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From: hsgj@batcomputer.TN.CORNELL.EDU (Dan Green)
Newsgroups: net.audio,net.auto
Subject: Re: Connecting CD player to Toyota Radio??
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Date: Wed, 28-May-86 12:05:55 EDT
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Posted: Wed May 28 12:05:55 1986
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This may be off on a bit of a tangent, but have you considered getting
an auxilliary amp and hooking the CD player up to that?  A few years
ago, I hooked a Walkman-style cassette player up to a power booster/equ
through the connections that usually go to the output of a car deck.
It turned out that this setup sounded better than any car system that
I've ever heard.  Granted, I haven't heard the Delco/Bose system or
other really good systems, but the system sounded really good.

I also built my own amp using commercial chips, the basic 5w chips
used as replacements for car decks.  anyway, this amp sounded good
(even though it only was good for 5w rms), but, I'd recommend hooking
up a commercial amp, it's a hassle building the noise filters to
cut out engine emissions.

Since you're using a CD, you'll probably want to use a fairly powerful
amp.  I think you'll definitely want a direct connection to the amp,
otherwise, you're going to gain nothing over a normal tape.  Additionally,
Be careful about the power supply to the player, the analog amplifiers
pick up noise from the engine like crazy.  However, this noise can come
though the air as well as through the power supply. 

In any case, there are a number of considerations you have to make, try
different things out and eventually you'll get something that sounds
good.

good luck....
					Ted Inoue.


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