[W126 Coupe] Stereo upgrade

[Shayegan, Richard]

MB stock looking? You're telling me!
http://davidson.smugmug.com/gallery/481122 

I was giving one of my friends a ride and he said "They had CD's when
this car was made?"
Still, I had read that they closed up North American distribution of car
audio stuff about a year ago. QC problems (and I have to admit, the head
unit has it's flakes, though it's good, looks good, and considering that
I'm using the built in amp of the head unit I'd say it sounds pretty
good too.). Naks have a tendency to skip though, something I had read
about before buying. It's not an issue unless you hit something hard
(railroad tracks at speed...don't ask) or if you floor the brakes.
That'll make it skip.
Richard

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In car entertainment tab at the top of web page, good sounding and mb
stock looking as well.

>From: "Shayegan, Richard" <rishayegan at davidson.edu>
>Date: Mon Jan 30 19:49:20 CST 2006
>To: Mercedes Coupes Mailing Lists <mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com>
>Subject: RE: [W126 Coupe] Stereo upgrade

>While the website doesn't show it, didn't Nak close up their car audio 
>stuff in the US?
>
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>[mailto:mbcoupes-bounces at mbcoupes.com] On Behalf Of Vance Rowley
>Sent: Monday, January 30, 2006 8:43 PM
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>Subject: Re: [W126 Coupe] Stereo upgrade
>
>Nakamichi.com, nice stuff...
>
>
>Depends on what you are going to be satisfied with. Most head units 
>don't have powerful enough amplifiers in them to drive a good set of 
>speakers (which of course you should also change). Ideally you will 
>need some sort of external amplifier which of course usually fits 
>neatly into the trunk along with a decent sub unit.
>
>There are some half decent head units with reasonable power, but 
>nothing like having an external amp. Also don't fall into the "salesman

>trap" of quoted power output of these head units. Most of the time the 
>power quoted will be the peak to peak value. So some salesman might 
>tell you "this particular head unit is 200W" as an example. This could 
>be a 4 channel system quoted at peak to peak value. So you would 
>firstly half that to 100W then multiply by 0.7071 which gives you 
>70.7W. Then of course divided by 4 which would give you only 17W per 
>channel RMS which is pretty miserable to say the least and would more 
>than likely become quite distorted at a reasonable listening volume. 
>Always make sure when someone is quoting the power rating, that it is 
>in RMS (root mean
>square) value and nothing else. Also take note of the THD (Total 
>Harmonic Distortion level quoted)
>
>Saying all that though, you could get a half decent sound by using the 
>amps in a good head unit and decent speakers providing you add a 
>separate powered sub unit though. As sound is a very personal taste, I 
>would advise going around a few car audio places that can demonstrate 
>their units and see (or I should say hear) what you are satisfied with 
>at the price.
>
>Good luck
>Vance.
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Rattie S" <mbcoupe126 at hotmail.com>
>To: <mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com>
>Sent: Monday, January 30, 2006 10:01 PM
>Subject: [W126 Coupe] Stereo upgrade
>
>
>> Hello,
>> 
>> Hope all is well. As you know the factory Becker stereo system is a
>piece of
>> junk. I am looking to upgrade my stereo system (head unit and the
>speakers). 
>> I want to do it with minimal messing around with the interior of the
>car and
>> without having to put a big unit in the trunk. I've seen some 
>> postings
>
>> recommending Reus Audio. Their base package starts at $1,650. Does
>anyone
>> have that? Does that involve a unit in the trunk?
>> 
>> My mechanic has been pushing some Blaupunkt units that he has in his
>shop.
>> 
>> Any insight would be much appreciated.
>> 
>> Itrat
>> '87 560 SEC
>> 
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