RE: Re: OT: In Car MP3

["Mark Kaye" <mark@xxxxxxx>]

Up t  60gig at the moment (I have 40Gb), empeg has 4V line outs :)
empeg d es not have internal amplification, it's a proper head unit.
Also has 1V line outs for home hifi and 1V line in for Aux (if you want
to connect another HU).  My setup is a Pioneer MEH-P9000R (slave HU),
6CD Changer (never use any more), DAB radio receiver and empeg (master
HU t  take advantage of fantastic EQ in the whole system).
Amplification is serious (1KW+), driving 8 spkrs, inc 2* 12" subs
running free air and finally an AudioControl 4XS active crossover.  The
result is wonderfully musical bass and a very high level of competence
across the frequency range.

Your point re: software is a good one but, to be honest, is very
difficult to d  on a CD based unit.  How on earth do you search the
through 160 tracks (650/4) for ID3 tags on a CD without it taking
forever and a day?  Hardly instant if you want to, say, play all songs
with love in the title!  Bad example but you take my point.  I guess you
could pre index the tags and write the index t  the CD, but then it's
non standard and can get messy.  Hmmmm... hard drive is the better
s lution.  Especially if it means you can d  away with CD's altogether -
now that's what I call a player ;)  Ohh and what happens when MP3 Pro
arrives, you're knackered and will have t  fork out again t  get another
head unit if you want support for the new format.  With empeg it's a
free software upgrade.

M

P.S.  72Gb is roughly 18,000 tracks!!  At 10 tracks and =A310 per CD
that's =A318k on music CD's alone.  If you can afford t  spend that much
on music then you really should've bought the empeg!!

> -----Original Message-----
> From: geraint@xxxxxxx=20
> [mailto:geraint@xxxxxxx]
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> whats the capacity hard drive wise now...
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> as i have 74gig of mp3's with nearly 80 mp3 cd's waiting t  go=20
> on,,,it's not quite rip and forget,,,but as the new 144gig hard=20
> drives appear in a couple of months,,,that may all change.
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> and as the kenwood has 4v line outs,,,i've never heard a better=20
> system yet,,,forget the onboard amplification we are talking dsp
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> multiamp setups....
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> I agree about the software etc....but be honest...when the big
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> start doing this very soon,,,,who are going t  sell most Sony,
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> etc or Rio ?



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