[NefCanuck]

Phantom,Apr 28 2005, 04:05 PM Wrote:Hey, I just finished taking my 6disc in dash mp3 hu out was the 2005. All my cds full of mp3s are vbr 320 that I've ripped. VBR offers best sound quality with best file size, when sound is detected the bit rate goes to 320, when there is no sound it goes to 192 for me cuz that's my setting. Which gives great songs with lower file size. But I have not had one problem with any song on that deck. Only reason I removed it was for my subs. Also the stock hu has like no power at all for the power oem speakers. Which sound 10x better with my kenwood in there now. And I don't believe putting in a aftermarket deck/stereo void the warrenty. Least I was told they don't at my dealer.
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Cool, I'll just stick to 128kbps CBR ripping for now since my luck is likely to be not as good as yours was and I want to see what kind of sound quality I get vs. the original CD's (I'll bring the mp3 compilations and at least one original CD to compare)

Well, I'm not looking to blow my ears off, I mean I'm still gonna have the stock speakers in the car. I'm mainly looking for the convience and safety of not switching discs while driving & keeping my hand on the steering wheel, which is why I'm taking the blood bath through Ford. I mean there are hacks I could use to install a non Ford deck and get at best some of the functionality that I have now with the steering wheel controls, but all things being equal, life is too short for me to be hacking...

I wanna be driving! :lol:

NefCanuck