Recent content by chilly

I'm looking for a set of 5.25 speakers for my rear doors. Driven off an old Soundstream Reference 644s - at either 75w@4ohm or 150w@2ohms. I usually run them up at a minimal level just for fill, but like being able to get some extra bang out of them when I feel the need to open the doors etc...

  Yeah, it is a little pricey, and something super cheap off ebay might do the same thing... but they supply specifications, which make me feel better. You could definately take it apart and solder some leads in to power it from any 12VDC supply. Most car fuses are AT LEAST 5amp, so you...

Gone? What format is the digital input? TOSLINK/Optical? Coax?

A decent quality USB power adapter should handle a range of DC input voltage and provide a consistent 5v output. The unit you linked to (that I bought) says it handles like 12v->24v input and gives you 5v and 9v outputs @ 1amp. I guess it's from some old aviation headset or something (thus...

There's a bunch of cheap 12v->5v devices on ebay... old chargers, 3rd party DC power adapters. I'm hoping this one does the trick... $1! http://cm.ebay.com/cm/ck/1065-29392-2357-0?uid=42576142&site=0&ver=EOIBSA080805&lk=URL&Item=250119804911 A tigher solution would be the...

I took that pic when shaking things out... before I made all the wiring permanent. It looks fairly tight now. I think I'd have been electrocuted by now if I left it like that!

(re: pioneer DEH-6900UB) I'd like to hear some first person accounts too, but the manual says it does: One review on crutchfield says it does too. I'd like to hear more about file ordering... the Kenwoods apparently play in time/date order, so you have to pfutz around with timestamps I'm...

Hey all, Almost new car time, so I'm checking in to see what's the latest in caraudio. Really interested in the USB HU's (panasonic deh-6900ub), so I'll be asking a bunch about that stuff. The rest of my plan is just moving my old sKooL stuff from my aging A4, since it all still works OK...

Most of the prepackaged external USB drives don't list current/mA specs Every barebones 2.5" drive I've checked specs more than 500mA though. That's why most of them come with that double-headed USB adapter. Since the prepackaged drives still have the same hardware inside, they probably all...