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Music devices
« on: June 07, 2008, 07:42:21 AM »
When I was a kid, in 60's my family had several "record players". One was a Rockola juke box that played 78's. It held 20 records with an interesting music mix, 5 cents per play or 6 for a quarter. Other record players played 45's and LP's.

My first car had only an AM radio, I upgraded to an 8 track.

Then the next upgrade was to a cassette player.

Several home stereos of questionable quality.

Then a new truck with AM/FM and cassette, wow.

Then a PC with and upgraded sound system, which happens to be my greatest source of music to date.

Then another new truck with satellite radio, I really like this system.

My daughters car stereo is Ipod powered, so amazing.

I mostly listen to Internet radio, Pandora specifically. Pandora has many specific genres, or you can create your own station by entering a band or song name. Pandora then plays that music and music very similar, way cool.

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Re: Music devices
« Reply #1 on: June 07, 2008, 11:13:53 AM »
I have a 350 watt surround system on my computer that sounds pretty good.

I used to have syrius radio in my truck but my free trial subscription ran out but I can hook my I-pod to it so I don't misss it much.

My home stereo I bought when I was 20  (43 now) Sherwood 75 watts a channel with JBL studio monitors. There was a stereo store around here called musicraft. They had two stereo rooms, the expensive room and the really expensive room. My set up was the bottom of the line in the really expensive room. I have a single cd player (cd's had just came out), dual cassette deck and I wasn't even going to buy a turntable but they had it on sale and I figured why not, I do have albums. The sound quality is still fantastic and with input jacks on the front panel I can use my I-pod on that as well.

To me for a music lover the i-pod is the greatest invention ever.
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Re: Music devices
« Reply #2 on: June 07, 2008, 11:20:52 AM »
I almost forgot for "real" music devices I have:

For guitar :Marshall 50 watt jcm 800 with two 4x10 cabinets, one of which (the lower) is actually a bass cabinet. It's more punchy to me than the regular cabinet.

For bass: Ampeg svt4 pro, tube preamp and 1600 watt power amp with a ampeg cabinet with 4-10 inch speakers on top and one 15 inch speaker on the bottom. I like to be able to rattle fillings loose occassionally. ;D
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Re: Music devices
« Reply #3 on: June 09, 2008, 05:17:08 PM »
Not a big stereo freak, suffice to say, but I do own a Sony sound system...it's small yet effective. Lets me plug my computer into it so that I can listen to anything as loud and clear as I want.

Now for recording and live sound, on the other hand, I'm far more sophisticated. I want to build my own home studio one day, but of course, with life in the way as of right now trying to find the money to do that is rather outlandish. I do have some basic equipment to recording with such as: a Shure SM58 dynamic mic, plugged into a Behringer Mic100 tube preamp, which runs the mix right into my computer. I use Adobe Audition and Steinberg Nuendo to edit and mix all my recordings. Use Monster cables for the mic and for any 1/4" instrument I might have (right now it's a Yami synth, but, could be something else later).
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Re: Music devices
« Reply #4 on: June 10, 2008, 01:58:08 PM »
I have always been very big into car stereo systems. My first car was a Pontiac T-1000. That was in 1982. I was 17 years old at the time and had just passed my GED. I lived in Fernandina Beach Florida. I bought a real cheap am fm cassette radio and added a set of cheap 6x9'S ( I think they were called Phase III ) that I built boxes for while I was going to trade school to become a carpenter. Let me say car stereos have come a very long ways in 26 years. My second car was a Chevy Nova. You know the one. It was not an old time Nova but the one that was made with Toyota parts. When you pop-ed the hood it even said Toyota on the motor. Well I was 19 years old then and did manage to put a decent system in it. According to the car stereo shop that put the system together. I was the first person their shop in Jacksonville Fl sold a mobile CD player to. It was a Kenwood and cost me a bundle. If I remember right it was about $800.00 just for the CD player. I also put in a Kenwood am fm cassette player. I had some JBL 5 1/2" speakers up front and JBL 6x9'S in the rear deck. I forgot to mention I took the back seat of my car out and put in two 15" Cerwin Vega subwoofers. I think I was only pushing 1,500 watts Rms at that time. Peak power was was probably about 2,500 watts. That was the year I entered the crank um up contest in Daytona Fl. If I remember right the SPL level in my car was 142 DB. I remember sitting in the car with the judge and him saying very respectable. You guys have to remember this was really the dawn of powerfull car stereo systems and like I said they have still come a long way from there. I did not even place in the contest. There were guys there pushing 10,000 watts and more. I then bought a Chevy S-10 pickup truck a couple years later. I put a cap on it and removed the rear window between the cab and the back. I put a boot between the cab and the back to keep weather out. I did improve the system some and stepped up to all Rockford Fosgate speakers. At the time they were the ones winning all the competition's. I added a couple 8" subs and a couple 10" subs on top of two 15" subs. This was the first time I blew the windows out of a vechiel. I was pushing over 3,000 watts RMS and about 5,000 watts peak. That truck hit hard and I won a lot of money off it. I used to hang out at the beach and not many people around could even come close to my system. Evey now and again I would have some guy show up down Main beach and want to bet he could beat my system. The contest was judged by the crowd. I have to say it is always good to be on your home court because some were close. I had a couple a couple guys come from over 100 miles to bet me. This was in the mid 80'S and many people as far as 150 miles away that were into car systems new of me. I grew out of the S-10 and and bought a Blazer. I have to say the Blazer would hurt you. It hit so hard it would blurr your vision. You could not take it passed 1/2 volume. I had four 1,000 watt Rockford Fosgate amps and four batteries. I also had a couple smaller amps running mids and highs. I had four 15' Fosgate subs, two 12" Fosgate subs, two 10" Fosgate subs and two 8" Fosgate subs. This system took me a couple years to build. I had over $20,000 into it when it was finished it. I wanted to insure it with my car insurance but they told me it was going to cost me something like another $300.00 a month. I set up am appointment with my car stereo shop to put a top of the line security system for Monday after work. I was new to the neighborhood and come home on a Friday night booming. I came out Monday morning to go to work and it was all gone. Someone broke into my Blazer and stole it all. The only thing they left was the 8" subs and the smaller speakers. My insurance company would not pay a dime. Just thinking about it now makes me feel pissed again. I finally reached perfection after a couple years and it was gone in a night. This Blazer hit so hard I knocked the windows out twice. I remember pulling up to a friends house to see if he was home. His house is at least a couple hundred feet from where the the parking place was in front of his house. I left my Blazer with it booming and walked up to his front door. The whole front of his house was rattling. He knew it was me before I got to the door and we went inside and I was raddling the dishes off the shelves in his kitchen. I had to go out and turn it off to keep from doing damage to his house. I always had friends back then tell me that I could not sneak up on anyone because I have been heard from a full mile away. They also used to joke with me that if I ever run out of gas I could point the subs towards the back and crank it up to get to the station. I have to say I have grown out of it a little. I have a van now and only have about $1,500 in this system. It is by no means an earth shaker like I used to have but it is loud and clear. I have a Sony 8800 Head unit with the motorized front plate. Just one 12" Alpine Type R sub dual voice coil. With 500 watts RMS going to it. One 4 channel Sony that pushes 75 watts times four. So I am only pushing 800 RMS watts but they are very clean. Peak watts are about 1,500. I also have all Infinty Kappa speakers in my van now. I have 2 Infinity Kappas 6x9'S, Four 6 1/4" Infinity Kappas and a couple Kappa tweeters. I have toned it down but my van still rocks hard. Dale
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Re: Music devices
« Reply #5 on: June 15, 2008, 05:15:47 PM »
I have always been very big into car stereo systems. My first car was a Pontiac T-1000. That was in 1982. I was 17 years old at the time and had just passed my GED. I lived in Fernandina Beach Florida. I bought a real cheap am fm cassette radio and added a set of cheap 6x9'S ( I think they were called Phase III ) that I built boxes for while I was going to trade school to become a carpenter. Let me say car stereos have come a very long ways in 26 years. My second car was a Chevy Nova. You know the one. It was not an old time Nova but the one that was made with Toyota parts. When you pop-ed the hood it even said Toyota on the motor. Well I was 19 years old then and did manage to put a decent system in it. According to the car stereo shop that put the system together. I was the first person their shop in Jacksonville Fl sold a mobile CD player to. It was a Kenwood and cost me a bundle. If I remember right it was about $800.00 just for the CD player. I also put in a Kenwood am fm cassette player. I had some JBL 5 1/2" speakers up front and JBL 6x9'S in the rear deck. I forgot to mention I took the back seat of my car out and put in two 15" Cerwin Vega subwoofers. I think I was only pushing 1,500 watts Rms at that time. Peak power was was probably about 2,500 watts. That was the year I entered the crank um up contest in Daytona Fl. If I remember right the SPL level in my car was 142 DB. I remember sitting in the car with the judge and him saying very respectable. You guys have to remember this was really the dawn of powerfull car stereo systems and like I said they have still come a long way from there. I did not even place in the contest. There were guys there pushing 10,000 watts and more. I then bought a Chevy S-10 pickup truck a couple years later. I put a cap on it and removed the rear window between the cab and the back. I put a boot between the cab and the back to keep weather out. I did improve the system some and stepped up to all Rockford Fosgate speakers. At the time they were the ones winning all the competition's. I added a couple 8" subs and a couple 10" subs on top of two 15" subs. This was the first time I blew the windows out of a vechiel. I was pushing over 3,000 watts RMS and about 5,000 watts peak. That truck hit hard and I won a lot of money off it. I used to hang out at the beach and not many people around could even come close to my system. Evey now and again I would have some guy show up down Main beach and want to bet he could beat my system. The contest was judged by the crowd. I have to say it is always good to be on your home court because some were close. I had a couple a couple guys come from over 100 miles to bet me. This was in the mid 80'S and many people as far as 150 miles away that were into car systems new of me. I grew out of the S-10 and and bought a Blazer. I have to say the Blazer would hurt you. It hit so hard it would blurr your vision. You could not take it passed 1/2 volume. I had four 1,000 watt Rockford Fosgate amps and four batteries. I also had a couple smaller amps running mids and highs. I had four 15' Fosgate subs, two 12" Fosgate subs, two 10" Fosgate subs and two 8" Fosgate subs. This system took me a couple years to build. I had over $20,000 into it when it was finished it. I wanted to insure it with my car insurance but they told me it was going to cost me something like another $300.00 a month. I set up am appointment with my car stereo shop to put a top of the line security system for Monday after work. I was new to the neighborhood and come home on a Friday night booming. I came out Monday morning to go to work and it was all gone. Someone broke into my Blazer and stole it all. The only thing they left was the 8" subs and the smaller speakers. My insurance company would not pay a dime. Just thinking about it now makes me feel pissed again. I finally reached perfection after a couple years and it was gone in a night. This Blazer hit so hard I knocked the windows out twice. I remember pulling up to a friends house to see if he was home. His house is at least a couple hundred feet from where the the parking place was in front of his house. I left my Blazer with it booming and walked up to his front door. The whole front of his house was rattling. He knew it was me before I got to the door and we went inside and I was raddling the dishes off the shelves in his kitchen. I had to go out and turn it off to keep from doing damage to his house. I always had friends back then tell me that I could not sneak up on anyone because I have been heard from a full mile away. They also used to joke with me that if I ever run out of gas I could point the subs towards the back and crank it up to get to the station. I have to say I have grown out of it a little. I have a van now and only have about $1,500 in this system. It is by no means an earth shaker like I used to have but it is loud and clear. I have a Sony 8800 Head unit with the motorized front plate. Just one 12" Alpine Type R sub dual voice coil. With 500 watts RMS going to it. One 4 channel Sony that pushes 75 watts times four. So I am only pushing 800 RMS watts but they are very clean. Peak watts are about 1,500. I also have all Infinty Kappa speakers in my van now. I have 2 Infinity Kappas 6x9'S, Four 6 1/4" Infinity Kappas and a couple Kappa tweeters. I have toned it down but my van still rocks hard. Dale
I haven't ever changed the stereo in my vehicles. They are all stock. You spent more on your speakers and what not than your cars. The last car I bought was the wife's 02 Ford Explorer Sport and it came with a Pioneer system which was an upgrade. I had a 85 Camero Iroc Z which had a standard radio, 79 Mustang that had a standard radio, a 79 Mustang that had a Standard radio, 89 S10 which had no radio or A/C, 91 Ford Ranger with a Pioneer Radio which I think was stock, and 1999 Dodge Ram 2500 with the standard system.
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Re: Music devices
« Reply #6 on: June 15, 2008, 06:23:52 PM »
It was a hobby!!!!!!!! what can I say. I have always taken everything I have done to extremes. Dale
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Re: Music devices
« Reply #7 on: June 16, 2008, 02:58:36 PM »
It was a hobby!!!!!!!! what can I say. I have always taken everything I have done to extremes. Dale

Well I guess thats just about like all of us on the site with shooting, hunting and other things.
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Re: Music devices
« Reply #8 on: June 16, 2008, 03:23:26 PM »
Dale,

You seem to be a stereo guy, so I have a question for you. Does a CD player ever need to be cleaned, like the laser part. My garage stereo will play some cd's and not others, when they all play in other players. Whats up with that?

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« Reply #9 on: June 16, 2008, 04:04:59 PM »
They do sell some type cleaning thing for the eye of the laser but I think it is just a gimmick. I have owned CD players since they first come out and have had similar things happen in mine from time to time. Seems like there is just a problem with the CD player it's self 99.9% of the time. The best thing you can do is clean the disc even if it dose not look dirty. Some CD players are more sensitive than others to dirt. Dale
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« Reply #10 on: June 17, 2008, 07:38:07 AM »
I know it says to not touch it but if I can't get it to read I touch it and push the eye back a little and it always seems to read after that.
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« Reply #11 on: June 24, 2008, 05:21:28 PM »
I did buy the cleaning disc against Dales advice. It has two very small brushes embedded into it and they clean the lazer eye of dust and dirt. I worked for me! My garage stereo is back in service. Only 8 bucks for the disc.

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« Reply #12 on: June 24, 2008, 05:26:36 PM »
Good to know. Dale
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