[Rhodes22-list] Stereo or no Stereo

[David Culp]

I would definitely have Stan do an installation during manufacture.  Take it
from me as someone who had to go back after the fact with a jigsaw and cut
holes for the speakers.  It is not as easy to do and you get one shot
basically to get it right.  Not to mention taking some things apart to get
the wires installed properly.  The best place I think for speakers is in the
lazarette facing the cockpit.  This way you can get by without cabin
speakers if you are not interested in that expense.

I have a marine Sony AM/FM CD player and it has been so nice to have music
while sailing and most of the boats on my lake have built in stereo.  Being
powered by the house batteries and charged by solar panels means no more
worries about changing batteries and I ruined one boom box on another boat
when it got wet which is always an option on a sailboat.  I am almost
positive that Sony makes a satellite-ready version and I think I could even
plug an XM receiver into mine depending on the audio interface.   I think
that would be the best of everything... having the vast satellite music
selections available on the boat.  Not that you will ever sell the boat :-)
but it's good for resale too!

David




Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 17:32:37 -0800 (PST)
From: cowie <ccowie at cowieassociates.com>
Subject: [Rhodes22-list]  Stereo or no stereo
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I am trying to decide if I should have stan install a stereo and speakers in
my new R22.  I don't listen to am/fm much but do enjoy having xm radio in my
car and in my office for occasional use.  I have a portable xm radio unit
that plugs into a boom box that can run on batteries or be plugged in.  The
simpler, but boxier, sollution would be to skip a stereo system and just
bring the boon box.  A more elegant but complicated solution would be to
install an am/fm sterero xm ready with flush mounted speaker in the cockpit
and a couple of speakers in the cabin.  I suspect stan could do a neater
installation while the boat is in fabrication or is installation afterwards
pretty easy?  My inclination is not to have holes cut into a new boat for
speakers and to simply bring the boon box.  I am curious What others think
about whether or not to have a stereo.