Stereo solution?

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NWMO
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Stereo solution?

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Hey all,

I tend to enjoy music during my ride home from work and have been missing my Alpine/Pioneer combo in the Prizm. While this solution won't jam like the Prizm, it will likely be adequate for me.

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It won't rattle my teeth or anything, but blue toothed to my phone (i tunes), it is pretty slick. It's nice to have elsewhere as well :)

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Is that speaker/device attached, or tied down in some way?

If not, it should be. something that large can cause serious head injury in a minor accident if it does not stay securely in place.

I keep thinking I should update the factory radio, mostly I listen to news and talk, so quality is not quite as important. but I have noticed that in most modern radios, the AM band usually has very poor reception, which is where most of the news channels exist.
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My pioneer stereo has bluetooth it's great :oldgeek:
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I remember a similar solution for my old Celica that involved a portable cd player and computer speakers back in the day, was tons better than the nothing that I had, lol.
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teranfirbt wrote:I remember a similar solution for my old Celica that involved a portable cd player and computer speakers back in the day, was tons better than the nothing that I had, lol.
Haha. Glad I wasn't the only one doing that back then. I did get a bit more creative and took the cases off the speakers and mounted them then used the internal amp and wired that into where the stereo would have been. I thought i was the coolest kid in high school. Man I miss my festiva.
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BaileySims wrote:
teranfirbt wrote:I remember a similar solution for my old Celica that involved a portable cd player and computer speakers back in the day, was tons better than the nothing that I had, lol.
Haha. Glad I wasn't the only one doing that back then. I did get a bit more creative and took the cases off the speakers and mounted them then used the internal amp and wired that into where the stereo would have been. I thought i was the coolest kid in high school. Man I miss my festiva.
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I have heard those little cars were rugged (rural mailman used them for years), but I don't know that I've ever seen anybody "miss" them!

The ol' boom box days. Now I never used one in a vehicle, but I remember a $200 Christmas gift with removable speakers that I could throw on my shoulder including tape, CD and radio!! My how things change.

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Psalm 37:4 "Delight yourself in the Lord and he will give you the desires of your heart"

In remembrance of my friend ARCHINSTL:

T4WD augury?
"Oh, do not ask, 'What is it?' Let us go and make our visit."
T.S. Eliot - "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"

"Now and then we had a hope that, if we lived and were good, God would permit us to be pirates."
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