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In Reply to: aftermarket radios - how to and favorites posted by David Trimble on April 07, 2002 at 17:38:06:
My baby has an Aiowa CD/CDR/CDRW/Mp3 player with steering wheel remote control. This system can talk to my computer at home, play any format that goes on a disk, and has the usual am/fm functions with multi presets. Further, you may plug any accessory musical item into it from tape recorders, Mp3 players, CD players, or anything else into it for sound through your speakers. The steering wheel remote is useful for those long trips at triple digit speeds.
I am 41, and am looking to add a sub-woofer in the cavernous trunk with an amplifier, DVD player, satellite radio receiver, security system and a few other goodies. I am equally likely to listen to Kid Rock and Nine Inch Nails as I am Mozart or Bach. The subwoofer is for Nine Inch Nails and Tschaikovsky's 1812 Overture as performed by the Chicago Symphony. They use real cannons!
The kicker with this Mp3 route, is for example, I have ALL Beatles songs ever done on one CD!!! I mean everything. The sound is perfect in a car with Mp3. With my CD burner at home, I can make my own CDs from any artist in any order from any medium I want. One of my upcoming weekend projects is burning my old LPs onto a CD.
AND, you know how the heat and cold warps your $18 CDs in a matter of months. AND, you know how you don't like every song on a CD by an artist. Take the songs you like in the order you want on a $.50 CD and keep the $18 copy at home as a master. Then every couple of months when the $.50 CD warps, make a new copy. Or mass produce all at once. Have a copy for each car!!!
I understand the older car with character, and classic looks, but it is time to join the 21st century David.
Hi,
Since everyone is so willing to help out on this forum I will ask for stereo advice.
-- How do you remove the bmw head unit from an 86 735i? Any special tools? anything to worry about with the electrical system? how do you deal with the weird common ground problem?
- What is a popular replacement? I have seen what appears to be a good deal on a nakamichi 35 cd player on ebay. Are there any aftermarket radios that would spare me the challenge of rewiring all the speakers due to the common ground problem? Blaupunkts? Also, as long as I am asking, what about replacement speakers?
Apologies to those that have gone the mp3 jukebox route - sounds like a great solution but I am not ready for the mp3 world until someone makes an mp3 recorder that is part of my home stereo and not my computer!
thanks again
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