Tim H.
February 15th 04, 10:53 AM
"SEVEN SEVILLE" > wrote in message
...
> Looking for an MP3 player for my recently acquired truck I went to the
local
> electronics store which shall remain nameless. I asked the the car stereo
guy
> (just last week he was working the television department) about MP3
players and
> he showed me a few and told me all this riff raff and suggested that I
would be
> happier with XM radio. I was like WTF, i outta just stick with the stock
AM/FM
> that's in there right now. Not much difference between XM and FM you know,
> they even had a sample in the showroom and you can hear the compression
> artyfacts.
Hmm, interestin thing about compression. I understand you're not interested
in XM, but I have to "rant." I picked up my XM radio a year or so ago. It
was Alpine's XMA-T200RF unit. It came with an FM modulator to make it
co-exist with stock systems easier. I, too, could hear the compression
artifacts. I believe some stations are dynamically allocated bandwidth and
suffer from compression less.
Anyways, I decided to crack open the XM receiver and tap into the line
outputs (that go to the modulator) and run them to my stereo. It could be a
placebo effect, but it sounded better. Going direct got rid of the FM
bandwidth limitations. Again, this could be purely subjective, but I didn't
notice the compression artifacts as much.
Just my two quid,
-Tim
>
> Does any of you own an car MP3 player?
>
> Who makes it?
> How much did it cost?
> How well does it play MP3's?
> How does the FM tuner come in?
>
...
> Looking for an MP3 player for my recently acquired truck I went to the
local
> electronics store which shall remain nameless. I asked the the car stereo
guy
> (just last week he was working the television department) about MP3
players and
> he showed me a few and told me all this riff raff and suggested that I
would be
> happier with XM radio. I was like WTF, i outta just stick with the stock
AM/FM
> that's in there right now. Not much difference between XM and FM you know,
> they even had a sample in the showroom and you can hear the compression
> artyfacts.
Hmm, interestin thing about compression. I understand you're not interested
in XM, but I have to "rant." I picked up my XM radio a year or so ago. It
was Alpine's XMA-T200RF unit. It came with an FM modulator to make it
co-exist with stock systems easier. I, too, could hear the compression
artifacts. I believe some stations are dynamically allocated bandwidth and
suffer from compression less.
Anyways, I decided to crack open the XM receiver and tap into the line
outputs (that go to the modulator) and run them to my stereo. It could be a
placebo effect, but it sounded better. Going direct got rid of the FM
bandwidth limitations. Again, this could be purely subjective, but I didn't
notice the compression artifacts as much.
Just my two quid,
-Tim
>
> Does any of you own an car MP3 player?
>
> Who makes it?
> How much did it cost?
> How well does it play MP3's?
> How does the FM tuner come in?
>