New Alpine INA-W910 and Hertz Hi Energy Speakers

bushman66

Just picked up my 2012 Coupe / Sport pkg / 6MT from Jon Kowanetz at Handcrafted Car Audio. He did an awesome job installing a Alpine W910BT and Hertz Hi Energy speakers. Wired in an Axxess SWC, Backup camera, and hardwired my Valentine One. The system sounds AMAZING, even without an amp or subwoofer (future mods).

Jon was a pleasure to deal with. The job was precisely scheduled, and completed right on time. I'll definitely be using him when I add the amp and sub. Very professional, spotless shop. He even took note of my presets in my stock radio and had them input into the Alpine when I picked the car up. I highly recommend anyone looking for a top notch installer in the PHX area, give Jon a call. (He beat Crutchfield's pricing by the way...)

The Alpine is lightning fast, booting up in ~7 seconds. The Metra Axxess SWC works as well as the factory controls, ZERO lag. Some people say the Alpine display is simplistic but that's a benefit IMHO. I wanted a simple, easy to use while driving interface. I was able to figure out 97% of the controls in only a few minutes. Only had to break out the manual to figure out a couple of things like detailed audio settings or a couple of the phone settings.

Bluetooth works amazingly well...people say they can't tell the difference between the BT and speaking on the handset.

The navigation is the weak link in the Alpine. Its certainly usable, but nowhere near as elegant as the Garmin. A small trade off for the responsiveness of the Alpine vs the Kenwoods I played with at another audio shop.