[Shotimes] Premium sound system question

[Carl Prochilo]

Hmmmm.  I also find I'm buying less new music.  I hope it doesn't get
worse.  Music has always been right-side of the brain therapy for me,
especially when I'm driving solo.  Looking forward to getting the new Mark
Knopfler album (oops, CD).
-- 
Cheers,
Carl Prochilo
92 Ultra Red Crimson

On Sun, October 3, 2004 4:11 pm, Ron Porter said:
> Well, let's just say that I have spent more time in the recent past with
> NO
> music or radio on! Yeah, I'm probably weird, but for the whole caravan to
> &
> from CA (maybe 30+ hours of driving each way), I had tunes on for maybe 2
> hours of it....
>
> Same with the one-day drive from Tulsa to home in '01, I didn't have the
> stereo on the whole way, and I was driving alone with no other cars. This
> was the first time I did that, and it made for a pleasant trip.
>
> Guess that tunes aren't always important to me anymore, the time to think
> about "stuff" while driving helps the time pass. And I love long road
> trips
> for this reason!!
>
> Guess I'm getting old.....but I did save the link to the software to
> convert
> my old cassettes to other formats.
>
> Ron Porter
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
> On Behalf Of Carl Prochilo
> Sent: Sunday, October 03, 2004 3:38 PM
> To: shotimes@autox.team.net
> Subject: RE: [Shotimes] Premium sound system question
>
>
> Ron, Don't knock it until you tried it.  I bought my 92 SHO 12 years ago
> with a 10 disc changer in the trunk.  I didn't think life could EVER get
> any better.  Even with multiple cartridges.  My 2000 Lincoln LS had an
> in-dash 6 disc changer.  Seemed like another good idea, but again that
> turned out to be too limiting.
>
> The iPod as a personal device provides a lot more flexibility.  I can take
> it with me on the plane, or use my DLO dock and run it in my car.  No
> wires and I run through the FM tuner.  Eventually I will have a head unit
> that accepts the 3.5mm mini-jack that will allow for a direct hookup.  Or,
> I will succumb to BMW and use their built-in integration so that I can use
> the car's controls to operate the iPod directly.
>
> The 2.5" harddisk will continue increase in capacity to the point where it
> will be able to hold most of my music collection which is in excess of
> 200GB now.
>
> If you're in the mood to listen to Pink Floyd, just create a playlist and
> you instantly have several hours of that music.  Want to listen to
> Beatles, and I mean ALL of the Beatles, same thing.
> --
> Cheers,
> Carl Prochilo
> 92 Ultra Red Crimson
>
> On Fri, October 1, 2004 12:09 pm, Ron Porter said:
>> And you then have a (IMHO) poor-looking external hookup in the dash
> area, much like the setup for aftermarket satellite radios.
>>
>> Maybe when MP3 is integrated into the factory unit, along with satellite
> radio, I'll then consider them. For now, the CD changer in the trunk and
> the
>> cassette player hidden behind the faceplate suit me just fine. Although
> the
>> new car has the 6-CD changer in the dash, I will miss the lack of a
> cassette
>> player!!
>>
>> MP3 players remind me of the old Springsteen line about cable TV (500
> channels and nothing to watch), except "10,000 songs and nothing to
> listen to"!!
>>
>> Ron Porter (I have exactly "zero" MP3 tunes)
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
> [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Carl Prochilo
>> Sent: Friday, October 01, 2004 3:59 AM
>> To: shotimes@autox.team.net
>> Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Premium sound system question
>>
>>
>> CDs are so passe'.  Invest in an iPod or something equivalent that can
> store a lot of MP3 files.  Now you're talkin' serious music.
>> --
>> Cheers,
>> Carl Prochilo
>> 92 Ultra Red Crimson
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