Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Stereo Research, Possibly Shopping Later

I'm in a foul mood because my cheaply-made wireless FM transmitter died on me. As in: completely. It needs either fresh batteries (which is ridiculous, because I just bought the thing a couple of months ago and used brand-new AAAs in the stupid piece of garbage) or several direct blows with a claw hammer. Either way, I'm annoyed at the situation because I'd really like to listen to whatever music I want when I drive to and from school.

My solution to the problem, aside from bludgeoning the useless piece of junk with that claw hammer, is to save up my bucks to get a decent stereo for the car in question. The aftermarket head unit in there isn't all that great. It's fine if you just want to listen to the radio, but it tends to scratch up CDs. This unit's rather old, so I'm not surprised that it tried to eat my Sara Bareilles disc.

So, I've been researching stereos, because I despise the idea of spending a few hundred dollars on something without knowing exactly what I can reasonably expect. I want to walk in, tell the person at the store exactly what I want, and leave with a perfect-for-me setup installed right there.

At the moment, all I really know is that I want something with a line-in, which is tough to NOT find at this point, because I'm tired of messing with transmitters.

I also know that I want to upgrade the speakers so that, when the car's hard top is off, I can crank up the Zune and actually hear my music.

We'll see how this stereo-shopping thing goes.

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