Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2004 11:45:26 -0000 From: MeatballTurbo <carl.robsonnopsamcing-czechs.com> Subject: Re: radio manufactureres
In article <5681c5f7.0401290333.3aff4e2dnopsaming.google.com>, jrwonopsamail.com spouted forth into alt.autos.saab... > "Christian Stueben" <nntpnopsameben.de> wrote: > > > I'm looking for a 'new' radio for my Saab 99 ('83) and I'd like to know > > if there are / were some manufacturers who delivered radios to saab in > > the early 80s or late 70s... > > One of the Saab sites has a contemporary brochure up from the early > 80s that includes radio options - the Blaupunkt New York is probably > one of the highest rated, though it needs a separate amplifier. Just > fitted one to my '85 car, and it looks *right* in a way that more > modern stuff doesn't. Also a very, very good radio circuit - pulls in > twice the channels the previous RDS-equipped radio could. > > James > Wish I had seen this a couple of months ago. Just fitted a blaupunkt modena that really is terrible as a tuner. Picks up far less stations than the cheap Panasonic that I had in previous to the Modena (would have kept the panasonic but I needed an AUX in option for the CarPC project I'm working on). -- Carl Robson (The poster formerly known as Skodapilot) http://www.bouncing-czechs.com