New Stereo suggestions

[marwood82]

whilst Her Hank is replacing various bits of my car to please the german authorities,
ive been passing the time by looking at potential replacements for the stereo.

its a standard DIN Kenwood in there at the moment but its rather flashy and silver and looks a little out of place.

the main requirement is a cassette deck or front panel aux in(or both) but i want something that looks 1980s (ie like its supposed to be there)

ive considered the ones from retrosound but they are rather expensive.

if i cant find a retro looking modern one, im considering a decent 80s looking 2nd hand cassette radio

does anyone have any suggestions either way?


Simon.

[MikeWard]

I went with this stereo for my car, it does have a CD player and front mounted USB input.

http://www.pioneer.eu/eur/products/arch ... /page.html

The main reason I bought it, is because the colour of the display is customisable, and it does have a colour setting which blends very nicely with the rest of the centre console.

If you want something more retro looking, then a Retrosound or older second hand stereo is probably the way to go.

[SteveyP]

Yes I have a similar stereo problem - although I've been hunting for an old Craig R3 unit to keep things nice and original. No luck so far, the hunt continues.

I will probably have to submit and get that retro one you have seen. But as you say it is rather keenly priced for what it is I think.

[Chris P]

I have also fitted one of the pioneer jobbies .....because it had been cut out for a modern unit anyway and I liked the Red display.....matches the rest of the car, and it got Blue-tong as well!

I do have an old untested DeLorean one, minus knobs and front plate. It could probably be salvaged.

[Dangermouse]

Remember Simon, you now have a DIN shapped hole in your console rather than the smaller one for the OEM post-style radio. Though you may be able to swap consoles with someone who wants to install a DIN radio.

[marwood82]

Dangermouse Wrote:Remember Simon, you now have a DIN shapped hole in your console rather than the smaller one for the OEM post-style radio. Though you may be able to swap consoles with someone who wants to install a DIN radio.

yeah, thats whats got me hesitating about the retrosound one as ive heard its possible to mount in a DIN slot but ive not seen any evidence as to how you do this.
i guess one option would be to buy a broken DIN radio on ebay, gut it and then mount the retrosound one inside the case.

i think for now, im going to go with this,
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B004230FME

its cheap, looks a bit dated, has a front aux in port (which is one of my main issues with the current one) and at least should fit a bit better with the interior on the grounds of it not being silver and purple.

then i can look at something more 80s later in the year.

[Chris P]

I know new ( aftermarket) metal consoles were available if anyones has been chopped and they want to revert to originals.

Unless you are you are into originality in a big way, I prefer something that actually works well, blue tooth is a definite safety feature in my book.

[Chris P]

Just checked in my garage, I do have a spare "chopped" console if anybody needs one, to save chopping theirs.

[Rich Hanlon]

I thought the germans were into FM long before us so you would probably be able to pick up something old which still had FM, over here anything with the post-style knobs is almost always an 'LLMMMMM' pushbutton LW/ MW radio.