Re: Re[2]: Bose system

[Eddi Jew <jew@rysa.dtc.hp.com>]

 >      Oh, and Scott - if you are going to add a CD,
 >      is it going to be hard wired in, or an RF unit?
 >      Are they both the same in sound quality?

Sounds like a super-clear FM station, No?

RF will get you only about 15 KHz (instead of 20 KHz), but the real 
degradation will be dynamic range (the difference between the quietest
and loudest sound/signal). 

Practically speaking, you may not want high dynamic range in a (moving) 
car environment. At lower listening levels, you won't be able to discern 
the quiet passages over the road noise. My droF Windstar has a switch 
that turns on "compression" that I use when listening to CDs at lower 
volumes (the others like it disabled when they're on headphones). This
helps to narrow the range of hi-low volumes.

So RF units are acceptable in a car if you can't hear much past 15 KHz.

Side Note: Audio Voodoo Belief- 
Even if you can't hear past 18 Khz, the (electrical) signals (equivalent
to being) above hearing have a way of breaking down (when in sound pressure 
form, bouncing off objects) into components that are audible. Mostly 
talking about re-constructing percussive responses, imaging, and not 
missing the signal components that complete the "quietness" between notes. 
This assumes a well balanced audio system and if the speaker can 
mechanically reproduce these signals (low-mass, high-resonant-freq "cones" 
on the speakers).

-- Eddi