I am having my first Speedster built and am curious as to whether or not anyone has connected up an Ipod and used it in conjunction with their radio. Apple says all you need to do is connect the Ipod to a 12-volt plug, tune the thing to a certain FM frequency on the radio tuner, then listen to whatever music you have stored in the Ipod.
Secondly, does anyone know if Bose has a neat system that uses their smaller speakers (the desktop-size...maybe 3" in diameter) mounted in their car doors? I would sure like to use more inconspicuous speakers in the doors.....unless there is no problem placing them behind the driver/passenger seats.
Bill George has a neat set-up, using small tweeters (about 1" in diameter) mounted on the bottom edge of the dash...one on the driver's side and one on the passenger side. He also has Fosgate speakers mounted in either door. His radio is super small, mounted
in a specially-made fiberglass plate that extends from the bottom of the dash. He uses a remote control to change stations. Very neat.
Another option is to forget the built-in speakers and mount a system that utilizes small earphones (cordless would be nice) so as to completely negate having all the radio hardware and speakers. This idea supposes that riding with top down makes it difficult to hear anything anyway due to wind noise. If this is the case, I will simply kiss off having a radio.
Any suggestions?
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