Chuck Gould wrote:
On Apr 21, 6:18�am, Gene Kearns
wrote:

On Wed, 18 Apr 2007 00:49:26 -0400, Larry Weiss penned the following
well considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:


Looking to replace the stereo in the boat with something that has a
wired remote with display for the helm (the main unit to be installed in
the cabin). �I'm looking at the new Boss 2080
(http://www.bossaudio.com/main/695) - plenty of power and a wired remote
included. �Anyone have experience with Boss Audio marine stereos. �How
do they compare with ASA/Jensen and Prospec/JBL?

Larry Weiss
"...Ever After!"

I'm not familiar with this brand, but it seems the current trend in
radios is to move away from CDs towards use of media like the iPod. I
don't have a stereo on my boat, but we've thought about installing one
this year.... one feature we can no longer do without is satellite
radio.....



I've been slow to warm up to the ipod phenomenon. Guess I'm just
enough of an old fart that I'm not as adaptable as when younger.

However, there is a device into which you plug an ipod or other
digital storage device that will broadcast the contents a few feet on
a dedicated FM band.
If an old-fashioned (!) CD player has an FM tuner, it's possible to
play the ipod material through a standard stereo system so that more
than one person can listen to the music: (What a concept!)

Boss, Jensen and some of the other units I have seen all have at least
one auxialiary input for Ipods and the like. This Boss unit has two,
one on the front and one in the rear to accomodate an input from a
remote location.

Larry Weiss
"...Ever After!"