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Ken takes center stage in the Crutchfield Kenwood KDC-HD942U CD receiver video. He explains that this versatile car receiver gives you plenty of listening options. In addition to an AM/FM tuner, the KDC-HD942U also plays CDs and burned MP3 discs as well. As Ken notes, that's just the beginning. He...
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For some time now, we've been offering two tips to people who want to get great sound when they connect their iPod to a home audio system: Import (rip) your music at a higher bit rate , preferrably in the Apple Lossless format. Bypass your iPod's built-in digital-to-analog converter (DAC), by means of...
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I listen to my iPod through the stereo in my car and through headphones while I work and exercise. But what if I want to listen to my iPod throughout my house, too? After all, the speakers in my home are the best ones I own. Fortunately, working at Crutchfield gives me the opportunity to look into these...
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Yes, you can store more music files on your iPod ® or other MP3 player with more compression, and they'll sound OK when you're listening through earbuds. But you lose some high- and low-frequency information when you compress your music, along with some of the details that make your music interesting...
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Selecting higher bit rates when ripping digital music files gives you better sound quality. The trade-off, as we've discussed , is that the files are bigger, and fewer of them will fit on whatever storage medium you choose - an iPod® or other MP3 player, your computer, an external hard drive, a USB thumb...
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My old iPod® mini died a couple of weeks ago. No need to mourn, it had a good life. But when I purchased a new 8GB iPod nano , I realized something important about car receivers and iPods. My car receiver, a Pioneer DEH-P7000BT , has a USB input that supports iPod connection and control. The USB connection...
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So, what effect did replacing my Yukon's factory radio with the Alpine have on the rest of the factory system? (See Part 1 for background.) It really notched it up, no kidding. Fatter bass, more dimensionality and presence. The kinds of things you'd associate with a cleaner signal path and better amplification...
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As you might have read in Crutchfield's Winter/Spring 2009 catalog ( read article ), I'm in the midst of a piece-by-piece overhaul of the factory sound system in my 2002 Yukon. While I have owned a few cars in my time, and have been a car audio hobbyist since high school, I can safely say that I've not...
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Our new Alpine eX-10 iPod® controller video features Ken and Todd in the Crutchfield studios. They point out that the Alpine eX-10 works with virtually any factory or after-market car stereo. Using the eX-10, you can play music from your iPod or iPhone™ through your car's FM radio, or connect the eX...
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Sometimes it's the simple things that make you decide you've got to have a new piece of gear. In my case, there were four things to consider: H, D, M, and I. I've already got a pretty good home theater receiver, but it's getting a little old. Exactly how old was brought home to me when...
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One of the cool things about working at Crutchfield is the hands-on opportunities we get with the latest and greatest gear. If you're like me, you're always planning ahead for the next system, and getting a look at the newest products is a great advantage. Here's a little number that I've got my eyes...
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We continue our series of tips for better audio with a simple fix for your MP3 player . Select a lower level of compression — or better quality — for your music files Compressing digital sound files is a great way decrease file size, but it comes at a cost. The more compressed the file, the lower the...
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Recently, I found myself getting ready to mow the grass on an unseasonably warm weekend afternoon, and I decided I'd rather listen to music than the drone of a lawnmower engine. (My Klipsch in-ear headphones help tremendously with this kind of thing.) However, I didn't feel like carrying my full-sized...
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We've posted a video review of the Bose® SoundDock® Series II and Bose SoundDock® Portable digital music systems on our YouTube/CrutchfieldTV site. In this short video, Ralph and Chris point out some of the best features of these two iPod® speaker systems, focusing primarily on the SoundDock Series II...
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I had an opportunity to check out the Belkin TuneBase FM on a long road trip recently. I had an older TuneBase, and I was interested to see what Belkin had changed with the current model. As it turns out, quite a bit The concept behind the TuneBase is simple enough. It's a combination iPod dock and low...