Finally A Stereo theat almost acceptable

[G-Bear]

I've got a Becker/BMW Bavaria C Professional RDS but need to find the separate tuner to go with it.

Thats a Beauty..

[B7]

Is that fitted into your aeroplane?

lol not mine random pic pulled from google,

heres mine,

blue light is fine, its one of the best stereos ive had, and ive pretty much had em all, for the price, quality and the oem look this is the best imo, the mic fits in perfectly above in the empty slots as well,

This stereo is many thanks but 'oem look' is not one of them!

(imvho of course )

That does look bloody awful I'm afraid.

It's all about havig something that looks period while giving fair sound quality in my book. Kos's head unit is a good compromise but for me it's too modern.

Barrys Memphis set up is probably the best I've yet to see and for what it is, you'd go a long way to better the sound quality using some £70 quid box of shite from Halford which would wreck the look of the dash.

Yes ICE has moved on over the year but then no one can say high end audio from the 80's can't sound as good today. Thats why a true audiophile of House Hifi will stil be using 80's B&W DM110i speakers, a Cyrus 1 amp etc.

You have to remember, those of us that bought the gear back in the day, thought nothing of handing 100 x £10 pound notes over for a set up!

[pukar]

i have one of these...(NLA when i got it nut hunted around and found a new one off the bay)



the text can also be changed to orange and is a good match. when i bought the car it had a crappy JVC which was one of the first things too come out!

has no one mentioned nakamichi yet?

[FinalD]

The Blapunkt in the touring:




It works well but is only cassette in which means it'll go in the bin/ebay.

The cab has a Sony:




Doesn't f'king work though...along with most of the interior electrics...this'll be fun to fault find.

[Z3I]

For under £100, you can search out the Blaupunkt Memphis/Woodstock, and maintain the 80's look in your car. Modern units look great in modern cars, but its E30 period only for me. I have a BMW spares list for 1988 which lists the SQR88 as an £1100 extra on your car. Big plus on the SQR88 is the fron panel input jack for your iPod etc. I prefer to play my selection of cassettes of Capital Radio from the 80's!

[Coops90]

Ive got an oldish becker mexico in mine.
When i pulled out the columbine massacre of a glitzy alpine and threw the becker in, sound quality was immediately superior.

Becker all the way. Fuck flashy, tacky-buttoned jap ballbag headunits

[George]

I've got a Becker/BMW Bavaria C Professional RDS but need to find the separate tuner to go with it.

Thats a Beauty..

Agreed. E36 OEM fit is a decent match for the E30 interior imo.

[German-Whips]

I've got an original Pioneer tape player in my car, the one it rolled out of dealers with.

Perfect orange match to the dials; I mean perfect. The sound quality is not too bad either, it's OK for me personally.

Best thing, it's the pull out type, so you can remove the whole unit in 1 second, and refit in 1 second.
I would never change it, I love the way it looks!

[bss325i]

Is that the "swan neck" EQ Barry?

Yep, the BEQ S2 is the swan neck bad boy.





Also got this Blaupunkt EQ BEA 108E



And these are the amps to go in,

BQA160 four channel



BSA160 two channel



And the amp in there at the moment is the BQA80

.

At some point the Sport is going in the workshop for some extensive work which will include redoing the sound system.

[bss325i]

I've been looking into high end 80's equipment lately for my jetta, does anyone have any experience with the Alpine gear, 7390m etc? I want to experience what a dog danglies top of the pile sound system sounded like in the 80's!

I listen to loads of 80's and electronic music anyway so it's bound to sound 'right' isn't it?

This was in my Sport from new coupled with a pair of Alpine two ways in the front foot wells.



Nice quality bit of kit but no aux in.

The 7909 is the one to have but they go for silly money like £400+!

[bss325i]

the bqa80 is the amp ive got, remember your thread on all and inspired me, ive not heard mine yet/ever set it up, so cant comment on the sound, is it a decent sound and the unit make a good unit ? how much that and the amp of cost back then would it of been one of the best around ?

Not sure what the cost of the BQA80 was but the BQA107 was £156 in 1990.

http://www.e30zone.net/modules.php?name ... 10&start=0

There is a price list of some stuff in this thread.

[Morat]

I have the bluepunkt mp68 like Verde. It looks pretty crap to be honest but I do like hands free for my phone and streaming mp3.

[bss325i]

Talking of warts, i mean modern stereos in period dashes......

[Simon13]

whats that nob do on the bottom left?

[bss325i]

POWWWWAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[MattTheHat325]

I've been looking into high end 80's equipment lately for my jetta, does anyone have any experience with the Alpine gear, 7390m etc? I want to experience what a dog danglies top of the pile sound system sounded like in the 80's!

I listen to loads of 80's and electronic music anyway so it's bound to sound 'right' isn't it?

This was in my Sport from new coupled with a pair of Alpine two ways in the front foot wells.




Nice quality bit of kit but no aux in.

The 7909 is the one to have but they go for silly money like £400+!

That's kind of thing I had been looking at. The more I think about it though, the more the aux feature appeals to me so would need some guidance as to which units had them!

I've just fitted a NOS Fischer cassette holder in my jetta, and although it looks the part, you don't get that much music on 5 cassettes compared to the 400+ tracks I have on my iPod!

Speakers I'm not so worried about as long as they're hidden, I would have thought 25 year old speakers wouldn't hold up as well as a head unit/amp or am I wrong?

[pacerpete]

whats that nob do on the bottom left?

Its the Gaydar knob, worryingly it it turned off ! As for the 'EXPLODE' tuned into KISS , David has been told ,at first he did not believe me, then I showed him the pictures ! he cried

[bss325i]

Speakers I'm not so worried about as long as they're hidden, I would have thought 25 year old speakers wouldn't hold up as well as a head unit/amp or am I wrong?

Definitely new speakers all though i was pleasantly surprised at the BMW Hi Fi pack rear speakers.

[pukar]

I've been looking into high end 80's equipment lately for my jetta, does anyone have any experience with the Alpine gear, 7390m etc? I want to experience what a dog danglies top of the pile sound system sounded like in the 80's!

I listen to loads of 80's and electronic music anyway so it's bound to sound 'right' isn't it?

This was in my Sport from new coupled with a pair of Alpine two ways in the front foot wells.




Nice quality bit of kit but no aux in.

The 7909 is the one to have but they go for silly money like £400+!

That's kind of thing I had been looking at. The more I think about it though, the more the aux feature appeals to me so would need some guidance as to which units had them!

I've just fitted a NOS Fischer cassette holder in my jetta, and although it looks the part, you don't get that much music on 5 cassettes compared to the 400+ tracks I have on my iPod!

Speakers I'm not so worried about as long as they're hidden, I would have thought 25 year old speakers wouldn't hold up as well as a head unit/amp or am I wrong?

i think if you search the web long and hard enough, there is a way of using the cd input on some of the alpines to create and aux in/ipod in.

i have a 90s alpine stereo, not sure of the spec, but it has the classic lush 6 green buttons....only green illumination.......brand new in box, never fitted!!

[George]

i think if you search the web long and hard enough, there is a way of using the cd input on some of the alpines to create and aux in/ipod in.

i have a 90s alpine stereo, not sure of the spec, but it has the classic lush 6 green buttons....only green illumination.......brand new in box, never fitted!!

One of my plans was to use one of the later E36 headunits to keep the OEM look but use the CD autochanger input as an AUX in.

[bss325i]

i think if you search the web long and hard enough, there is a way of using the cd input on some of the alpines to create and aux in/ipod in.

i have a 90s alpine stereo, not sure of the spec, but it has the classic lush 6 green buttons....only green illumination.......brand new in box, never fitted!!

One of my plans was to use one of the later E36 headunits to keep the OEM look but use the CD autochanger input as an AUX in.

BMW CD43 is what you need.



These have CD changer prep which can be used as an AUX in.

[Blitz]

Check out this period Kenwood pull out my 316i.

[Kos]

Nice

[glenn]

i've been searching for a black face denon dct r1 / z1 for a couple of years now
if anyone has one they want to move on, give me a shout.

[capnmchl]

Don't get what everyone's clamouring on about. Most of these old aftermarket units look just as bad as the modern ones. The Blaupunkt ones are pretty oem, and the alpine ones don't look too bad but they're still over crowded and fussy. Those Becker ones look nice but the price and rareity of them seem to repel my tastes.

Over this thread, the best idea seems to of been using the OEM E36 unit and using the CD multichanger plug to use an aux lead, but it's hardly retro.

I would have this however. But not at that price

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Alpine-7390M- ... 4d080dc8dd

[polsta]

i have one of these...(NLA when i got it nut hunted around and found a new one off the bay)



the text can also be changed to orange and is a good match. when i bought the car it had a crappy JVC which was one of the first things too come out!

has no one mentioned nakamichi yet?

which one is that ? cant remember my model but still have it , cracking unit was £400 odd , was in my old e30 when i got it, change the lights to amber, looks the part, its in my range rover now still going strong, ipod in glove box and remote , 60gb of music at touch of a button

[polsta]

For under £100, you can search out the Blaupunkt Memphis/Woodstock, and maintain the 80's look in your car. Modern units look great in modern cars, but its E30 period only for me. I have a BMW spares list for 1988 which lists the SQR88 as an £1100 extra on your car. Big plus on the SQR88 is the fron panel input jack for your iPod etc. I prefer to play my selection of cassettes of Capital Radio from the 80's!

£1100 extra

any chance you can scan/photo that or email it to me or something ? id like to have that and bung it in the history

I've just fitted a NOS Fischer cassette holder in my jetta, and although it looks the part, you don't get that much music on 5 cassettes compared to the 400+ tracks I have on my iPod!

thats why i went with the memphis, looks smart and oem period, and a front aux- so can have the ipod in glove box hidden away , and when i want the music just pull the aux cable from glove box and have all that music (mainly on longer drives) , when finished put the lead back, best of both worlds, and stil have a selection of tapes also

[Demlotcrew]

I have this to go in to one of my turds, second one down from the top of the range from the factory options list. The next one up has a cassette CD.



Andrew

[Demlotcrew]

Found a period one on the bay.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BMW-Radio-Bav ... 3ccd7f4a60

[Morat]

Check out this period Kenwood pull out my 316i.

My old man had one of those in a Volvo 760 Turbo from new
Sounded pretty good from what I remember.