Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2004 09:59:22 -0400 From: ma_twain <ma_twainnospamo.com> Subject: Re: cd player for '91 900S
Hans Lellelid wrote: > Hi - > > I ended up taking Walt's advice and getting a system from Crutchfield. I > actually just drove down to the Charlottesville retail store (I'm in N. > VA so it was a couple hours of great drive in a fun car on a beautiful > day). > > I ended up getting the Blaupunkt Indianapolis. It met my basic > functionality requirements (i.e. play CDs), met my much more demanding > aesthetic requirements (i.e. black, low-profile), and cost around $100 > which was what I wanted to spend. I did the installation in the parking > lot in about 30 minutes. It was easy & painless (except for cutting my > finger while removing the DIN casing). The Saab adapter Crutfield > provided was great: all wires clearly lableed -- and the colors matched > the Blaupunkt harness colors, so the labeling wasn't even necessary -- > but was re-assuring. > > I considered the FM-transponder (iTrip+iPod) idea, but 1) my antenna is > broken & reception is thus horrible and 2) the quality of the built-in > system was pretty poor even on high-quality stations. I was using a > tape adapter w/ a portable CD player, but the wire kept dangling in > front of the gear shift, etc. > > Thanks everyone for the advice. My sound system is nothing other than > new versions of the head unit & stock speakers, but I'm very happy with > it now. > > Hans > > <Snip> Did you get your antennae fixed while you were at it? >>
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