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Frank Hopper
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Pitcairn Island
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Initially Posted - 03/11/2005 : 07:07:54

I guess we all have a stereo of some sort onboard, I use my iPod rather than CDs most of the time. I figure the 2500 songs on it are enough and it only takes up the space of a pack of cigarettes. I have a "Walkman" that also picks up TV for the evening news audio. I use a 17" widescreen Macintosh laptop to play DVDs, no real TV.
Realizing the true entertainment center is the boat and the water; what do others have onboard? How is it installed or stowed?

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seastream
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USA
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Response Posted - 03/11/2005 : 07:17:03

Frank, we're with you. We just stick the iPod in the 'shelf' above the starboard settee, well aft, and let it play into a 30WX2 amp that's installed on the starboard side of the cabinway. We've got to come up with a more stable mount so that the iPod doesn't go flying in rough conditions. Dunno what we're going to do about a TV just yet...something small, I think. Need TV? Not really, although my wife & I enjoy our nightly Jeopardy fix, along with Antiques Roadshow when it's on. We like 'Trading Spaces' as well, but that's on TLC, not over the air. We've got a few iBooks around that we could use for movies should the need arise, running the sound to the same amp the iPod uses.

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Lightnup
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Response Posted - 03/11/2005 : 08:55:16

I'm feeling like such a luddite...all I've got on board is a portable K-mart AM/FM/CD boom box and a sometimes-it-works-sometimes-it-doesn't built-in marine stereo installed by the PO. By the time I graduate to an iPod, they'll probably be obsolete.

My wife tried to sneak a small TV on board but IMHO the purpose of going to the boat is to get away from the idiot box for a while. (the TV, not the wife.)

Steve

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MattL
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USA
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Response Posted - 03/11/2005 : 09:01:31

Careeeee Fulllll there Steve, your skating on thin ice with that last statement.

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Brooke Willson
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Response Posted - 03/11/2005 : 09:14:34

"Realizing the true entertainment center is the boat and the water;"

That says it all. A book perhaps; listening to the Tangier Island watermen on the scanning VHF; gulls, terns, fish jumping, wind in the rigging; good conversation with people on board; the sound of sheer silence.

I go to the boat to get away from the noise of the world. There's enough noise in my heart that I carry onboard and try to quiet while I'm on the water. If I wanted to listen to music and watch videos, I'd stay home. And if I ever wanted to hear Jimmy Buffett, I'd shoot myself (in the conviction that Hell would be nonstop Buffett).

Brooke

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Sea Trac
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Vanuatu
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Response Posted - 03/11/2005 : 09:35:07

AM/FM/CD unit mounted in the aft port bulkhead above the icebox with Pioneer marine speakers mounted in the aft coamings. However, due to location no radio signals are received. So, this month I'll be acquiring a Delphi Roady2 XM satellite radio system for use on board. Hmmm, I wonder if there's an all-Buffet, all-the-time station? ;-) Just kidding, although not as allergic as Brooke, I'm not a huge Buffet fan either.

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existentialsailor
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Response Posted - 03/11/2005 : 10:02:30

My Capri has nothing and I'm fairly sure it will stay that way. I don't watch TV at home and I rarely listen to recorded music.

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JimB517
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Response Posted - 03/11/2005 : 11:20:25

Just me and my Ukulele. Wonder why I spend so my time single-handing?Working on a version of "Moondance" (Van Morrison).

"Its a fabulous night for a moondance with the stars up above in the skies....."

There, I've got you all singing it, I'll bet!

Also have a AM/FM CD Player, if you turn it up loud enough, anybody can sing.

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Arlyn Stewart
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Response Posted - 03/11/2005 : 11:43:50

Radio gets far more of my time than tv, so I also went the Roady 2 XM route.

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dlucier
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Response Posted - 03/11/2005 : 12:09:38

I have a Sony CD boombox strapped to the top of the microwave. Installation took all of 2 seconds, operates on 110V when in port, and internal batteries at sea. The batteries in it last all season and present absolutely zero drain on the house bank. When on the hard, it can be removed and placed outside when working on the hull or taken along to the beach. This model has really nice sound, TV and weather bands, and a full function wireless remote that can be used from the cockpit. On cruises, I can take the radio to the cockpit and listen to music while the kids are napping or after they hit the rack for the night down below.

Cost was minimal, didn't require cutting holes or running wires, and its portable.

As for TV, I'm in the group that doesn't have much use for one.

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John Mason
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687 Posts

Response Posted - 03/11/2005 : 12:15:04

Nope, not here. Nothing! Just interfers with the reason I go out on the boat. If I wanted a bunch of noise, I'd be a powerboater.

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aeckhart
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Response Posted - 03/11/2005 : 12:24:00

Like you Steve, I'm bare bones when it comes to entertainment. When day sailing or racing - nada. When cruising I usually take a few books and a small portable radio that also plays cassette tapes. I've been considering a am/fm/cd player but have been upgrading the running systems on the boat. Heck, I've owned Gallivant for 16 years and I don't even have cockpit cusions. Priorities are changing though - from racing to cruising and a mellowing over the years.

Al
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cclark
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Response Posted - 03/11/2005 : 13:19:02

I know some may view this as sacreligious, but I like having tunes while sailing. I recently installed a Kenwood CD/MP3 player with wireless remote. 1 CD of MP3 is about 15 hrs of music. Also, with a 4 yr old as crew, TV/DVD is helpful at times. We have a 5 inch AC/DC TV/DVD in the V Berth.
Chris

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andy
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228 Posts

Response Posted - 03/11/2005 : 14:11:53

John and Al
I tend to agree with you... Jimmy Buffet gets old after a while, but there's nothing better than Placido Domingo singing Mozart Arias while on a broad reach in about 17 kt of wind.

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tmhansen
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Response Posted - 03/11/2005 : 15:49:42

We have little or no use for a TV but for me life is better with a soundtrack most of the time. I'd like to have a set up like Chris's but all we have now is a little pocket am/fm radio that we plug into $15 amplified portable speakers. We can also plug in the portable cd player to the speakers. It works for us. Don't have an Ipod yet and based on comments from the CFO will not be getting one soon. XM radio would be great just can't justiy spare the cost. When we spent the weekend in Monterey last December I was in heaven listening to KBACH all weekend (classical).

J.B. how do you like the speakers in the coaming boxes? I have thought that I would like to place some there as well, out of the way and somewhat protected.

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Midpoint
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Response Posted - 03/11/2005 : 16:11:55

I have an AM/FM/CD player with RCA indoor/outdoor speakers. I really like the idea of the Ipod more compact and 2500 songs what more do you need. Now I have justification why I need one. All I need to do now is to sell the idea to the wife, wish me luck...

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Sea Trac
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Vanuatu
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Response Posted - 03/11/2005 : 16:17:40

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by tmhansen
 J.B. how do you like the speakers in the coaming boxes? I have thought that I would like to place some there as well, out of the way and somewhat protected.<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">
Hi Todd,

Actually, they're not in the boxes, but are located in the aft section of the cockpit.

The setup works very well with great bass reflex.

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takokichi
Captain

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USA
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Response Posted - 03/11/2005 : 18:38:09

4x50 watt marinized Sony CD Player
2 box speakers mounted to the forward salon bulkhead.
2 6 1/2 inch 3ways sunk into the cockpit coamings
XM SkyFi/modulator - weren't any Roadies when I bought it.

Gotta have tunes.

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Frank Hopper
Past Commodore

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Pitcairn Island
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Response Posted - 03/11/2005 : 18:47:35

5.9 days of music

DVDs and WiFi (this summer)

Man Apple makes nice stuff! Less than 1 inch!

Alternate location.

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coach
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Response Posted - 03/12/2005 : 21:40:22

We go with a nice boom box with cd player.

tv with a vcr so our kids can watch movies and i can watch sports at night.

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Lightnup
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Response Posted - 03/12/2005 : 21:53:59

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"> Just me and my Ukulele. Wonder why I spend so my time single-handing?Working on a version of "Moondance" (Van Morrison). <hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">

Jim - I've got good friends who named their boat Moondance but I'm pretty sure it wasn't the ukelele version that inspired them. Perhaps you can find an accordian player to join you and start doing gigs at Moose lodges and county fairs?

Steve

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lcharlot
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Antigua and Barbuda
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Response Posted - 03/13/2005 : 20:47:55

I have a JVC car stereo mounted in the same kind of West Marine housing that Frank Hopper has on his boat. The speakers are surface mount type, similar to Base 200's but not as expensive. I purchased this particular stereo becasue it plays MP3-CD's, a relatively new feature in car stereos, that was only available in $500+ units until last year, when I first started seeing them in a few models under $200 (my price ceiling). I used to use a boom box on my old boat, but was never happy about how much space it consumed.

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