From: utzoo!watmath!rday
Newsgroups: net.audio
Title: Re: car cd etc.
Article-I.D.: watmath.5011
Posted: Wed May  4 10:48:25 1983
Received: Wed May  4 23:37:00 1983

  Since I may have been the cause of utcsrgv!newman's flame against
CD players in cars, I feel it is up to me to defend my statement that
Sony pushed for the 12 cm format so they could also market CD players
for the mobile audiophiles among us.  Nowhere in Mr. Newman's article
does he attempt to rationalize phrases like "beyond all help" and
"flush money down the toilet".  And what in God's name does this
have to do with buying a 68000 Unix system with hard disk as a
home computer???
  Normally, Mr. Newman, one does not pay as much for a car sound
system as for a home system.  I personally own a Nakamichi 660ZX,
and I sure as hell am not going to put another one in my van
(much as I would like to).  Given that a typical CD player would sell
for about $1000 (given some of quotes I've seen flying by on the net),
I figure that $300-$400 would be reasonable for a car player.  This is
not an outrageous price to pay for exquisite sound, many cassette decks
cost far more.  And some of us don't leave our audiophile ears behind
when we get behind the wheel.
  Finally, Mr. Newman, I may indeed be wrong as to why Sony and Philips
decided on the 12 cm format, but, if Sony is after the auto market,
maybe they know something you don't??

                               sorry about flaming in public...
                               R. Day