliv3195]

Great video, I love the old alpine it takes me back to a great time of my life and that was all of the 90s , being born in 1975 I was just coming into my own in the 90s and it was amazing!

[@silverevans7763]

I'm still happy with my Alpine system sounds great

[@TopShottaFYC]

Crazy. I never knew you guys done so deep into sound quality. Definitely the way to go

[@ZC33S_Lefty]

I just upgraded my system to Alpine X Series, I should've waited

[@alpineguy1978]

you forgot to mention the Alpine CDA 7949/7939 pre F#1 great units!

[@stevemaddox7004]

I’ve had alpine head units in all my cars since the 90s

[@dasgogo68]

Impressive tech in system! I remember lusting after a 7909 in my younger years. : )

[@DjR3aper]

5:19 fun fact, the highest most music producer bounce there tracks out at is 48Khz 24 bit. The range of 96 Khz and above is usually done for movie scores.

[@caryburkett43]

So it sounds like most of these files that are offered at higher resolution are just upscaled from 48k? That would be a big letdown..

[@SteveSega]

@@caryburkett43 I'm still trying to figure out what a "highest most music producer" is The other aspect would be: are the tracks over "there" or was it "their" (ownership) tracks? Dude must have been baked when he typed his comment 🤣🤣

[@Tekjive]

This is why Alpine is #1, no one is, or can do, what they do ...and is why I will always only rock Alpine in my car ;)

[@myboy051]

Yeah Ok, Alpine has taken a fall for the past 5 or even more years. The multi media head units aren’t up to par with others right now. Plenty or other companies that are in the SQ department. Many of speakers and amps that are top of the line. DSP’s also.

[@bellaphone5719]

Alpine is number 1 all day long .2 Kenwood. 3.sony 4 clarion, 5.panasonic.6.aiwa ..back in them days..pull outs lol remember that ya them pull out lol

[@bellaphone5719]

But I'm talking about the head unit tho .yea alpine for sure

[@Tekjive]

@@bellaphone5719 lol yup, almost a status symbol like wearing a chain 😅😂🤣

[@meti9230]

Great video! Imagine watching this video in 40 years and thinking: 'oh, thats old' 😛

[@richroobz5351]

Great vidio and Let the alpine blast! Too many great memories!!! THanks!

[@MR06174]

Im still rockin the 9855 and a G190 equalizer for sub control.

[@delbertsmith5229]

I'm afraid to consider the price but can dream about the quality of sound

[@Demohoe1212]

35k

[@vjencore]

its awesome, we need an alpine with a built in dac that will decode hi res from apple music, tidal, amazon hd, etc, kinda like when you connect a cobalt dac to iphone/ipad and it shows you what format its decoding

[@Mr.Bojangles12]

Not since the 80s has alpine ruled like this, I'm impressed

[@abe4781]

Alpine bring back the 7909 please! For the old school guys! Modern deck tho with the best da converter you can fit inside full the best chasis. You already have one customer

[@fasbas9185]

I can’t wait for it!!! I’m going to buy it even if I don’t have a car yes sir yes sir yesSIR!!!

[@adriansgarage4034]

I use a Alpine 7290L stereo. Excellent sound quality even though its 33 years old.

[@Shaun-mt5wv]

Back in 1990 I put every penny I had made that year working two jobs into what was at the time the top of the line alpine system. The island hadn’t yet seen 15 inch alpine woofers. Alpine electronic crossover, two alpine 1000 watt amps I can’t remember how big the amp was for the mids and highs but it had the best electronic eq that alpine made back then with the best alpine CD player I could order. It cost me about $5000 back then. What’s weird is I don’t have the 13 second bug anymore but I’ve stored that system away and I’ve been offered much more than $5000 for that system? Haven’t been into audio systems for 20 plus years. Why do people still want those components? Aloha from Hawaii.

[@maness2112]

The furthest i got was the 7903 head unit. Loved it. I now have the restyle head unit in my f150.

[@brianthompson2662]

I had a nakamichi RDS500 cassette player. It was like $1200 in 1989

[@anandshah71]

Does Alpine have anything in autoEQ like Dirac.

[@TheSFFV]

More head units with the chiclets please. And where can I get one of those shirts!

[@sahs3811]

I’m still waiting for this new system to come out in 2022!

[@davidbradford9492]

I had alpine I’ve had kenwood love both for audio just wish alpine had better subs and amps at time I had my traverse

[@allancooper3865]

👌👌👌 Then , I let the “ Alpine” Play , it was bumping new ish by NWA !!! It was gangsta gangster at the top of the list , then I played my old “ish “ and it went a lil something like this 🙌🏼 Cruising down street in my 6 foe ....

[@allancooper3865]

Hit it’

[@3yearsago287]

The alpine bumpin but I need the volume higher..posse on Broadway

[@warup89]

Good lord a LOT of engineering has gone to all the devices shown, I cant wait to see on-hands reviews.

[@Fee.1]

Cheap re-badged units sadly

[@bbfoto7248]

@@Fee.1 Oh, Really? So tell us exactly where we can buy these "Original" non-rebadged pieces???

[@Fee.1]

@@bbfoto7248 alpine

[@andrewyeo2353]

Love the t shirt the green is so signature for people who know !! Where can I buy one

[@MattySlimz]

Man it’s been so hard to get any type of radios (aftermarket) where I’m located. I guess due to the chip shortage. I’m talking you can’t even pick up mediocre stuff like Dual or Pyle… hopefully this will change soon.

[@savuthyean3138]

Where you located??

[@factcheckme7565]

just read that this is sold as a complete system and that alpine will not sell components separately. meaning I only want the head unit but can't have it unless I purchase the processor, amplifier and subs

[@peyotegreco9096]

Getting jacked, respect!!!

[@danielanderson8502]

That shirt says it all!!!

[@jaydavidson4592]

I'd have to get a nice enough vehicle first to justify having that setup 😂

[@jjacob25101]

This was way before, but Alpine was still the best and most popular car stereo decks in the 1980's, when cassettes were the current medium. I had one of the best, last their top of the line cassette decks, the 7385. I had it in my 1984 Buick Grand National and loved it. Back then, they were relatively expensive. I still have it in storage. I know the present ones are even better. It's just so sad that they are hard put in the newer cars with all the vehicle functions integrated into the infotainment head unit.

[@dwaynesbadchemicals]

And they never went beyond car stereo.

[@silverevans7763]

Man I just bought the Alpine CDE175BT should of waited

[@boosalith2246]

The Alpine 7525 was the best deck I ever owned

[@Bassotronics]

I wish I could hear it. 👍🏻🔊👍🏻

[@guile9381]

Have use though about re-releasing some of the 90s decks?

[@davesmith1698]

This thing actually for sale yet? Can't seem to find anything anywhere

[@permanentledlighting]

When can we get some updates of who has the system available and ready to sell me one.

[@oswaldomolinaplaza4482]

👍👍 Saludos desde España

[@jq48jq]

I'm rockin' a Sparkomatic 8 track to cassette adapter. Guess I got a long way to go.

[@edwardyeo943]

How much will the whole system cost. Is it coming to Singapore?

[@karlwilkinson9410]

Have owned two 7893R head units absolutely awesome when an amp was introduced 👍

[@toastsniffer]

I remember spending 4k in the mid 90s on a system. You get so much for your money now. This wasn't a huge system either just good components and amps.

[@RyuMoto]

Sub'd for Steve Brown!

[@elcolin_]

So what's the best just aftermarket head unit replacement? I want best sounding and android auto

[@koolkev75]

7909 was OG 🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏆

[@mattb9664]

High temperatures = the best bass you can get!

[@MW-sw7so]

Im goin nuts here, i have a question. DOES ANYONE KNOW WHERE I CAN BUY AN OLD ALPINE 7803S CD CAR STEREO FROM WITH DETATCHABLE FACE. I HAD THIS RADIO LONG AGO AND IM LOOKING FOR ANOTHER. MUST BE IN THE BEST COND. IT COULD BE FOR THAT OLD. ANY HELP WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. THANK YOU.

[@sahs3811]

I asked if Alpine could create this system with a DSP and Amp that can be installed in smaller sports car the current components are so large they only suitable for saloon and large coupes! I hope they create an alternative system for small sports cars too!

[@Tuffenough4u]

Makes no sense... Why would you want a system like this in a small sports car? The environment would ruin the sound quality and completely defeat the purpose of spending big money on a system like this. If you want to bump that "miata"/what ever you're dealing with, in the ass... get a couple Focal K2's and a JL 13TW5v2-4 or if on a budget the Rockford P3S 1x12. A good head unit with a BLUE-2 dual channel amp with Punch mono amp for the sub and you won't care about needing more

[@sahs3811]

@@Tuffenough4u it’s the head unit I want I can tailor the speakers and DSP amp which are suitable for a smaller car! Oh the cars in question are the Alfa Romeo 4c and the Lotus Exgige 430;Cup

[@luisvillagomez7948]

Jamás volverá a ser con calidad y vista de los 95 hacia atrás nunca Alpine lo volverá a hacer perdió todo

[@SGM007]

Phone + Dragonfly Cobalt Blue + Head Unit = $299 portable DAC w/ MQA

[@robertdavis4834]

From what I see in your system diagrams, you have one channel of one amp going to the positive of the subwoofer and one channel of the other amp going to the negative of the subwoofer, is this possible. Please respond, any one.

[@kiklop8362]

IT is called master and slave. Many ams can do this, it is not special

[@matthewmik1958]

Please sell the components separately as well..

[@ryanorr5755]

you're still going to need a good set of speakers that put out full spectrum. I prefer a system that is flat all the way across

[@anandshah71]

I have an active system and never liked flat. Always liked bass boost in eq

[@williammumme9126]

$36,000 for the system not including interior design modifications. Pricey. But sounds amazing.

[@ericlloyd7981]

For what its worth I feel the amplifier at least could have metal dials and or switches, also those RCA inputs should be gold or copper plated Tiffany style at the very least knowing what this system is going to ask from your bank account. Did he just mention Will Smith up in there with them? Guess he didn't get the memo.

[@timbosboudreaus7996]

Great overview. But I bought the best Alpine head unit in 2004, and it was horrible. So I'm wearie.

[@caryburkett43]

You bought a DVI-9990?

[@timbosboudreaus7996]

@@caryburkett43 It's in a box in storage. I replaced it within 4 months with the Clarion DRZ 9255 96khz dual Bur Brown DACs

[@sonhuynh8222]

Where my 7180 brothers at ?!?! 😂👍🏼

[@Fee.1]

Whack man, why would you use so few speaker options? You know you need different setups for different sizes etc

[@bellaphone5719]

Don't forget sir mix alot .posse on the broad way .the alpine is bumping but I need something higher lol jk .or n,w,a, when easy e .say sit back and let the alpine play.

[@7071t6]

I think i will stick to OEM CAR Bose system, after all its not like your going to go in the Wolds most loudest car audio system comps, even when alpine brought out its new VF Head unist it costs around the 3.5k mark and that's with out changing the speakers and sound denuding ,wires cables and install all up the cost including install was around the 8K mark depending on what serries speakers you got, even with the F serries it would be around the 15K mark for what, there's no good audio CD's out there or even downloaded MP3 sound ,the last time i checked the only DDD recorded cd i have is the recording studio for George moroder midnight express movie soundtrack which was all redcored via DDD( digital to digital to digital ) transfer onto the CD, everything else that your brought back in the early 1980's was AAA, DAA,DDA, The same Cd blows anything at all the stereo retail stores when i take it there as a sound test, even their demo CD's and audio files are not as crisp and full range of every sound that was transferred onto that CD, + Blue ray 4K sound is just that a movie and the sound is still based on what it is ATMOS, dolby DTX etc etc and even my Midnight express Cd sound is still better sounding and that's coming from the hi end car stereo retail shop owners? S analog to analog or Digital to digital and then analog so unless you have the cash and the right car interior which would need a sound technician to work out the best sound to reach each person's ears, depending on where your sitting in the car, which is impossible as every persons ears need to be checked and then to have the speakers send the right sound on all frequency's that your ears can hear, which we all know everyone's taste in music is totally different, unless everyone in your car loves the same type of music and how loud it is as well?

[@jpmerrick8886]

Please the amp is a class d I'll keep my mrv f 900 thank u

[@nickorozco5933]

Alpine used to be made in Japan back in the 90’s. Then they moved to making there products in China,Mexico ETC. My Alpine dealer also sold KENWOOD, and he would talk me out of buying Alpine and pushed KENWOOD in the late 90’s early 2000’s.

[@DjJoeEmeric]

well ... Alpine in 2023 is just about money and profit not to make buyers satisfied ... :( the quality of the products are not as good how they show

[@666Necropsy]

in car dacs are a game changer. alpine is not the first one to the party lol

[@asherdie]

Hits all the marks for the pompous audiophiles.

[@Tekjive]

Pompous? Since when is good/the best sound quality considered pompous? Like that don’t even make sense lol 🥴

[@418lightning8]

um i loved alpine until I had to buy a new radio and couldn't understand what in the hell they were trying to sell me making it even harder to sell to someone else how can I pick an alpine for someone else when I cant pick one myself

[@XoxJasonReynoldsxoX]

The louder the beater = the smaller the peter.

[@bbfoto7248]

$30k and no AM/FM Tuner? I'm out, dawg. :-P

[@jimb4547]

Price ?

[@drift1n6]

35k

[@sunnyyyyy946]

This is what I was looking for 👌 everything else is bassicly not even worth looking at 😝😝😝😝😝

[@GORT70]

I made the mistake of getting a nakamichi about 6 months. They used to be awesome. Since they sold out to China, they’re junk.

[@santiagoLopez-rs7uw]

How much

[@bbfoto7248]

$30,000 USD

[@savuthyean3138]

Alpine v12

[@Tekjive]

Always loved their designs on all they do.

[@bellaphone5719]

Any body got a alpine eq graphic want to sell please let me no.i been looking for it for so long .ty

[@nixonhoover2]

Alpine ere-g190

[@jeffl1944]

No alpine is so 90’s get MB Quart is still king bro

[@jpmerrick8886]

I use mrvf900

[@CautionHighWavesAhead-]

Bluetooth hasn't achieved true HD audio yet, even in 2024.

[@raybensinger8383]

Selling as a package only is probably the dumbest business model ever you kno how many more you could sell if u didn't have to buy the crap speakers just to get the dsp

[@502C.r.H]

Alpine is getting more expensive but losing their original idea. Good, clean power and the latest tech. They don't even make a amplifier capable of 1000RMS anymore and your paying almost 1k for 300RMS and "digital benefits"

[@incarentertainment4132]

i have software for alpine pxa H900

[@-Insert_Name_Here.-]

OMG it is so annoying and hard tyo watch a video that has dropped frames. I was really looking forward to watching this too.. ugh...

[@sitnlow4life]

Hey what about F1 racing brands like ..... Alpine ? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 When you search Alpine F1 guess what comes up ?

[@jpmerrick8886]

Everything great but class d amps gosh

[@Fee.1]

Isn’t it accurate you can’t make a crappy car sound good even with a million dollar stereo

[@raybensinger8383]

No it's stupid any one can buy xlr to rca adapter 2 adi signal isn't. Magic it's standard in more new cars so basically you force people to buy junk speakers just to get a nice dsp look at how horrible the sensitivity is on them horrible hope this flops and u see how dumb of a business model this is

[@mr.niceguy2524]

Meh... My UTX-M08S cannot read 2.5 hdd. What a laugh 🤣

[@AryBoy_Photography]

Will Smith?! 😕

[@luisvillagomez7948]

Lo de hoy es una porquería diga lo que diga este chino japonés coreano o philipino lo que sea jamás ni la calidad ni lo vista haga lo que haga Alpine todo lo perdió

[@JacesOwnWorld]

This is all just a bunch of mumbo jumbo. If you can find me a set of Alpines that sound better than my Audison Thesis speakers, then I’ll change my mind. Until then…