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Omega Help Area => Omega Electrical and Audio Help => Topic started by: joshwyatt on 06 October 2011, 23:22:43
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I have a new project Omega, where it's not possible to fit a normal double din Omega unit in the dash...i.e. a ccr 2006, cdr 2005 etc.
Would it be possible to fit a CDR 500 single din in the glovebox, and have the radio controls work?
I know nothing of prefacelift Omega's...but I guess they must have had a CDR 500, I know the Astra G and Vec B did of the same era.
Or are there any other options?
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As you know Josh, anything is possible ;)
You'd need to find the ISO plug and aerial from the centre console, extend all the wiring so that it would reach the glovebox and build a suitable mount in there :y
Sounds like an interesting project ::)
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what's in the middle of the dash instead ?
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If you are extending wires to the glovebox to fit a stereo there and not in the dash (no problems with that one) - why not go the whole hog and put something decent in there ?
Seems a lot of work for a really basic CD player :-\
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Indeed, possible.
Is this a project that you had considered before? ::)
Dave DND - if you heard JoshWyatts (odd, for such a young chap) choice of music, you'd agree that a cdr500 was overkill :P
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In that case, why not one of these :P
(http://www.bbc.co.uk/gloucestershire/content/images/2009/04/20/car_2_470_470x313.jpg)
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In that case, why not one of these :P
(http://www.bbc.co.uk/gloucestershire/content/images/2009/04/20/car_2_470_470x313.jpg)
That'd work very well for him ;D ;D ;D
Is this a project that you had considered before? ::)
I'm assuming so
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Ah,vinyl.The best medium for reprodctioun of music ever invented. :y
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Ah,vinyl.The best medium for reprodctioun of musicmaking funky melted ashtrays ever invented. :y
Fixed that for you, Albs.. ;D
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Philistine.have you no soul ? ::) ;D......just about anyone who is a serious listener to music,listens to it on vinyl when at all possible. :P
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Philistine.have you no soul ? ::) ;D......just about anyone who is a serious listener to music,listens to it on vinyl when at all possible. :P
complete with all the crackles & hisses. Is a 78 'better' than an LP cos it's older & crakles & hisses even more? ::) ::) ::)
You need to move on Albs ....... ::) ::) ;D ;D ;D
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Nope,78,s were one of the steps which led to the vinyl record.Why move on from something when it is superior to all that came after it ?
Digital sound is an abomination which can never match the natural warmth of the sound from vinyl on a good setup.
Many people are returningto vinyl now. CD,s were a con by the industry,and MP3 etc. is similar. ;)
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Nope,78,s were one of the steps which led to the vinyl record.Why move on from something when it is superior to all that came after it ?
Digital sound is an abomination which can never match the natural warmth of the sound crackles & hissing from vinyl on a good setup.
Many people are returningto vinyl now. CD,s were a con by the industry,and MP3 etc. is similar. ;)
I've never been convinced ...... ;) ;) ;)
I've not had owt to play my vinyl on for years now. ;) ;)
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Whilst I`ll agree with the argument that Vinyl will always sound "Warmer" than a CD, have you ever heard something that has been recorded onto an SACD ??
I reckon that it gives vinyl a definate run for its money as in my opinion SACD is the only format I have heard so far that sounds infinately better !!
???
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Vinyl, = smaller bandwidth than CD, higher noise floor, less speed stability , and smaller dynamic range than CD...
seriously, anyone claiming vinyl as way superior in any technical department whatsoever is , fooling themselves, or clueless, sorry if that's a bit confrontational, but as a professional audio engineer i find this endless litany of the old skool hif fi buff really rather stupid.
yes, if you have really REALLY shit D/A conversion, and an ancient transport mechanism , then CD can sound a bit naff, but any decent system blows the socks off any vinyl system on the planet...
i can produce endless technical data to support ALL the opening statements.
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(for the record, i'm ex BBC, the team i'm involved with has won sony awards for our live recordings for classic fm, , gramophone awards for Classical CD release recordings, emmy nominations, and oscar nominations, if you've ever spent much time playing modern console games, you'll have heard my work, most especially those music related ones ending in Hero, or Star.... )
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as you hint,max,dome cheapo early ones had poor d/a converters, meaning a quality vinyl setup could easily match it. But even the cheapest cd player now is far superior
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Its all about the "feel" imo and you cant match vinyl for that.Just like the latest most advanced guitar amp can never possibly sound as good as an old valve amp from the 50,s/60,s. ;)............anyway,you listen to queen and bongo bongo so your in no position to judge. :P :D ;D
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I'd disagree about the guitar amp to some extent, but not in spirit.... Purely because a number of modern amps share the same core design topology as classic amps, but take the quality and attention to detail to entirely new levels, giving an amp with all the tone , but much less noise.... And both as a guitarist, and engineer, I consider that better..... but there are also modern hi tech amps that fully fit your description and metaphor
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Seems Mr Albzhiemers is still stuck in the past. Although he hasn't mentioned a certain has been Canadian f1 driver yet, or some 19** Duckerdy Desmo steam powered creation as being the best in the world ever, yet. But give it time. ;D
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Of course,everything which is newer,more recent is automatically better - which is why Take that are an infinitely better band then the Beatles ever were. :y
Im not a Luddite, far from it, but thankfully,Im not a shallow fashion victim either. :)
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Of course,everything which is newer,more recent is automatically better - which is why Take that are an infinitely better band then the Beatles ever were
Hmm . . . Not sure that was a great example to be honest, neither sound great to me :-X
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Was tongue in cheek Dave,although Im surprised you arent impressed by the Beatles,but each to their own etc. ;)
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Just because I was probably conceived whilst my parents were listening to the Beatles, it doesn`t necessarily make me a fan !!
::) :P
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;D ;D cant help but have huge respect though - the talent,imagination,originality etc. and still the benchmark by which all others are judged nearly 50 years later. ;)
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Whilst I`ll agree with the argument that Vinyl will always sound "Warmer" than a CD, have you ever heard something that has been recorded onto an SACD ??
I reckon that it gives vinyl a definate run for its money as in my opinion SACD is the only format I have heard so far that sounds infinately better !!
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Both SACD and DVD-Audio are much better than CD and I think better than vinyl.
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With rock music CD always makes a hash of the high pitched stuff.