Recent content by Chris_in_Boise

I say pull the plug completely on that evil spawn of a speaker! I did and haven't regretted it for a minute.

Sure, the surround mode still works. But (if I recall correctly) I don't have it turned on because I think it "colors" the music too much. I'm more of a purist who wants to hear what the artists originally intended. However, to each his own. If you're going to perform the speaker-lobotomy...

I agree...that center speaker is ridiculous. I hated it so much that I disconnected my center speaker altogether. :bash: You need to unsolder the leads from the back of the speaker, but it's pretty easy because you don't need to disassemble your whole dash to do it. Just pop the speaker...

FWIW yesterday I went to two local car stereo installation shops and asked if they carried any cassette adapters. I held up the cassette adapter that didn't work in my stereo so they'd know what I was talking about. Employees at both places shook their heads "no" and looked at my cassette...

Thanks for your help. The Sony adapter looks and behaves just like a regular cassette tape...the wheels move in tandem without a lot of resistance, etc. I'm not going to return it as it was a mail order item and would cost more in postage and time to return than it originally cost. Maybe I'll...

Hi. I bought a Sony CPA-9C cassette adapter so that I can play my MP3's player through my 6-disc JBL stereo. Unfortunately, the stereo doesn't accept the adapter. It gets jostled around for about 20 seconds, then spit out. I've tried switching the direction of tape travel, rewinding, fast...