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Originally Posted by Rick Lindsay
I can't help but smile when I read, "A true audiophile solution". Let's not forget, this thing is a TRUCK. No, I'm not flaming you but the smile comes from my other passion; Ferrari. I have friends with $3000 stereos in their Ferraris. They sound GREAT ...until you start the car! They then sound like Ferraris contaminated by radio noise. My Ferrari makes Ferrari noises, only. My Discovery makes truck noises with an overtone of NPR. :-o
Enjoy your hobby! :-]
rick
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When I purchased the iPod, It was not for the cute Apple or high cool Geek factor. I had prior to it the first Creative 10 Ghz MP3 player/recorder, two Digisette MP3 players that are in the compact cassette form factor, and a Seimens S46 telephone with the MP3 player. All do a excellent job until the iPod.
Then I tried out the iPod. The reproduction with my own MP3s were the best I ever heard. The Wolfgang chip used in the iPod is the best out there in reconstruction of MP3s.
The factory Pioneer radio (FM/AM/Weather) has lousy audio response on its radio. I have had prior products from Pioneer, and this is the worst. The internal cassette player is a great product. I replaced and realigned the azimuth on the magnetic heads myself. When was the last time you heard someone do that?
In any case, Get the Monster Cable cassette adapter and the stereo kicks major butt in all genres including latin, jazz, rock, and classical music. Those tweeters in the A pillar were a nice touch.
I tried THREE of those RF modulators, BTW, that used that same lousy RF modulator chip. One has the stereo channels connected out-of-phase. I do a lot of driving and listen to a lot of music. It sucks when some unwanted RF goes in and destroys a great song.
I want faithful reproduction. You can do it in any environment. I have seen and heard planar speakers on a DVD player owned by a returning soldier from Iraq.He played a movie in my office and it sounded like I was in the movie. It can and has been done. There is great equipment and excellent execution in sound installation. Who did the work in those Ferraris?
My Discovery is not Loud. My old 1997 Mitsu Mirage was louder.
My car is my ride, not a hobby. My music is my passion. My hobby is everything else.
BTW, Enjoy your Ferrari.
