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An but extremely report >

Posted By: Ricky Lee McBroom
Date: Tuesday, 28 November 2006, at 10:14 p.m.

OK, so I really got it yesterday. Couldn't spend any time with it, though, so couldn't in good heart evaluate it. Today, though, today the silver lining in the cloud of my getting caught in the rain on the commute home was doing the Hondaline-Spray-Cleaner-And-Wax-With-A-Freshly-Laundered-Towel routine on the bike while jammin' to this;

click {Here} for huge 350+ KB jpeg of entire retail box

It rocks!

I can't believe I almost went for the next lowest in price, basically the same deck sans remote. A wee Scots angel appeared on me shoulder and said, "Och! Nay! That $20 you save on a remote might be the di'errence twixt you ain your next bottle o' single-mailt." Then, luckily, a wee red devil appeared on me other shoulder and said, "Nonsense. Screw the money! It's Pam's car, and if you don't spring for a deck with all the features, she'll kick your ass!"

Knockin' about the garage this afternoon, it hit me. This $265 (installed) system renders my carefully-assembled-in-the-Scots tradition (i.e. free cast-offs! ) garage system of ca. 1978 Nikko 100W/Channel reciever, ca. 1994 JVC 5-disc CD changer, and ca. 1982 Technics 12" Bookshelf speakers obsolete in one fell swoop.

But, on second thought

-Ricky

And a semi on-topic link to my blog (old PMWF page)

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An but extremely report > (views: 192)
Ricky Lee McBroom -- Tuesday, 28 November 2006, at 10:14 p.m.

Thanks for that great report, Ricky. The setup sounds awesome. (views: 1)
bfield -- Wednesday, 29 November 2006, at 2:47 a.m.

Nice, but can it recieve HD radio? (views: 5)
Robmks -- Tuesday, 28 November 2006, at 10:54 p.m.

Naw, but that's OK by me. >> (views: 2)
Ricky Lee McBroom -- Wednesday, 29 November 2006, at 10:15 a.m.

I'm not quite ready to commit to it (Though I do like my XM radio!), and the nuances of HD would be lost in a convertible, anyway.

But, hey, it occurred to me that the car was parked in the perfect spot to grab a photo of both the new car system, and the old Garage Component System;

Click {Here} for supersize photo

Amazing thing is, the Pioneer sounds just as good, maybe a little better than the component system. At least at any reasonable volume level. 'tis true that the vintage Nikko & Technics combo out-powers it, but I seldom listen at ear-bleed volume levels.

-Ricky

Re: An but extremely report > (views: 38)
CraigBrunen -- Tuesday, 28 November 2006, at 10:29 p.m.

Most excellent, (views: 4)
John N -- Tuesday, 28 November 2006, at 11:23 p.m.

Re: How does it work? >> (views: 21)
Ricky Lee McBroom -- Tuesday, 28 November 2006, at 10:42 p.m.

Well, pretty much any way you want it to work... THis new technology is so wonderful!

You can put inna a CD-R disc w/ 700 MB of MP3 or WMA files (potentially thousands of songs on a single disc, if you're willing to go to transistor-radio-level-quality-compression in the encoding),

Or, it's got 2 AUX inputs, so you can plug in your MP3 player, XM Radio, etc.

Oh yeah, and it gets AM/FM radio and plays reg'lar ceedees, too.

-Ricky

Re: How does it work? >> (views: 8)
CraigBrunen -- Tuesday, 28 November 2006, at 11:04 p.m.
Cool, thanks for the info. I'm waiting until I can load MP3s directly into a car system. Until then, I'm just using a 20gig iPod with a tape cassette adaptor.

Re: waiting until I can load MP3s directly into a car system.. >>>>>>
Ricky Lee McBroom -- Wednesday, 29 November 2006, at 10:51 a.m.
This is for you, then. It's got a GB of flash memory built into the faceplate. Idea is you pop the face, take it indoors and USB it into your PC, and there ya' go.


Click photo for BestBuy link...

Though it was twice the jack, I seriously considered this deck because a-I just like Sony gear and b- because, while 1GB ain't that much, it is big enough to hold a useful 'current favs' buffer. And the idea of poppin' the face and pluggin' it straight into the PC does strike me as truly convenient...

But my wee Scots angel won out on that one. Says he "Och! Nay! Pay what amounts tay $200 fora GB of flaish mem'ry, what ye cain buy for $40 at the same establishment? Ye must be daft!!!!"

-Ricky

BestBuy link

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