Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!rochester!bullwinkle!batcomputer!jimn From: jimn@batcomputer.TN.CORNELL.EDU (Jim Nesheim) Newsgroups: net.audio,net.auto Subject: Re: Inexpensive car stereos Message-ID: <285@batcomputer.TN.CORNELL.EDU> Date: Tue, 13-May-86 10:04:29 EDT Article-I.D.: batcompu.285 Posted: Tue May 13 10:04:29 1986 Date-Received: Thu, 15-May-86 08:08:00 EDT References: <2808@jhunix.UUCP> Reply-To: jimn@batcomputer.UUCP (Jim Nesheim) Distribution: net Organization: Theory Center, Cornell University, Ithaca NY Lines: 43 Xref: linus net.audio:7793 net.auto:9468 In article <2808@jhunix.UUCP> ins_asac@jhunix.UUCP (Stephan Alexa Cooper) writes: > >I'm going to be entering the car stereo market soon, and I was curious >as to what are decent stereos for the money. I want an FM-cassette >stereo (rear mount), at least 50 watts that sounds good. A lot of car >stereos have that hollow, tingy sound to them, and I want a more solid, >resounding sound... a cleaner sound. So I was curious as to what's good. >I don't really want to spend over $200. An amp and/or equalizer would be >nice, too. Any suggestions of brands/models? > > Steve Cooper Somehow I have a hard time believing that you'll be able to get what you really want for $200. The problem you are talking about ( hollow, tingy sound ) comes about from the poor range of the tape section of cheap decks. I was looking for a new car stereo system last fall, and virtually all of the cheaper decks had a tape response of something like 100hz-14000hz, or worse. Blech! Play any tape on that and it will sound "hollow, tingy". If you want an amp and/or an equalizer as well you are definitely out of the $200 price range. Sure, I guess you could go to K-mart and get the Kraco special or something like that, but I guarantee you that you won't get that "solid, resounding sound" that you are looking for. I've found that spending the money to get a good, quality car stereo system is *definitely* worth the money. I spent ~$950 on my system and I haven't regretted a dime of it, and I'm not quite done with it yet either. No Flames, please. I'm not saying he'll have to get a Nakamichi ( drool ) but I do feel that in car stereos, you're going to have to spend a few bucks to get a decent system. -- jim -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jim Nesheim jimn@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu Cornell Theory Center rochester -\ 265 Olin Hall, Cornell U cmcl2 ------>!bullwinkle!batcomputer!jimn Ithaca, NY 14853 uw-beaver -/ / (607)-255-8686 gould!-/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------