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Old 07-20-2005, 10:26 AM
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classic looking CD player

Anyone know of some good models that look like older radios?

i have an '86 cutlass with a shitty aftermarket tape plays and want to put to back to a more stock/classic look with a CD player
Old 07-20-2005, 11:43 AM
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McIntosh?
Old 07-20-2005, 02:36 PM
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mcintosh is ridiculously expensive......
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Originally Posted by disgookonfiya
mcintosh is ridiculously expensive......
Expensive, yes.

Ridiculous? To you, I guess...
Old 07-21-2005, 11:36 AM
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hmmm .. yea thats quite pricey


anyone else know of any?
Old 07-21-2005, 12:04 PM
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Kenwood EZ500 but the mcintosh is pretty much it. Otherwise you can get an original that came with the car & use a aftermarket kit to hook up a cd changer in your trunk.
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I would recommend Custom Autosound HUs with changers... but I hear lately that they've started crashing left and right.
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meh i've always hated custom autosound. Extremely overpriced/overrated for what is delivered.
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u can always keep the old unit and place a new unit some where hidden like a glove box or armrest. i have seen some pretty clever systems in old cars like that. my g/f's dad has a 63 split window vette with a full system. you wouldn't even know from the looks of it.


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how about a nakamichi cd 400: cd, volume knob, and nolight display? great sound to boot. jps
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nakamichi = hawt
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I'm a big fan of the CD 400's looks... but I think it's 80's Mercedes more than 80's Cutlass.

We put one of those in a clean old Benz like once every two weeks. Lights match, plastic matches, sounds nice.
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Originally Posted by elduderino
I'm a big fan of the CD 400's looks... but I think it's 80's Mercedes more than 80's Cutlass.

We put one of those in a clean old Benz like once every two weeks. Lights match, plastic matches, sounds nice.
That has one nice looking, OEM-look interface. I'm not a fan of the "high-tech" obviously aftermarket head-units...this thing looks great. Any other ones out there? Nakamichi seems to be the only OEM-look headunit I've ever seen (though I have never researched it).
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