Alpine MDA-W890J

MD/インダッシュCDチェンジャー/DSPヘッドユニット: Alpine wrote the job description straight onto the fascia: MD / IN-DASH CD CHANGER / DSP HEAD UNIT. The MiniDisc transport is in the head unit, the CD side is handled by an in-dash changer stacked above it, and the whole lot talks over Ai-NET, Alpine's own bus, so the head unit drives the changer as one system rather than as a bolted-on accessory. The display is the reason to own it. A full width spectrum analyser sits across the middle with the equaliser bands marked underneath it, a subwoofer level arc climbs up the left hand side, and the whole thing lights in that layered Alpine blue and amber that nobody has managed to copy since. Processing runs through DHE, the Digital Harmonics Enhancer, alongside a seven band graphic equaliser, selectable surround, and L.P.S. for listening position. 40W x 4 from the internal amplifier, with a dedicated subwoofer level control on the front panel rather than buried in a menu. One of the better looking dashboards of the era, lit up.