Re: radio replacement questions - alpine

["jtrealtywebspannet" <jtrealty@xxxx>]

Whe considering a radio upgrade you must also consider upgrading the 
speakers. The origionals are over 20 years old and the cones stiffen 
with age and since they weren't a very good grade of speaker anyway at 
this point in time they are garbage. I still use the ASI in my car but 
the speakers were replaced. It made a huge difference, the old 
speakers were terrible. The ASI isn't the greatest (it only puts out 8 
watts per channel) and it only gets strong stations but at least it 
sounds a little better. I recomend Crutchfield, they are very helpful 
and the prices are good.
There is another way to go. There are companies that can do a 
"stealth" radio. They take your old radio and gut it and put new 
electronics into it. They can add functions like CD MP3, remote,etc, 
this way everything looks origional with modern functionality.
Either way the speakers have to go!
David Teitelbaum
vin 10757



--- In dmcnews@xxxx, "Hank Eskin" <heskin@xxxx> wrote:
> 
> I've decided that I can no longer live with the sound of my stock 
Craig
> radio, and I'm looking to upgrade. I need a unit that has an AUX 
input for
> my mp3 player (a Rio Riot - awesome machine btw!). I've found the 
Alpine
> CDA-7892 which looks like it will suit my needs well. I searched 
the
> archives but couldn't find any recent info. Has anyone installed 
one of the
> recent/current Alpine decks, and if so, how hard/easy was it? Any 
comments
> on this particular Alpine deck?
> 
> I've also decided to cut up the mounting bracket, rather than buy a 
new one.
> But that raises an interesting question: While the DIN mount 
brackets are
> available ($$$), has anyone thought of making a small bracket to go 
the
> other way? I mean a bracket you could mount in the DIN opening to 
allow the
> stock Craig radio to be re-installed?
> 
> thanks,
> -Hank Eskin #1619