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Fri, 20 Jan 2012 07:05:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: johnny "rocketman" http://topwalmartproducts.com/auto/the-car-stereo-cookbook#comment-18769 johnny "rocketman" Thu, 19 Jan 2012 02:13:23 +0000 http://topwalmartproducts.com/auto/the-car-stereo-cookbook#comment-18769 <div style="margin-left:0.5em;"> <div style="margin-bottom:0.5em;"> 12 of 12 people found the following review helpful: </div> <div style="margin-bottom:0.5em;"> <span style="margin-left: -5px;"><img src="http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/x-locale/common/customer-reviews/stars-3-0._V192240710_.gif" width="64" alt="3.0 out of 5 stars" title="3.0 out of 5 stars" height="12" border="0"/></span> <b>Contains some helpful tips</b>, <nobr>April 25, 2004</nobr></div> <div style="margin-bottom:0.5em;"> <div><div style="float:left;">By </div><div style="float:left;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/pdp/profile/AU4ZDB7EVHTNL/ref=cm_cr_if_pdp/184-0232032-0595376?ie=UTF8&tag=shoppinginfol-20&linkCode=xm2" target="_top"><span style="font-weight: bold;">johnny "rocketman"</span></a> - <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/cdp/member-reviews/AU4ZDB7EVHTNL/ref=cm_cr_if_auth_rev/184-0232032-0595376?ie=UTF8&tag=shoppinginfol-20&linkCode=xm2&sort_by=MostRecentReview" target="_top"></a></div></div><div style="clear:both;"/> </div> <div class="tiny" style="margin-bottom:0.5em;"> <span class="crVerifiedStripe"><b class="h3color tiny" style="margin-right: 0.5em;">Amazon Verified Purchase</b><span class="tiny verifyWhatsThis">(<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/community-help/amazon-verified-purchase/184-0232032-0595376" target="AmazonHelp" onclick="amz_js_PopWin('http://www.amazon.com/gp/community-help/amazon-verified-purchase/184-0232032-0595376', 'AmazonHelp', 'width=400,height=500,resizable=1,scrollbars=1,toolbar=0,status=1');return false; ">What's this?</a>)</span></span> </div> <div class="tiny" style="margin-bottom:0.5em;"> <b><span class="h3color tiny">This review is from: </span>The Car Stereo Cookbook (Paperback)</b> </div> With a book of almost 300 pages I expected much more detailed explanations. The author introduces technical aspects but hardly ever explains what they mean ie cross over slopes. Set-up information is limited to wiring diagrams, you never seen any real installation pictures. And then there are diagrams for dual preamps head outputs but the pictures show one one set going to the amps. Then there is a huge chapter on subwoofers and the author gives no information on techniques for mounting the box to the car. The head installation was way to general. Good points made are setting up speakers for best ohm ratings (serial vs parallel), determining voltage with a multimeter, what power cable gauge to use. The book is several years old and seems out of date on some subject matter. There is also a lot of dialog on things that are obvious. 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With a book of almost 300 pages I expected much more detailed explanations. The author introduces technical aspects but hardly ever explains what they mean ie cross over slopes. Set-up information is limited to wiring diagrams, you never seen any real installation pictures. And then there are diagrams for dual preamps head outputs but the pictures show one one set going to the amps. Then there is a huge chapter on subwoofers and the author gives no information on techniques for mounting the box to the car. The head installation was way to general. Good points made are setting up speakers for best ohm ratings (serial vs parallel), determining voltage with a multimeter, what power cable gauge to use. The book is several years old and seems out of date on some subject matter. There is also a lot of dialog on things that are obvious. Consider this book for tips, not as a bible for installing since you won’t find too much on how to actually install anything.

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]]> By: Joe J. Kern http://topwalmartproducts.com/auto/the-car-stereo-cookbook#comment-18768 Joe J. Kern Thu, 19 Jan 2012 01:56:50 +0000 http://topwalmartproducts.com/auto/the-car-stereo-cookbook#comment-18768 <div style="margin-left:0.5em;"> <div style="margin-bottom:0.5em;"> 28 of 30 people found the following review helpful: </div> <div style="margin-bottom:0.5em;"> <span style="margin-left: -5px;"><img src="http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/x-locale/common/customer-reviews/stars-3-0._V192240710_.gif" width="64" alt="3.0 out of 5 stars" title="3.0 out of 5 stars" height="12" border="0"/></span> <b>Undefined Terms</b>, <nobr>December 21, 2001</nobr></div> <div style="margin-bottom:0.5em;"> <div><div style="float:left;">By </div><div style="float:left;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/pdp/profile/A8Q83DFCAN9HG/ref=cm_cr_if_pdp/184-0232032-0595376?ie=UTF8&tag=shoppinginfol-20&linkCode=xm2" target="_top"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Joe J. Kern</span></a> (Tokyo, Japan) - <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/cdp/member-reviews/A8Q83DFCAN9HG/ref=cm_cr_if_auth_rev/184-0232032-0595376?ie=UTF8&tag=shoppinginfol-20&linkCode=xm2&sort_by=MostRecentReview" target="_top"></a><br/><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html/ref=cm_rn_bdg_help/184-0232032-0595376?ie=UTF8&nodeId=14279681&pop-up=1#RN" target="AmazonHelp" onclick="return amz_js_PopWin(this.href,'AmazonHelp','width=340,height=340,resizable=1,scrollbars=1,toolbar=1,status=1');"><img src="http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/x-locale/communities/reputation/c7y_badge_rn_1._V192249968_.gif" width="70" align="absmiddle" alt="(REAL NAME)" height="15" border="0"/></a>    </div></div><div style="clear:both;"/> </div> <div class="tiny" style="margin-bottom:0.5em;"> <b><span class="h3color tiny">This review is from: </span>The Car Stereo Cookbook (Paperback)</b> </div> Rumreich makes the undefinable assumption that the reader "is a beginner but has some knowledge of car stereos." So exactly how much knowledge is that? Much of the information takes you from beginner to intermediate, but many terms remain undefined. Who's to say that the reader should already know the difference between a 12dB/octave slope and an 18dB/octave slope in a crossover? I sure didn't, and I had to look at another book to find out, making me question the usefulness of this book. A safer bet for a beginner would be Auto Audio by Andrew Yoder. 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3.0 out of 5 stars
Undefined Terms, December 21, 2001
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This review is from: The Car Stereo Cookbook (Paperback)

Rumreich makes the undefinable assumption that the reader “is a beginner but has some knowledge of car stereos.” So exactly how much knowledge is that? Much of the information takes you from beginner to intermediate, but many terms remain undefined. Who’s to say that the reader should already know the difference between a 12dB/octave slope and an 18dB/octave slope in a crossover? I sure didn’t, and I had to look at another book to find out, making me question the usefulness of this book. A safer bet for a beginner would be Auto Audio by Andrew Yoder. However, there is some original information, such as the sections on Factory Hi-Fi systems by Bose and Ford.

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]]> By: Mark Carter http://topwalmartproducts.com/auto/the-car-stereo-cookbook#comment-18767 Mark Carter Thu, 19 Jan 2012 01:01:35 +0000 http://topwalmartproducts.com/auto/the-car-stereo-cookbook#comment-18767 <div style="margin-left:0.5em;"> <div style="margin-bottom:0.5em;"> 32 of 33 people found the following review helpful: </div> <div style="margin-bottom:0.5em;"> <span style="margin-left: -5px;"><img src="http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/x-locale/common/customer-reviews/stars-4-0._V192240704_.gif" width="64" alt="4.0 out of 5 stars" title="4.0 out of 5 stars" height="12" border="0"/></span> <b>Car Stereo Cookbook</b>, <nobr>December 13, 1999</nobr></div> <div style="margin-bottom:0.5em;"> <div><div style="float:left;">By </div><div style="float:left;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/pdp/profile/ABPA9LIAR0Z5U/ref=cm_cr_if_pdp/184-0232032-0595376?ie=UTF8&tag=shoppinginfol-20&linkCode=xm2" target="_top"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Mark Carter</span></a> (USA) - <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/cdp/member-reviews/ABPA9LIAR0Z5U/ref=cm_cr_if_auth_rev/184-0232032-0595376?ie=UTF8&tag=shoppinginfol-20&linkCode=xm2&sort_by=MostRecentReview" target="_top"></a></div></div><div style="clear:both;"/> </div> <div class="tiny" style="margin-bottom:0.5em;"> <b><span class="h3color tiny">This review is from: </span>The Car Stereo Cookbook (Paperback)</b> </div> I give due credit for my outstanding audio to the "Car Stereo Cookbook". I found far more audio system information than I will ever need, but scanning through the chapters(and actually reading some) gave me the information I needed to design and install a system in my vehicle. I thought subs were only for gangsta's, but this 44 year old avid hunter now has one in my 4x4 truck, and wouldn't trade for it. Although Rumreich does get rather technical in some areas, the average handyman possessing an average dose of common sense can navigate this sea of information quite easily. 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4.0 out of 5 stars
Car Stereo Cookbook, December 13, 1999
By 
Mark Carter (USA) –
This review is from: The Car Stereo Cookbook (Paperback)

I give due credit for my outstanding audio to the “Car Stereo Cookbook”. I found far more audio system information than I will ever need, but scanning through the chapters(and actually reading some) gave me the information I needed to design and install a system in my vehicle. I thought subs were only for gangsta’s, but this 44 year old avid hunter now has one in my 4×4 truck, and wouldn’t trade for it. Although Rumreich does get rather technical in some areas, the average handyman possessing an average dose of common sense can navigate this sea of information quite easily. Thanks Mark for this great source of “do it yourself” info!

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