Friday, October 28, 2005
What's Your Car Audio System?
Posted by Suhit Gupta in "THOUGHT" @ 07:00 AM
Since I just moved from the NYC jungle where no one in their right mind owns a car, to Seattle where it is just the opposite, I was forced to buy a car. I have always relished the thought of owning a car, hoping that a Lamborghini would be my first car. But of course, coming up with a couple of hundred-thousand dollars straight out of school was a bit tough.
Anyways, I just bought a Mercedes C55 AMG and of course, being the digital media nut that I am, the audio system in the car was an important criterion. My car has a Harman/Kardon LOGIC7 digital surround sound system. It come with twelve speakers, including dual surround speakers and a subwoofer, 7.1-channel amplifier with 320 watts total output. But most importantly, it has a stereo audio jack where I can plug in my iRiver. Several other car manufacturers sell iPod accessory kits and of course there was no way I was buying that, and I was anxious about whether I would be able to play any other digital audio player (and my precious few OGGs) in my car. Thankfully, it all ended well.
Anyways, I figured that since this is a Friday, a relatively slow day for news, it would cool to hear about what kind of sound systems people have in their cars and what format they listen to their music in (radio, sattelite radio, CD, ripped music, music purchased from online vendors, etc.). So feel free to tell us about your car audio workflow.
Anyways, I just bought a Mercedes C55 AMG and of course, being the digital media nut that I am, the audio system in the car was an important criterion. My car has a Harman/Kardon LOGIC7 digital surround sound system. It come with twelve speakers, including dual surround speakers and a subwoofer, 7.1-channel amplifier with 320 watts total output. But most importantly, it has a stereo audio jack where I can plug in my iRiver. Several other car manufacturers sell iPod accessory kits and of course there was no way I was buying that, and I was anxious about whether I would be able to play any other digital audio player (and my precious few OGGs) in my car. Thankfully, it all ended well.
Anyways, I figured that since this is a Friday, a relatively slow day for news, it would cool to hear about what kind of sound systems people have in their cars and what format they listen to their music in (radio, sattelite radio, CD, ripped music, music purchased from online vendors, etc.). So feel free to tell us about your car audio workflow.
