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TCS September 26th 03 07:57 PM

Bose car audio?
 
On Fri, 26 Sep 2003 17:08:53 GMT, Stewart Pinkerton wrote:
On 26 Sep 2003 14:20:38 GMT, TCS
wrote:

For £400 (about $US600, right?), you can do a *hell* of a lot better with an
alpine head unit and infinity speakers.


Possibly (or not), but the Bose upgrade system is specifically
tailored to each Audi model, including preset multiband EQ.


And $25 worth of speakers marked up 900%.

No EQ can compensate for paper cone drivers and missing tweeters.

TCS September 26th 03 07:59 PM

Bose car audio?
 
On Fri, 26 Sep 2003 17:08:38 GMT, Stewart Pinkerton wrote:

Agreed, but unfortunately it's an absolute nightmare retrofitting a
changer to a TT because you have to rip out a lot of the interior.
Definitely a factory fit job! OTOH, I fitted an Alpine changer to my
A4 for £150, and it took about half an hour - including metal-bashing
to extend the bracket for the bigger changer.


Forget using a changer. Get a head unit with an aux input and use
a hard drive mp3 player. My 20G player holds just under 400 albums.

TCS September 26th 03 07:59 PM

Bose car audio?
 
On Fri, 26 Sep 2003 17:08:38 GMT, Stewart Pinkerton wrote:

Agreed, but unfortunately it's an absolute nightmare retrofitting a
changer to a TT because you have to rip out a lot of the interior.
Definitely a factory fit job! OTOH, I fitted an Alpine changer to my
A4 for £150, and it took about half an hour - including metal-bashing
to extend the bracket for the bigger changer.


Forget using a changer. Get a head unit with an aux input and use
a hard drive mp3 player. My 20G player holds just under 400 albums.

Keith G September 26th 03 08:52 PM

Bose car audio?
 
"TCS" wrote in message
news:slrnbn96ke.2hcl.The.Central.Scrutinizer@turin g.kaosol.net...
On Fri, 26 Sep 2003 17:08:38 GMT, Stewart Pinkerton

wrote:

Agreed, but unfortunately it's an absolute nightmare retrofitting a
changer to a TT because you have to rip out a lot of the interior.
Definitely a factory fit job! OTOH, I fitted an Alpine changer to my
A4 for £150, and it took about half an hour - including metal-bashing
to extend the bracket for the bigger changer.


Forget using a changer. Get a head unit with an aux input and use
a hard drive mp3 player. My 20G player holds just under 400 albums.



pops swazzle* in mouth


****That's the way to do it....!****

:-)


*OK, smartarses, try that one in Dictionary.com and you'll get nowhere.....







Keith G September 26th 03 08:52 PM

Bose car audio?
 
"TCS" wrote in message
news:slrnbn96ke.2hcl.The.Central.Scrutinizer@turin g.kaosol.net...
On Fri, 26 Sep 2003 17:08:38 GMT, Stewart Pinkerton

wrote:

Agreed, but unfortunately it's an absolute nightmare retrofitting a
changer to a TT because you have to rip out a lot of the interior.
Definitely a factory fit job! OTOH, I fitted an Alpine changer to my
A4 for £150, and it took about half an hour - including metal-bashing
to extend the bracket for the bigger changer.


Forget using a changer. Get a head unit with an aux input and use
a hard drive mp3 player. My 20G player holds just under 400 albums.



pops swazzle* in mouth


****That's the way to do it....!****

:-)


*OK, smartarses, try that one in Dictionary.com and you'll get nowhere.....







Dave Plowman September 26th 03 10:55 PM

Bose car audio?
 
In article osol.net,
TCS wrote:
Forget using a changer. Get a head unit with an aux input and use
a hard drive mp3 player. My 20G player holds just under 400 albums.


The very thought of transferring 400 albums leaves me cold. I find it easy
enough just to load up the cassette with my selection of the moment. Also
- where do you put the MP3 player, and how do you control it from the
steering wheel?

--
*The average person falls asleep in seven minutes *

Dave Plowman London SW 12
RIP Acorn

Dave Plowman September 26th 03 10:55 PM

Bose car audio?
 
In article osol.net,
TCS wrote:
Forget using a changer. Get a head unit with an aux input and use
a hard drive mp3 player. My 20G player holds just under 400 albums.


The very thought of transferring 400 albums leaves me cold. I find it easy
enough just to load up the cassette with my selection of the moment. Also
- where do you put the MP3 player, and how do you control it from the
steering wheel?

--
*The average person falls asleep in seven minutes *

Dave Plowman London SW 12
RIP Acorn

Stewart Pinkerton September 26th 03 10:59 PM

Bose car audio?
 
On 26 Sep 2003 19:59:10 GMT, TCS
wrote:

On Fri, 26 Sep 2003 17:08:38 GMT, Stewart Pinkerton wrote:

Agreed, but unfortunately it's an absolute nightmare retrofitting a
changer to a TT because you have to rip out a lot of the interior.
Definitely a factory fit job! OTOH, I fitted an Alpine changer to my
A4 for £150, and it took about half an hour - including metal-bashing
to extend the bracket for the bigger changer.


Forget using a changer. Get a head unit with an aux input and use
a hard drive mp3 player. My 20G player holds just under 400 albums.


Well, I guess that in a car environment, sound quality isn't really
that much of an issue..................
--

Stewart Pinkerton | Music is Art - Audio is Engineering

Stewart Pinkerton September 26th 03 10:59 PM

Bose car audio?
 
On 26 Sep 2003 19:59:10 GMT, TCS
wrote:

On Fri, 26 Sep 2003 17:08:38 GMT, Stewart Pinkerton wrote:

Agreed, but unfortunately it's an absolute nightmare retrofitting a
changer to a TT because you have to rip out a lot of the interior.
Definitely a factory fit job! OTOH, I fitted an Alpine changer to my
A4 for £150, and it took about half an hour - including metal-bashing
to extend the bracket for the bigger changer.


Forget using a changer. Get a head unit with an aux input and use
a hard drive mp3 player. My 20G player holds just under 400 albums.


Well, I guess that in a car environment, sound quality isn't really
that much of an issue..................
--

Stewart Pinkerton | Music is Art - Audio is Engineering

Stewart Pinkerton September 26th 03 10:59 PM

Bose car audio?
 
On 26 Sep 2003 19:57:33 GMT, TCS
wrote:

On Fri, 26 Sep 2003 17:08:53 GMT, Stewart Pinkerton wrote:
On 26 Sep 2003 14:20:38 GMT, TCS
wrote:

For £400 (about $US600, right?), you can do a *hell* of a lot better with an
alpine head unit and infinity speakers.


Possibly (or not), but the Bose upgrade system is specifically
tailored to each Audi model, including preset multiband EQ.


And $25 worth of speakers marked up 900%.

No EQ can compensate for paper cone drivers and missing tweeters.


And a functioning brain......................

Perhaps you're not aware that many of the best available speakers have
paper cones, and that the Bose upgrade certainly does have tweeters?
--

Stewart Pinkerton | Music is Art - Audio is Engineering


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