Do they make "ALL IN ONE" stereo units...?

[[email protected]]

Do they make any kind of stereo with everything in one compact unit?
ie... unit, speakers etc....

Lets say you had a special need for this, such as a boat...
motorcycle, truck etc.... where it just wouldn't be "practical" to
have external speakers

Do units like I am describing above exist?

Thanks in advance

Leesa (I)

 

[Michael Black]

Visit any electronics "big box" store (Best Buy, Circuit City, Fry's) and
you'll see many many offerings.

I would have put the "electronics" in quotes there. Because the question
is a consumer one, or maybe at the most belongs in an audio newsgroup.

But, "electronics" has come to mean something quite different in the eyes
of the general public, it refers to their electronic equipment rather
than what's inside, and of course this newsgroup is not about that meaning
of "electronics". If they were asking about the insides, it would fit,
but they are asking about buying a piece of consumer electronic equipment,
and that belongs elsewhere.

Michael

 

[JeffM]

[...]of course this newsgroup is not about that meaning of "electronics".
If they were asking about the insides, it would fit,
but they are asking about buying a piece of consumer electronic equipment,
and that belongs elsewhere.

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[Homer J Simpson]

Uhhh... yeah.... it's called a boom box.

Or ghetto blaster.

 

[[email protected]]

Thanks for all of your help... but I am NOT talking about a BOOMBOX...
or a Ghetto Blaster. They are portable music devices that you can
carry around with you.

What I am talking about is a unit... with a CD+AM/FM Stereo etc... in
which there are speakers built-in... and it can also be hooked up to
a external antenna.

I'm not talking about a boombox which has like 8 D batteries and an AC
cord.. Nothing like that.

I want a unit that will run off the 13v DC power from the car or
truck... This unit would have speakers built in.... so you wouldn't
have to run wires etc...

I cannot believe that they don't make all in one units for mobile
use... that have built-in speakers.

Thanks again.

LEESA (I)

 

[Kalman Rubinson]

Thanks for all of your help... but I am NOT talking about a BOOMBOX...
or a Ghetto Blaster. They are portable music devices that you can
carry around with you.

What I am talking about is a unit... with a CD+AM/FM Stereo etc... in
which there are speakers built-in... and it can also be hooked up to
a external antenna.

I'm not talking about a boombox which has like 8 D batteries and an AC
cord.. Nothing like that.

I want a unit that will run off the 13v DC power from the car or
truck... This unit would have speakers built in.... so you wouldn't
have to run wires etc...

I cannot believe that they don't make all in one units for mobile
use... that have built-in speakers.

Same thing. Some of them have 13vdc inputs, too.

Kal

 

[jasen]

Do they make any kind of stereo with everything in one compact unit?
ie... unit, speakers etc....

A 'ghetto-blaster'? (AKA portable sterio)

Do units like I am describing above exist?

yup, I owned two once, - these ones had detachable speakers,
and saw one recently saw one in that music-video where Madonna
rips off the some Abba tune, big speakers and blingking (sic) lights.

Bye.
Jasen

 

[jasen]

Thanks for all of your help... but I am NOT talking about a BOOMBOX...
or a Ghetto Blaster. They are portable music devices that you can
carry around with you.

What I am talking about is a unit... with a CD+AM/FM Stereo etc... in
which there are speakers built-in... and it can also be hooked up to
a external antenna.

I did a modification to mine to allow an external antenna,

I'm not talking about a boombox which has like 8 D batteries and an AC
cord.. Nothing like that.

I want a unit that will run off the 13v DC power from the car or
truck... This unit would have speakers built in.... so you wouldn't
have to run wires etc...

I did a mod for external DC source too. 8 D cells is close enough to 13.5V
that the unit can be wired to the car's power instead of the batteries.

I cannot believe that they don't make all in one units for mobile
use... that have built-in speakers.

Thanks again.

they exist. look harder.

Bye.
Jasen

 

[[email protected]]

Thanks for all of your help... but I am NOT talking about a BOOMBOX...
or a Ghetto Blaster. They are portable music devices that you can
carry around with you.

What I am talking about is a unit... with a CD+AM/FM Stereo etc... in
which there are speakers built-in... and it can also be hooked up to
a external antenna.

I'm not talking about a boombox which has like 8 D batteries and an AC
cord.. Nothing like that.

I want a unit that will run off the 13v DC power from the car or
truck... This unit would have speakers built in.... so you wouldn't
have to run wires etc...

I cannot believe that they don't make all in one units for mobile
use... that have built-in speakers.

Thanks again.

LEESA (I)

So, instead of a 'boom box', (which is portable, can run off 12 v in
your car or boat, can come without the battery option and can have an
antenna plugged into the back instead of the old school telescoping
antenna's), you want the same things, but smaller?? You can get them
smaller too.. In fact you can even get portable cd players that have
all those features too...

What do you want that is different from the specs above??

 

[[email protected]]

OK... I will try to explain. Like a CB radio... or a scanner, you
can get these devices that have a built-in speaker, and you attach an
external antenna to them and you are ready to go.

I guess what I am wondering about are the CD-FM players that are made
for auto use... Almost any of these I've seen, you have to attach
external speakers with them. Why don't any (AUTO) units come with
built-in speakers? So that way you could mount it under the dash of
the car or truck or boat etc... without having to fuss over hooking up
speakers.

Thanks

Leesa

 

[Peter Bennett]

OK... I will try to explain. Like a CB radio... or a scanner, you
can get these devices that have a built-in speaker, and you attach an
external antenna to them and you are ready to go.

I guess what I am wondering about are the CD-FM players that are made
for auto use... Almost any of these I've seen, you have to attach
external speakers with them. Why don't any (AUTO) units come with
built-in speakers? So that way you could mount it under the dash of
the car or truck or boat etc... without having to fuss over hooking up
speakers.

Thanks

Leesa

In ancient times, when car radios only did mono AM, and cars were
designed so that you could hang a radio under the dash, I think some
car radios did come with built-in speakers.

However, a modern car dashboard and console has the radio deeply
embedded in the structure, so the sound from a built-in speaker would
be somewhat muffled. Also, most users will expect stereo sound, and
the speakers must be fairly well separated to provide that - not
possible with an integral speaker.


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[Stanislaw Flatto]

Do they make any kind of stereo with everything in one compact unit?
ie... unit, speakers etc....

Lets say you had a special need for this, such as a boat...
motorcycle, truck etc.... where it just wouldn't be "practical" to
have external speakers

Do units like I am describing above exist?

Thanks in advance

Leesa (I)

Just seen one, when looking for a car, it had 'everything' 200W
amplifier, 14" speakers to match (why?), input 12V DC, nicely included
in one compact VW Beetle, Just have to add carrying handle.

HTH

Stanislaw.