So I settled on Paul Oakenfold's latest because well, for one...I hadn't listened to it yet. Also, the giant gob of technolgy he uses seemed perfect for today's collision of the old and the new.
Okay, so here's the truth. I can't tell you a whole lot about the music. First of all, this poor Jeep stereo just doesn't put out enough bass to do any of his music justice. What you end up hearing is a ton of midrange and high-end juice that sort of washes everything out. Some blame might be assigned to the production, which does have a few "compression set to stun" problems. All I know is the EQ settings on the iPod could not fix the problem. Bass boost, Loudness, Dance, Hip-Hop. Nothing. By the time I got to work, I realised I'd spent more time dorking with the iPod settings than actually doing any listening. Oops.
Wait, I do remember one bit. At the end of "Sex 'n' Money", a woman's voice says "Girls just want sex and money." Is this true?
Well, at least let it be known that Paul Oakenfold's A Lively Mind was the first recording played on this newfangled Monster contraption.
Now...Oneonta or bust.
Article comments
1 - Mary K. Williams
Yeah, sometimes it IS true. Not all the time. Sometimes - definitely.
2 - Tom Johnson
Some blame must also be placed on the FM transmitter, Mark, I'm sorry to say. It is, afterall, using standard FM compression, so you're not going to get the full range that you should be getting out of it.
Since your Jeep has a cassette deck, seek out one of those minijack-to-cassette adapters that are out there. There's even one that uses the deck's controls via the tapehead to control your Ipod's basic functions (pause, play, forward, backward) but I don't know the name of it.
And, of course, there's always the hard-wired route, which is pricier, but is so much more rewarding. I'm sure that there's something available for Jeeps by now. The end result is the best audio possible out of your Ipod, and it's worth every penny, believe me - my wife and I were about to take the FM transmitter out and run it over after a couple months dealing with that thing.
3 - Mark Saleski
the big problem really is the underpowered-ness of the standard stereo. it needs to go because it can't deal with the noise in the jeep, especially with the soft top on.