You Need A Car Stereo System?Sep 02 '00 Write an essay on this topic.So you've gone and spent all your money reconstructing your 1987 Toyota Corolla to be the ultimate ghetto ride, stick on black tint windows (with the bad application job, air bubbles showing) you've dropped the car to about 5 inches off the ground, any higher and you wouldn't have a good low rider, you spent about $1500 on custom rims, and fitted them with those little bitty tires, and have those tires sticking way out on either side. You've stuck some as much neon as you could anywhere, and bought the double windshield wipers, and the euro-style side view mirrors. You spent 6 bucks on the golden crown air freshener, another $50 on the custom steering wheel, and covered the seats with the beaded seat covers. Last, but certainly not least, your low rider has that air shock system that allows you to bounce your car up and down at every stop light in the 'hood. But you've got a problem, how are you supposed to listen to Lil' Kim, Sisquo, and JayZ while cruisin' through the barrio, with only your AM/FM Cassette player? Lil' Kim just isn't on the radio, I know, it's a horrible thing, but she's considered to sexually explicit. Luckily, you've stolen plenty of CDs from the mall and you want a CD player so all your hard work doesn't sit at home going to waste. Lucky for you, you saved a few bucks by purchasing that bondo and fixing the right front quarter panel on your own. No need to pay repair shop prices for those new quality parts! To bad that gray primer paint set you back $2.50. So, you've now got to decide what kind of CD player you're going to get so you can ride to the sounds of Big Pimpin'. Budget What's that mean? How many Benjamin's do you have? Every good low rider needs to be able to play the song "Low Rider" since that song RARELY comes on the radio, much less on a Rap station, you need your CD player. First you need to figure out how much you can spend on this. And no, you can't just swipe one. Well, you could, but that isn't advised. No money left after restoring my low rider Well, then you're stuck, get your big boom box, stick it in the back seat and get on your way. You certainly will not be the envy of all the honeys. I was going to get another gold tooth Well, you can put that off for a while, you need your tunes. You've got under $100 left, probably close to between 30 and 75 dollars. You have a few options. You can go to the junkyard, and look for CD players from cars which would also fit in your car. This is difficult, and often time consuming, plus you're buying used, and old technology, don't waste your time there. What you want is one of those nifty little walkman style CD players. These are available anywhere from $29.99 (on sale) all the way up to over $100.00, with varying options and memory. What you need to get is one which also comes with the car kit. This will include both the cassette adapter, and the AC adapter plug in. You will just need to stick the ac adapter into the cigarette lighter, stick the cassette into the cassette slot in the stereo, plug them both into the CD player, pop in your CD, and you're good to go. What you want to look for in these CD walkman style CD players is memory. Also called anti-skip or shock proof. You don't want your CD skipping when you're driving down the road, as their is no respect for someone with a skipping CD player, may as well buy an eight track. Many new CD players have between 8 and 40 second read ahead memory, this would actually allow for you to roll your low rider over, have the CD pop out of the player, and the stereo will still play the song for a full 40 seconds! Of course, if you're going to get the 40 second memory one, it will cost you more than the 8 second one. You have to ask, just how bumpy are those air shocks when you're sitting at the light bouncing up and down? The best thing about these style CD players is, they are inexpensive, and small. The negatives with these CD players are; they take up space. You could stick it on your dash with some sort of adhesive, but this leaves it exposed, and you can't take it with you. The worst thing about this style CD player is, it only holds one CD at a time. No switching between any number of CDs already in a changer. You've got to have all those CD's with you and in their cases so you can switch to Boyz 2 Men's I'll Make Love To You with the touch of a button to get your honey in the mood. I still got around $250. Good, now you can get something a little different. You can go for the CD Changer style systems. These come in a few varieties. The type which wire directly to your CD ready stereo, or if your stereo isn't CD ready (no controls for a CD changer) you can get the RF style CD changers. Both these style changers generally are mounted in your trunk. A wire is then run under the carpet of the interior and up behind your dashboard where it is plugged into the back of your cassette player. On the RF changer, a wire runs out from behind the stereo, which has the controls to your CD changer attached to it. These buttons will allow you to quickly switch between CDs and tracks with ease. You will have a library of anywhere from 6 to 12 CDs, and can have extra cartridges all loaded up with CDs ready to switch if the ones in the CD changer are no longer cool to listen to. The RF changer allows you to keep your current non CD ready stereo, and play CDs. They do this by broadcasting on a frequency which is unused on your Radio, generally on 88. something FM. Just turn your stereo to that channel, and click on the CD changer control. You're all set. Money is no object Well then you simply go down to the store, get the CD ready stereo system, complete with changer, and have it all installed. You'll have a new stereo and cassette player, and a CD changer. Then your only decisions will include what amp to buy and which giant speaker to put in the back seat. Now just watch out for those cops with their decibel measuring machines. You can get fined for that! Just another case of the man keepin' you down.  |
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