Re: OT: In Car MP3

[geraint@xxxxxxx]

agh,,but at what sample rate ?
all mine are at 192k,,,,so they are about 30% bigger than noraml

secondly, napster was a great invention,,,and thirdly, when your=20
brother owns his own record company, and is manager of K-Klass, Roger=20
Sanchez etc,,,you don't need t  "buy" them at all...

i guess t  sum up, they are both capable systems,,,,just that they=20
are approached in different ways.

I think everyone has seen the good and bad points of each system, and=20
they should be able t  make there choices from this info,,,even=20
though it was like world war 3.....lol

regards
geraint.


--- In ukha_d@y..., "Mark Kaye" <mark@m...> wrote:
> 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=20
want
> to connect another HU).  My setup is a Pioneer MEH-P9000R (slave=20
HU),
> 6CD Changer (never use any more), DAB radio receiver and empeg=20
(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.=20=20
The
> result is wonderfully musical bass and a very high level of=20
competence
> across the frequency range.
>=20
> 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=20
songs
> with love in the title!  Bad example but you take my point.  I=20
guess you
> could pre index the tags and write the index t  the CD, but then=20
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=20
altogether -
> now that's what I call a player ;)  Ohh and what happens when MP3=20
Pro
> arrives, you're knackered and will have t  fork out again t  get=20
another
> head unit if you want support for the new format.  With empeg it's a
> free software upgrade.
>=20
> M
>=20
> 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=20
much
> on music then you really should've bought the empeg!!
>=20
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: geraint@a...=20
> > [mailto:geraint@xxxxxxx...]
> >=20
> > whats the capacity hard drive wise now...
> >=20
> > 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.
> >=20
> > 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=20
and=20
> > multiamp setups....
> >=20
> > I agree about the software etc....but be honest...when the big=20
names=20
> > start doing this very soon,,,,who are going t  sell most Sony,=20
Alpine=20
> > etc or Rio ?




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