"Gene Kearns" wrote in message
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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




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.....


Boss has been around for a while manufacturing audio equipment for the music
industry, bands, etc. I have a couple of pieces of their equipment. It's
considered decent stuff in the music circles.

I am also familiar with "conformal" PC board coatings and consider it a
"must" for marine applications. Even with it though, I think the majority
of problems that develop are in the connectors, not the PC boards
themselves.

Eisboch