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Re: cd-player, ugly but where? (long)

To: "Sprite Maling List" <spridgets@autox.team.net>, "Mostyn Faulkner" <mostynf@earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: cd-player, ugly but where? (long)
From: "Toby Atwater" <tob@taltec.net>
Date: Tue, 16 Mar 1999 11:28:40 -0800
Reply-to: "Toby Atwater" <tob@taltec.net>
Sender: owner-spridgets@autox.team.net
Ok first off, the sprite (spridget) is no ghetto blasting vehicle....but I'm 
sure I
can get good volume out of it as to understand the lyrics and sing along. 
(sorry I
gotta put some non-LBC stuff here) In my Land Cruiser, with the hard top taken 
off,
with a hurt muffler, 75 mph on the freeway, no overdrive, 3500 rpm (allot for 
this
engine) a spridget sounds like a pop gun. I found the cheapest auto CD-player I
could find ($75)  and slapped\wrestled it in the glove box (great anti-theft). 
It
was horrible! and I had allot of interference from the engine (as I would speed 
up,
so would the interference!) It also skipped allot!  I then replaced it with the
Cheapest SONY auto CD-Player I could find ($175) and no problems what so ever! 
I've
been off roading with and no problems what so ever. My dental fillings will come
out before it skips. (you get what you pay for it dentistry too) It blasts my 
100
watt speakers no problem...
Now obviously a little more finesse is required in the sprite. It has to be
completely be invisible yet controllable! I have discovered this in my Toyota. 
The
driver can't reach the controls! you have to LEAN over and hit the right 
button. I
have some ideas about this I might share when I have thought this out....


>Toby,
>Don't you think it will only sound good with the motor off and the wheels not
turning.
>
>Otherwise ittt willl sssooounddd  funnnny.( they do have 60 second skip on 
>some of
the
>discman units)
>I wonder where you can install big enough speakers to hear the D@#%@*&M thing 
>and
it
>sure defeats the purpose of having a good exhaust note don't it?
>I would like to put one in my car without using the dash and am thinking the 
>same
>things.
>Can anyone help us?????
>
>Mostyn






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