Re: OT: music in the garage

[Tom Watters <tomwatters@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have an old boom box with broken CD player in the garage.  I tune it 
to radio, or put in an old cassette.

If I want something newer, I'll open the windows in the wifes car and 
put in a CD.  Or crank the 500watt house system if no ones home.


On 3/9/2011 10:52 AM, Jim Altemose wrote:
> Yeah, Sirius is cool.  In my case, I had a spare computer I was going
> to throw out.
>
> To clarify, after Pandora hits the 40 hour monthly limit, you can just
> pay $1.00 to get unlimited use the remainder of the month.
>
> - Jim
> Jim Altemose, Long Island, NY
> '63 Polara 500 (Max Wedge)
> '63 Polara 500 (383)
> '65 Belvedere I (Street Wedge)
> '71 Bronco
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 11:48 AM, Bill<Y1TopBanana73@xxxxxxxxx>  wrote:
> > 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


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