alpine HU

[Mark Rosenkrantz]

Sea Ray Sundancer 340 (34 foot).... but I prefer to keep the laptop in the
padded bag when under way.... waves or flat water.  It still has the
original Sony cassette head unit in it (Sea Ray wasn't exactly
state-of-the-art back then) and I use a headphone to cassette adapter.
Clearly not hi-fi, but it works.... but I'd prefer something integrated with
a remote control, and not using the iPod's D/A converter.  Back in the day,
I was installing (and had in my own GTiVR6) $8,000 (+/-) systems
frequently.  I amazed more than one home stereo audiophile with mobile
equipment (time alignment and kick-panel placement had a lot do to with
staging).  But today, those MAJOR buck features are in all but the lowest
end equipment.  But on the boat.... there's too much extraneous noise (even
at anchor) to even think about a high-end system.  Besides, I only spend 20
hours per year even listening to music on the boat.... generally the water
is all I need!

I do encode in loss-less as I do use the ipod classic (80GB?) occasionally
in the home theater.

Mark Rosenkrantz

On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 4:10 PM, Hayes Myers <hayesmyers at gmail.com> wrote:

> I used my laptop on my boat... was pretty convenient for lots of things
> including serving up the tunes... depends on your boat size i guess.
> cheers
>
> On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 3:48 PM, Michael McLaughlin <mcloffs at mac.com>
> wrote:
>
> > If you use the iPod a lot and don't need the CD player, the IDA line
> > is the way to go with Alpines. The other Alpines referenced seem like
> > iPod control was done somewhat as an afterthought, while the IDAs are
> > designed for it. Works really, really well; I had one of the 9XXX line
> > in another car a couple of years ago and had the same frustrations
> > expressed here. The IDA I have now is really, really good.
> >
> > -Mike in Spokane, Wash.
> >
> > > i have a similar one about a year old. alpine 97seventy something or
> > > such...
> > > 6ch preouts, ipod connectivity, sub level control, etc.
> > >
> > > it's all well and good with a cpl misgivings - the volume knob is a
> > > little
> > > wonky - if you spin it fast [as you need to when searching the ipod]
> > > it
> > > doesn't register. you have to spin it S L O W L Y in order to
> > > progress down
> > > a list. VERY annoying when you're trying to get to Weezer or
> > > something. Also
> > > the main buttons are cheapsih in feel and after a year the labels are
> > > wearing off. Bummer as i bought this based on experience w/ my last
> > > alpine
> > > about a decade ago that felt like it was built properly well. really
> > > solid,
> > > robust feel to the knobs and buttons, along with great features and
> > > sound.
> > > Not so, this new one.
> > >
> > > The ipod integration works well enough - it does have a few glitches
> > > but
> > > nothing heinous. i tend to leave an 8gp nano in the glove on random
> > > play
> > > anyway.
> > >
> > > +1 on mp3 sounding like pewp. ive been switching back to cd's and the
> > > difference is profound [all ads speakers, 2 sets 5" separates, 12"
> > > sealed
> > > diamond sub, elemental designs amps]
> > >
> > > hth
> > > jim
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