RE: Re: OT: In Car MP3

["Phil Harris" <phillip.harris1@xxxxxxx>]

The thing is, a 10Gb empeg is £900 which is just extortionate ... I know
the
guys who designed and built it and I wish them the very best with it (I
even
wanted to buy one) but the cost is phenominal!

Phil

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Kaye [mailto:mark@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 23 July 2001 22:40
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Re: OT: In Car MP3
>
>
> 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
> solution.  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 £10 per CD
> that's £18k 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
> > [mailto:geraint@xxxxxxx]
> >
> > whats the capacity hard drive wise now...
> >
> > as i have 74gig of mp3's with nearly 80 mp3 cd's waiting t  go
> > on,,,it's not quite rip and forget,,,but as the new 144gig hard
> > drives appear in a couple of months,,,that may all change.
> >
> > and as the kenwood has 4v line outs,,,i've never heard a better
> > system yet,,,forget the onboard amplification we are talking dsp
and
> > multiamp setups....
> >
> > I agree about the software etc....but be honest...when the big
names
> > start doing this very soon,,,,who are going t  sell most Sony,
Alpine
> > etc or Rio ?
>
>
>
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