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Hey Colleen,

I am all about going cheap/generic on a lot of things (OTC drugs, canned 
veggies, etc.). But toilet paper, peanut butter, and stereo equipment are 
things that I will pay a little more for, because the cheaper brands just 
make me unhappy.

I have a JVC compact stereo that I paid less than $200 for on ebay and the 
sound quality is amazing. It's a very small stereo (radio/CD/cassette) and 
the sound is still terrific, no matter how loud I crank it. Emerson is 
inexpensive, but it's just not a quality line of equipment. 

I have been very happy with all JVC, Technics, and Sony stuff I've ever had. 
You can get more high-end stuff that may sound better and will likely be more 
expensive, but these three brands are generally of very good quality and the 
prices are not over-the-top.

I'm sure there are other affordable and high-quality brands of stereo 
equipment (home and car). I'm just pointing out the ones I have experience 
with.

Just my little two cents.

Beth


"Colleen McCarthy" <cmccarthy1 AT nc.rr.com> wrote:

>Hi Folks,
>
>Sigh... I finally have to concede that the sound in my car and the sound
>from my Emerson boom box (which has detachable speakers and which I'm using
>as a shelf system in my home office) is so bad that it hurts my ears.  I
>guessing that this is because there is too much volume at too few
>frequencies, but I really don't know.
>
>I put a Sony 10 CD player in the car, but it has the original (Toyota)
>speakers.  "Something has changed" (such a detailed description!) in the
>last year and the sound has gotten worse.  If I decide to pull the speakers
>out, is there anything to look for other than a tear to tell me that the
>performance has degraded?  I did get hit last year (just a fender-bender),
>so they've been subjected to trauma, and the car is a 1994 Camry, so it's
>been through it's share of Carolina summers.
>
>With respect to replacing the boom box with a shelf system, I'm thinking
>about a unit that also has a DVD player.  I'm cost constrained, so I have to
>get the minimum that will deliver decent sound.
>
>If anyone has any advice, I'd really appreciate hearing it.
>
>P.S.  Thank to those of you who offered advice on the sale of stock at a
>loss!  The only thing I have yet to research is whether there are any rules
>on the order in which you have to sell (first-in-first-out, etc).  If anyone
>wants a summary of what I've found, please let me know and I'll email it as
>soon as I get the last questions answered.
>
>Thanks much!
>
>Colleen
>
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