Pure nostalgia: In car entertainment 1980s style
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I’ll take a look Alex and see if I can find those cartridges. Last time I saw them was before we moved house though! If I can you’re more than welcome to them
Sounds great on the period set-up. A little while ago I was talking to someone with an early R129 500SL, fitted out with full period Nakamichi system. Was fantastic to see and hear
Sounds great on the period set-up. A little while ago I was talking to someone with an early R129 500SL, fitted out with full period Nakamichi system. Was fantastic to see and hear
alex.baker89 said:
Wasn't the company called Spice? My Dad did a stint there in the late Eighties, after leaving Akzo. I'm pretty sure that's where he had a very early Mk2 Astra GTE as a company car - incidentally, crammed full of expensive Blaupunkt audio. He wasn't there for long. Well, long enough to write the Astra off on the A1 avoiding a deer!
Yes it was, I worked at the Canning Town branch. 
Deranged Rover said:
My recent vehicular purchase is from 1995 and has an Alpine stereo with removable fascia. I had to go onto eBay and buy a special carry case for it for when I take it out of the car with me as the original case is long gone!
Talk about a trip down memory lane…
No you didn't. Modern thieves don't take car radios these days. I don't even lock my car any more. Talk about a trip down memory lane…
Back in the early 80s for my Dads birthday i bought him a cassette radio for his truck. He was over the moon with it " Harry Moss ! Bloody hell ! "
Few years later i had a twin knob Hitachi with a large heat sink . Fitted it to my MK2 Granada and in the winter it would play tapes all warbly and like it was underwater till it warmed up. It was quite a deep unit and i think the rear of it maybe touched the metal bulkhead ?
Had a decent Blaupunkt in my old Scirocco with Jensen 6 x 9s in the rear shelf. Amazing amount of bass for a non sub sytem.
Few years later i had a twin knob Hitachi with a large heat sink . Fitted it to my MK2 Granada and in the winter it would play tapes all warbly and like it was underwater till it warmed up. It was quite a deep unit and i think the rear of it maybe touched the metal bulkhead ?
Had a decent Blaupunkt in my old Scirocco with Jensen 6 x 9s in the rear shelf. Amazing amount of bass for a non sub sytem.
I spent many happy days shopping (mostly window shopping) on London’s Tottenham Court and Edgware Road. Individual shops you could go in and see the kit, try and play one off against the other.
Alpine and Kenwood were pretty much the best.
I had a Sharp head unit, audioline graphic equaliser that was fantastic and Pioneer speakers like Darth Vader’s Head.
Installed it with my brothers and mates in my Escort Mk 4.
Shame youngsters don’t do this anymore as it was a fantastic hobby.
The Sharp had a system called APSS where it could stop at each track. Seemed like witchcraft in the late 80’s.
Alpine and Kenwood were pretty much the best.
I had a Sharp head unit, audioline graphic equaliser that was fantastic and Pioneer speakers like Darth Vader’s Head.
Installed it with my brothers and mates in my Escort Mk 4.
Shame youngsters don’t do this anymore as it was a fantastic hobby.
The Sharp had a system called APSS where it could stop at each track. Seemed like witchcraft in the late 80’s.
My first car, in 1987, was a Mk2 Escort with the original crappy Ford radio fitted. The first thing I did was save up for a Matsui (?, I think that was one of "Argos' own"?) radio/cassette with some shelf-mounted speakers. I was king of the world.
Later when a bit more solvent me and my mates would usually go for Alpine or Kenwood - I preferred the latter as the CD changer had 10 slots to Alpine's 6. 6x9s in a custom parcel shelf were a must in those days...
Love the 1000SEL website...
Later when a bit more solvent me and my mates would usually go for Alpine or Kenwood - I preferred the latter as the CD changer had 10 slots to Alpine's 6. 6x9s in a custom parcel shelf were a must in those days...
Love the 1000SEL website...
Edited by generationx on Thursday 3rd February 07:34
generationx said:
My first car, in 1987, was a Mk2 Escort with the original crappy Ford radio fitted. The first thing I did was save up for a Matsui (?, I think that was one of "Argos' own"?) radio/cassette with some shelf-mounted speakers. I was king of the world.
Later when a bit more solvent me and my mates would usually go for Alpine or Kenwood - I preferred the latter as the CD changer had 10 slots to Alpine's 6. 6x9s in a custom parcel shelf were a must in those days...
Love the 1000SEL website...
Matsui was Dixon’s own label. Later when a bit more solvent me and my mates would usually go for Alpine or Kenwood - I preferred the latter as the CD changer had 10 slots to Alpine's 6. 6x9s in a custom parcel shelf were a must in those days...
Love the 1000SEL website...
Edited by generationx on Thursday 3rd February 07:34
Great kit!
My benchmark was the more buttons it had the better, if it sounded good that was a bonus but I needdd a decent button count.
Another memory is going to Inca in Welwyn Garden City with my dad for him to buy a new head unit for his motor.
He bought a Pioneer with a digital tune radio, auto reverse and music search where you could fast forward or rewind past tracks. Brilliant and nice memories of us bombing about in his car in the summer, indows down, sliding steel sunroof retracted all the way listening to capital FM. Epic.
He bought a Pioneer with a digital tune radio, auto reverse and music search where you could fast forward or rewind past tracks. Brilliant and nice memories of us bombing about in his car in the summer, indows down, sliding steel sunroof retracted all the way listening to capital FM. Epic.
Thankyou4calling said:
generationx said:
My first car, in 1987, was a Mk2 Escort with the original crappy Ford radio fitted. The first thing I did was save up for a Matsui (?, I think that was one of "Argos' own"?) radio/cassette with some shelf-mounted speakers. I was king of the world.
Later when a bit more solvent me and my mates would usually go for Alpine or Kenwood - I preferred the latter as the CD changer had 10 slots to Alpine's 6. 6x9s in a custom parcel shelf were a must in those days...
Love the 1000SEL website...
Matsui was Dixon’s own label. Later when a bit more solvent me and my mates would usually go for Alpine or Kenwood - I preferred the latter as the CD changer had 10 slots to Alpine's 6. 6x9s in a custom parcel shelf were a must in those days...
Love the 1000SEL website...
Edited by generationx on Thursday 3rd February 07:34
Great kit!
My benchmark was the more buttons it had the better, if it sounded good that was a bonus but I needdd a decent button count.
The second Matsui I had went in my second car - a Mk1 Fiesta. That had a microscopic 5-bar graphic equaliser on the front. I genuinely thought I could hear a difference when fiddling with it
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