This thread was inspired by the pictures Dave (DDB) posted of his new leaf spring installation. I could see his shop stereo in the background. So....what do you guys and gals have for a shop stereo? I just picked this one up. It is a harman/kardon hk795i. This was THE stereo to have back in 1987/1988. $795 just for what you see back then. I was walking thru Goodwill last week and a worker brought this up from the back and put it out for sale. I recognized it...but it was marked as a "surround sound unit" and that it "worked". Price: $20 Sound quality: priceless
Craig, I thought you would be singing,,, Cheap alarm fm for me, well, till the motel calls looking for it,,,
20-year-old boom box w/AM, FM, cassettte, CD. I was just looking out in the garage the other day for where I could mount speakers in the ceiling and maybe put a small, cheap flat-screen tv.
I have my old Denon/Yamaha setup i bought while overseas in the 80's!!! The JBL's i bought had since dry-rotted beyond repair.......sad! Need to buy new speakers.
Without one right now. Last one was one of my son's cast offs that finaly died. Need to go to the thrift store my self, have got some good bargins there before.
We used a lot of factory car stereos, hooked up speakers and ran it with 110 - 12v converter. Most housestereos / boomboxes couldn't pull in the radio stations that we liked where we were at, and a good car stereo will pull in almost anything. we had everything located in a plastic toolbox with a plug on it to plug it in anywhere you had 110. worked great.
I have an old 2 spk radio I have on the shelf I use for general listening. I use the system in the Comet when I really want to crank up some serious sounds. This method works for me an is probably better than most anything I wud want to put in the garage. I have it on a switch bypassing the ignition. If I play if for a long time I just hook up the Battery Tender - "That's the Way I Roll".
What? That old thing? Bought it from "Granada" (a rental place) 20+ years ago, I have it hooked to a Direct TV receiver, with an old card so I can get sat radio (it's free) I have 3 sets of speakers (on a switch), out front of the garage in the sofit, 2 Cerwin Vega speakers on the side of the garage, for the backyard, and 2 Technics box speakers mounted to the rear wall of the garage. Oh yeah, it also has an iPod input.
..."surround sound unit" on TV stand ... http://mmb.maverick.to/attachment.php?attachmentid=45202&d=1286165415
Carver Sonic Holography pre-amp with matching Carver amp.. another Adcom amp.. pushing 4 Magnapan flat panel speakers, 2 old Sony speakers, and a 10 inch powered sub from a garage sale. yep.. I admit it. I'm spoiled and half deaf. lol
I have an old Panasonic table radio that a temp left at work. We used it there for a few years and then I brought it home. Not stereo, no ext. speakers, no tone control (just High and low switch). Dropped one too many times and held together with masking tape. Works great.
