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Sirius and Ipod on Board
Swaboid is usually right about cameras, home theater, consumer optics, and
even boats (but not necessarily sailing). It's really sad that such good qualities are overshadowed by cruelty. Hell will be a fun place when he arrives there! Amen! "Bart Senior" .@. wrote in message ... Swabbie is right about the iPod. Make note of it because it may be the first and only time he will ever be right. I used an iPod on a charter last March and loved it. The only problem was the FM interface to the stereo was degraded by the boat's Navigation equipment--this was not a problem when anchored and these instruments are off. I've since bought a hard wire interface for my home stereo. That might be more of a pain to hook up on a charter, but certainly worth the effort for your own boat. This charter boat had a Sat radio system, which we didn't use once. I saw no need for it given our huge music selection and personal playlists, unless you want news. Who wants news in the islands? Not me! I go to the islands to tune out all the evil in the world. Sat Radio playlists are crap no matter what channel you chose and I hate the voice commentary. I've been using Harmon Kardan Sound Stick II's for computer speakers to play MPEGs and find I use my computer for a music far more than I do my iPod driven stereo. I plan to bypass the power supply to run these off DC on the boat. My plan is to mount the SS/II's two column speakers on clamps and lengthen the wire feeding them. This would make a great sounding portable music solution for anywhere. The SS/II's have four tweeters in each column driving a tuned port for mid range. The single subwoofer also has a tuned cavity with plenty of punch without needed a huge amp to drive it. At only $119, I strongly recommend these speakers. "J Beck" wrote Who Cares!!!!! "Capt. Rob" wrote Suzanne just bought me the Sirius Replay radio for the car and boat!!! For those of you who have yet to try Satellite radio, you'll never listen to regular radio again. XM is also excellent. For my B'Day Suzanne bought me the new Video Ipod 60 gig. For those of you who don't mind mixing music with sailing, the Ipod holds about 1300 CDs. We have put nearly 150 CDs on the Ipod along with original Star Trek episodes! It docks on board with the stereo and replaces the jumble of CDs and tapes. We still will keep the DVD on board, but it probably won't see much use. |