It'd be interesting to hook the VR3 up to your amps and see what that kind
of setup could do for it. I doubt I'll get into that kind of money for what
I have in mind, tho. Used to be a day when I'd take the long way home {or
take a wrong turn and just keep goin' : ) }late at night just so I could
crank something in the car and listen to it. These days it's more 'don't
make me come back there', so I don't think I'll be worrying about audio
fidelity issues for... oh, 16-18 years or so. Probably be near deaf by then
anyway.

I think that flash drives will soon be as cheap (relatively) and as
ubiquitous as cassettes once were. My home theater head even has a USB port.
My wife filled up a 1 GB flash drive with Xmas music and it played...
all.... day....

And to think that my first ride had an AM radio, an under-dash 8-track and
an under-dash FM 'converter' doohickey. I think my grandkids will probably
just have some kind of wireless brain implant- maybe it'll literally be a
'blue tooth' that'll go in where one of the molars used to be. The
'internet' will become the 'intermentalnet'. Ok, I'm scaring myself now.
Could you imagine all those MySpace (BrainSpace?) idiots right there in your
head? *shudder*

Cya,
Robert

----- Original Message -----
From: "Warren Lail" <vw.bus@MAC.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Saturday, January 06, 2007 8:59 PM
Subject: Re: iPod in a Vanagon

> I'm also running the Alpine CDA 9857 which, with the optional iPod
> adapter, I connected right up.  I also run Sirius satellite radio.
> This combo is hard to beat.  I must admit, the Wal-fart version that
> accepts SD cards and USB drives intrigues me.  However, the sound
> from the Alpine through my 640 watt amp, four Polk Audio speakers and
> my 10 inch JL Audio sub (with a 300 watt mono amp) just sounds
> great.  Hmmm, now who do I listen to ... Willie, Snoop, or Squarepusher?
>
> Warren L.
> 88 Westy "Billy Bones"