All make a single or greater in dash CD player that actually is not TOO hideous looking. They also still make pretty good cassette decks, though your selection grows smaller each year. In fact, Blaupunkt only offers one cassette deck, at least through Crutchfield. I don't see the in-dash Blaupunkt changer at Crutchfield, either, but the model is IDCA09. The Pioneer stuff actually looks quite nice, I think it'd be a good match in the 9000 dash. Kenwood less so, but still tolerable, meaning you aren't forced to get silver. The Pioneer and Kenwood will have much better tuners than the Blaupunkt cassette head unit.

Another option you could consider, is getting two completely independent head units. As long as one has an AUX input, and the other has a preamp output, you can connect the preamp output into the aux in for the other. The only downside to this - besides the fact that they may not match if you get different manufacturers' units - is that you have to use the controls on each of them separately. Decks with an AUX input open up a lot of possibilities, and most all the Blaupunkts possess such an input. Kenwoods and Pioneers typically can have one also, but it may cost you a bunch extra. Some JVC's have it, perhaps others. The thing you want to watch out for is the output voltage of your secondary deck, because most AUX inputs like 2V or less coming in, max. A lot of decks put up to 4-5V on their preouts these days, so you'd need to watch the volume on the second deck...

A final option would be getting one of those 1.5 or 2.0 DIN size decks that have CD and cassette all in one. This would require some modification to the dash in a 9000, but it could certainly be done.


Aaron Gilbert
1987 9000T 282k miles

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• Ford Taurus cupholder any good ?, SaabKen, Tue, 15 Oct 2002 19:00:53
  • It works a helluva lot better ...., Rafe, Tue, 15 Oct 2002 19:07:16
    • Re: cupholder, Rod'899kT, Tue, 15 Oct 2002 19:35:47
      • Thanks Rod ! n/m, SaabKen, Tue, 15 Oct 2002 22:37:36
      • Re: cupholder, Craig, Tue, 15 Oct 2002 19:51:35
        • Re: cupholder slot, Andrew , Tue, 15 Oct 2002 22:40:48
          • Re: cupholder slot, Craig, Wed, 16 Oct 2002 09:46:27
            • Kenwood, Pioneer, Blaupunkt, perhaps more., Aaron Gilbert, Wed, 16 Oct 2002 15:37:47 <-- Viewing This Message
            • Re: cupholder slot, Andrew , Wed, 16 Oct 2002 13:30:43
              • Removing ashtray slot, SaabKen, Wed, 16 Oct 2002 14:00:26
                • Re: Removing ashtray slot - long, Rod'899kT, Wed, 16 Oct 2002 23:14:34
            • Ask Aaron Gilbert (Was: cupholder slot), SaabKen, Wed, 16 Oct 2002 12:28:34
        • Craig (Was: cupholder), SaabKen, Tue, 15 Oct 2002 22:36:16
        • Re: cupholder, Rod'899kT, Tue, 15 Oct 2002 21:45:21

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