Re: OT: music in the garage

[Bill <Y1TopBanana73@xxxxxxxxx>]

Jim,

My only issue with the "free" Pandora is that you are limited to 40
hours of listening per month. I listen to this at work quite often and
seem to hit that limit on a regular basis.

I was having difficulty with going wireless out in my garage as it's a
metal pole building (and my laptop sucks), so I went with a solution
that killed 2 birds with 1 stone.

I bought a Sirius satellite radio. We put the suction cup car mount in
our 65 Coronet to use for cruising around, and I also bought a "boom
box" unit for it and set that in the garage. I took a magnetic mount
car antenna, poked it through to the outside, and tossed it up on the
metal roof. I get crystal clear reception without fail, and the boom
box sounds fantastic. I can also take the boom box with me to car
shows and listen there. I also bought another car base that I use in
my daily driver so I only have to transfer the pocket-sized head unit
between locations. It took me a little while to decide to pay the
~$12/month, but I honestly have to say I'm hooked, I love it, and
would never want to give it up!!!

Bill M
65 Coronet 500 'vert http://1962to1965mopar.ornocar.com/mmo62008.html
73 Dart Sport, 00 Cherokee Sport, 05 Ram 2500 CTD, 4WD, QC, LB, Laramie
21 Model T Depot Hack, 92 Accord, 06 Mazda 3


On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 10:43 AM, Jim Altemose <jaltemoose@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Off -topic.
>
> This is OT, but we all spend time in the garage and I'm pretty pleased
> with the music setup I just put in   If you hate computers or don't
> care about music, you can stop reading.  I used to use a 5 CD boom
> box, but my new setup is way better.
>
> There's many free Internet music services, but one I like is Pandora
> (www.pandora.com).  You simply type in the name of an artist you like
> and it then continually streams music of similar artists to the
> computer.  For instance, I like rockabilly and typed in Reverend
> Horton Heat, and got Fabulous Thunderbirds, Stray Cats, Johnny Cash,
> etc.
>
> So, I had an old crummy laptop that my son had plucked a bunch of keys
> off back when he was 3.  I reinstalled Windows to freshen it up and
> connected it to a stereo amp.  Being out in the garage, the wireless
> signal was too weak.  So, for $25 I got a Linksys wireless extender
> and plugged it in in my house close to the garage.  This gave me a
> good strong signal.
>
> Now I don't have to worry about CD's, and I hear bands and songs I
> never heard of before.  I also ran speakers to my backyard patio so
> we'll have music out there.  With Pandora, I can just put on any music
> anyone wants and don't have to play DJ.
>
> - Jim
> Jim Altemose, Long Island, NY
> '63 Polara 500 (Max Wedge)
> '63 Polara 500 (383)
> '65 Belvedere I (Street Wedge)
> '71 Bronco