It's good to read about people's experiences with Vanagon Stereos.
Some of you know that I run an absurd stereo in the Stretch.
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Concerning speakers, I have been very happy with the Eclipse 8243 4"
speakers in the original locations, but those are very old and now it looks
like the similar ones are called SE8243. I suspect there are many new good
options these days. My understanding is that a 4" speaker never will provide
low frequencies, so I would look to add at least an 8" subwoofer to the mix.

I am generally not very happy with the high end head units. I find that
after a few hours of dusty washboard the expensive ones CD players fail
while the cheap $100 ones from Autozone keep working. So my challenge is to
get the features that I want in a cheap head unit. I'm currently running one
that will drive a iPod or iPhone directly, but I find the interface for the
ipod is less than ideal.

Now that I'm doing most of my music on my iPhone, I have a new wish list for
a head unit. I'd like it to have:

Made by anyone other than Sony,
Real volume control knob, (not a fan of up down buttons),
Remote control, (The Stretch needs it in back!)
Bluetooth handsfree for phone,
Bluetooth stereo input from the phone (so I don't need to plug in a cable)

I think the last feature is one of the harder ones to find. If anyone knows
of a good fit, I'd love to hear about it.
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 -Otmar-
Corvallis Oregon
82/86 Stretch Vanagon Westfalia 5 speed TDI . "Power of two"
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