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Originally Posted by rush91 (Post 313571)

Speaking of faces. I just noticed your avatar!!!! Sitting at my desk at work, Pepsi came flying out my nose!! I love the movie Aliens, that is hilarious.....

I aim to please lol. Thanks :cheers:

Thanks for sharing! I didn't realize he was in Texas. My radio has recentlly stopped working so will need to get repairs done. Of course I may elect to replace everythign with something newer and better, but that would of course change the look and with the exhaust note, sound quality isn't going to be great anyway.

P.S. Vacuum tubes? Seems like that wouldn't last very long in a car with all the vibrations, but in a home setting, they are great! I use vacuum tubes in my home system.

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Originally Posted by 93RubyZ (Post 313790)

He is indeed in Huntsville TX, a bit north of Conroe on I-45. Easy enough to get to from the highway.

I considered replacing everything too, but I opted to keep the stock unit. It sounds fine. I use a Bluetooth FM transmitter to listen to the music on my iPod - works perfectly alright and I don't need to mess with the CD or cassette functionality. Don will install a hardwired audio input jack to the head unit if you send that in - mine was working fine so I skipped that for now.

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Originally Posted by 93RubyZ (Post 313790)

P.S. Vacuum tubes? Seems like that wouldn't last very long in a car with all the vibrations, but in a home setting, they are great! I use vacuum tubes in my home system.

Yeah I was skeptical too so I had to google it. Sure enough AM radios were quite common in cars by the late 1930s while the transistor was only invented in the mid 1950s. So evidently the early units must've used vacuum tubes.