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Hi WB,
Do you remember 'reverb' units from the early 60s?
It was attached to the speaker mounted in the rear package shelf. It delayed the sound coming from that speaker for perhaps 1/2 a second or so compared to the front speaker.
It made the radio sound like you were driving in the Grand Canyon.
Some people said that if you were in a car with one for more than an hour the sound made you cross-eyed.
I think they were sorta popular for a couple of years. It didn't take much to fascinate us then, but our attention span was pretty short!
Regards,
Alan
Hi WB,
Do you remember 'reverb' units from the early 60s?
It was attached to the speaker mounted in the rear package shelf. It delayed the sound coming from that speaker for perhaps 1/2 a second or so compared to the front speaker.
It made the radio sound like you were driving in the Grand Canyon.
Some people said that if you were in a car with one for more than an hour the sound made you cross-eyed.
I think they were sorta popular for a couple of years. It didn't take much to fascinate us then, but our attention span was pretty short!
Regards,
Alan
I do remember them! My younger brother had one in his 65 Tempest
I had one of those reverb units in a 71 Fury. Only thing I sincerely hate about my new 73 Corvette is the POS radio someone installed in an otherwise perfect interior. It is a Radio Shack (God rest their soul) Realistic. I may have to replace it even before I upgrade the exhaust.
I guess it's from the time I was a teen but I love old cheesy high end for it's day car audio, the more pointless ***** dials and lightshows the better,
I have been thinking about hanging one of these under the dash....
Nowdays are cool...I can carry 80k songs on a little zip drive....
I still remember some of those old school aftermarket units too. The first ones i can remember we those Pioneer under dash cassette players with their Super-Tuner!. Some of those old radios still can crank out the db's, If set up correctly. That old car stereo gear has a huge following today and with some of them are fetching some serious loot too.
Had a reverb unit in my '58 Bonneville back in the early 60's - pretty cool for the time. The car also had a Trans Portable radio. Anyone remember those?
Would you recomend it?
How is the apperance of the display? It is light blue, but ´69 was a green year.
I have a blue radio display in another car, this color would be terrible in my C3.
They write it has a usb port, but write nothing about playing mp3 or sth.
Currently I have a custom autosound USA-630 and it sucks. The mp3 function freezes more and more, now every 2 minutes. It´s just not usable anymore. I don´t want to buy something from them again.
And the radios from retrosound seem to be the same cheap china junk.
Now I want something that looks like the original radio, but plays mp3.
This one from zip could be nice, despite the very modern display.
Last edited by zuendler; Sep 28, 2015 at 12:50 PM.
Would you recomend it?
How is the apperance of the display? It is light blue, but ´69 was a green year.
I have a blue radio display in another car, this color would be terrible in my C3.
They write it has a usb port, but write nothing about playing mp3 or sth.
Currently I have a custom autosound USA-630 and it sucks. The mp3 function freezes more and more, now every 2 minutes. It´s just not usable anymore. I don´t want to buy something from them again.
And the radios from retrosound seem to be the same cheap china junk.
Now I want something that looks like the original radio, but plays mp3.
This one from zip could be nice, despite the very modern display.
I have that radio. Purchased it about 5 years ago. Then it did not have the USB option. Post 3 in this thread is my review of it just after I installed it.
It still functions fine but you are correct about the blue vs green. Here's a photo I took tonight for you in the dark with the dash lights only. The radio is MUCH brighter than the standard dash lights.
It does what I want but for that price I think there must be better options - unfortunately few exist without cutting the dash. OH, and the buttons rattle but can be stopped by placing a thin strip of cardboard beneath them.
Thank you Fred, pics are great!
The LCD is what I expected, much to bright and blue.
My Custom-Autosound has a simple green LCD and looks like 80´s.
But this light blue looks much to modern.
I think I will take it appart and insert a green foil between the display and the front window.
