Yes, I use a single earphone for the CB when I cruising down 95 and I have
been known to use the walkman in the 69 C Roadster (no radio). You are right
about them being illegal - something about being able to hear - why is unclear
as the thump thump thump drone of extremely loud thump noise must be much
louder than any earphones. My personal belief is that folks who must thump
thump the neighborhood are doing so to compensate for their small penis - same
goes for those lifted pick ups or jeeps with the really large tires on them.
Good rule of thumb - noise level (or tire size) is inversely related to penis
size. Remember this next time you are stopped at a light and are annoyed, as
your fillings are falling out, because of the soon to be deaf idiot's 2,000 db
thumping noise - remember how totally inadequate this person must feel.
Jest another "high jumpin" stump jumper from PA
Dr. Doug
69 C (no radio - sometimes a walkman)
69 C GT (I jest roll up the windows and sing away)
69 B Roaster (Alpine w/box speakers)
-----Original Message-----
From: dmeadow@juno.com
Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 1997 1:48 PM
To: MIKESL@tartan.sapc.edu
Cc: doug russell; mgs@autox.team.net; simjason@ix.netcom.com
Subject: Re: CD player (was Questions
Perhaps there are those that think that everyone in a twelve block radius
should hear the music they are listening to (or more importantly, that a
car that thumps attracts females, kind of like that rabbit in the movie
"Bambi"), but I find it rather amusing that someone would spend major
dollars putting high performance audio equipment in a car that has the
road noise and downright horrendous acoustics of an MG.
This solution wouldn't work for the "thump" crowd, but what I did was
hook up some ear "buds" (those things you stick in your ear, like on a
Sony walkman) to the tape deck in my MGA. It is wired so the (admittedly
low-buck) speakers are cut out when they are plugged in. Since the
"buds" are of high quality and the sound is right in your ear, the
overall quality of the sound is pretty good. Of course, the range is
limited on the low end. A bonus is that they block out a good bit of
outside wind and engine noise, although they let in enough outside noise
(versus full-fledged cover-the-ears headphones) so they are not
dangerously exclusive of what is going on around me. Unfortunately,
this solution may be illegal in some states that ban the use of
headphones by drivers.
Just my $0.02, which is about twice what I paid for my speakers ;-)
David Littlefield
Houston, TX
On Tue, 15 Jul 1997 13:06:10 EST "Lishego, Michael"
<MIKESL@tartan.sapc.edu> writes:
>Personally, I am eventually going to put a bandpass box in the trunk
>and cut a hole in the rear deck for the port. That way, I only have
>about a three inch hole, and the bass reflex should be smooth...But
>that's my idea. Is there any way to mount speakers in the panel
>under the area where your top frame bolts on? This might not be a
>bad place for a few speakers, if you're not too worried about citting
>holes...
> ~Mike Lishego
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