Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2008 04:38:19 +0000
Reply-To: mtbiker62@COMCAST.NET
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From: Bob Stevens <mtbiker62@COMCAST.NET>
Subject: Re: radio and stereo question - ignore previous (incomplete)
email!
YES! (teasing)
I have an audio store right next to my favorite vanagon shop and they are easily as adept at doing audio upgrades to vanagons as the shop is at maintaining my van. The audio shop has become a vanagon specialist because of this cozy arrangement. Maybe not an easy arrangement to find everywhere but a hunt I would suggest looking into by contacting the vanagon shops that you know and trust in your area, then asking them where they send their vanagon audio work.
My audio shop can make recommendations about the best components given the van's boxiness and road noise "at speed". Yes, you can easily get components with remotes. They're almost standard now, and most upgrades will give you 1 year of satellite radio with the price of purchase. You won't want to let it lapse once you experience the range and flexablity of satellite radio. Hard to let go once you've had it IMO. If you can find a vanagon shop/audio shop connection they will be able to tell you what selections that they have that will fit your application.
bob
>
> I am thinking of splurging (given the poor state of the economy and all
> that) and getting a new stereo for my van. Mine makes horrid scratchy
> noises a lot of the time, especially if I've been running the radio on a
> long drive - I think it overheats or something. I don't think it's the
> speakers - I replaced them a couple of years ago, and this doesn't happen
> with tapes. (Yeah, it's old, has a cassette player.)
>
> A couple of basic questions (I've never bought a car stereo before):
>
> - are all car (van) stereos the same size, or are they particular to the
> vehicle? If the latter, is it hard to find stereos for vanagons?
> - do car stereos and speakers come in a package, or can I reuse the
> speakers I have and not pay to replace them? (I'm not fussy about sound
> quality - I listen mostly to NPR news, not music.)
> - do they still make car stereos with cassette players? Or only DVDs and
> MP3 connections?
> - and the most interesting question (to me) - do they make car stereos
> with remotes? I'd love to be able to hang out in the back listening to the
> radio, and not have to scramble and stretch to turn it off. A remote would
> be grand.
>
> Thanks for your advice!
>
>
>
> Joy
> and Matilda, who really can't stand that horrid old radio one day longer!
>
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