Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site helens.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!tektronix!uw-beaver!uw-june!entropy!dataio!helens!del From: del@helens.UUCP (Erik Lindberg) Newsgroups: net.audio Subject: My 2 bits on Car Stereo Message-ID: <141@helens.UUCP> Date: Sun, 4-Aug-85 23:43:55 EDT Article-I.D.: helens.141 Posted: Sun Aug 4 23:43:55 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 7-Aug-85 03:13:05 EDT Organization: Data I/O Corp., Redmond WA Lines: 37 < nononono please, please leave a line for me! > Had to put in my two bits worth. I spent some time looking at car stereo before deciding not to spend any money (relatively) on the deck. I suppose I will eventually upgrade to a better quality deck, since I can now hear the difference, but I wanted to get the most SOUND for my money, and that meant spending the money on the speakers. I too was shooting for low cost, $250. Well, I did spend more than that, but not much. I have compared my $300 system to systems >$600, and mine sounded better (not to mention louder, if desired). I spent $50 on the deck! Then I had a local outfit that does custom speakers build a woofer enclosure to the dimensions I had to work with (a trick little PC program they have let's them tune a box of any dimension to whatever you plan to use for speakers). A midrange and tweeter combination from a warehouse sale, plus a pair of medium quality 8" woofers completed the package. I stuck a $49, 60 watt amplifier (also on sale) on the output of the cheapo deck, and turned it all on, and myself to boot. My two bits amounts to this: With the acoutsics of a steel box to deal with, your money will be best invested in the best quality speaker system you can figure out. Your typical tri-axial speaker running off the output of a $400 deck sounds the same as if you run it of a <$100 deck, so spend the money where it counts, getting the widest frequency response you can. 1hz-100khz on the deck ain't beans if your speakers do 150hz-10khz! (and if you think a tri-axial is much better than that once it's in your car, you should be a salesman) P.S. If you don't have the SPACE to put in a decent speaker system, don't bother wasting your money on a top quality deck, just get the features you want and leave it at that. Space means the tweeters have to point INTO the passenger compartment, high frequency doesn't like to bounce off windows, or wind around peoples legs. The above opinions are solely my own, and wether they're really worth two bits or even a plug nickel is a subjective matter. However, voluntary listeners are welcome. del uw-beaver!dataio!helens