I'm looking to have someone build me a very small enclosure - 3.25" x 8" x 15.5" - out of 3/8" MDF or perhaps an even thinner more rigid material. I'd like to have it carpeted in black, as well. Please let me know and we can discuss the details.

 

Found a good box builder. Thanks.

 

Did you ever get your enclosure built? I'm extremely interested in your set up, and would like to see it/ steal ideas from you.

 

Dustin from dldesignz.com built the box. I haven't seen it yet. He's waiting for a small terminal cup and then the enclosure should ship. The Earthquake driver may arrive later today. I'll start a new thread once everything is installed.

 

Looking forward to seeing how this turns out FJF

 

I hope to have the enclosure in my hands on Wednesday with Friday being the tentative install date. Got the Earthquake driver last week; the thing almost looks like a Frisbee. The Arc amp arrived, as well. I'm also going to try and fit an Alpine changer into the glovebox.

 

people still use changers?!?! i figured the Ipod/ head unit control pretty much put those outta production

 

The transport in my 9887 died. By the time I transfer my recordings to relatively lossless stream and organize the data, having to supplement it every week after a record shopping trip and needing to wait to hear the music, and every time I felt like refreshing the selection (a week or two), I'd grow a beard instead of just slipping in a CD. OTOH, if one's musical scope can fit on a small HDD, by all means.

<grin> Years ago I had a job a part of which involved developing custom configs for Palm Pilots. Of course I had a Palm of my own. Whenever I had to note an appointment, etc I'd write it down in a piece of paper. Folks often asked why I didn't use the Palm. It was because writing it down was faster, easier, and there was no need to struggle with a virtual keyboard on a small screeen. Same concept applies above.

 

my musical selection is all over the place too. i like how my 9886 have separate Ipod and USB inputs. i have my Ipod and a 16Gb jump drive plugged in. Dragging and dropping onto the jump drive is easier then trying to cram alot of high bit rate stuff onto a cd.

 

So what do you do when you buy a new record or two or seven? You have to bring it home, load it onto an alternate storage device and then listen to it. I don't see the benefit. The only positive is the small physical size.

Or, one can just take a CD (I mean the actual recording) and play it - instant gratification, music of choice on demand. Kinda like writing down a phone number instead of going through several screens to hit the right folder. Technology is great if it manages to makes life easier. I have an ipod cable hooked into an Alpine 102. By the time I find a title in a 80GB ipod, the CD is already playing.

Don't get me wrong; I love ipods. There's a time and a place for everything. In this particular application, I don't see how an ipod makes sense at all. OTOH, for a user with an alternate preference structure and lower propensity to vary the selection, a relatively static solution may be better.

 

On the rare occasion tht i actually buy a cd, i just throw it in. I usually just download everything. I do not like the menu set up on the USB side, I like how i can search and jump through the Ipod list. You are way more of an audiophile than me. I personally think using lossless recording in a car like ours is pointless. 320Kbps is good enough for me in the car.

 

I don't necessarily disagree. The lossless part is really a bonus. Its the convenience factor that dominates. Again, we're back to individual priority structures and that's why some folks would choose a changer in lieu of an ipod.

 

build thread coming soon?

 

<grin> I sure hope so. Maybe this coming weekend.

 

why do the stock speakers have such good low end?