Andrew280SEL
New Member
I'm just curious.
We're all different and have different tastes.
I guess the basic question is - when you acquire a car, in our case typically a W116, W107 or any older Mercedes, what do you do about the audio situation?
For example, do you:
Keep the original stereo (especially if you like to keep everything original)?
Swap out the old stereo for a new headunit (i.e CD player, iPod connections etc)?
Simply upgrade the speakers?
Or perhaps you don't care and just listen to the engine anyway?
Personally, I've generally gone and bought a new CD player in my cars. I probably should have upgraded the old speakers along the way as well... seems a bit odd to be pumping sound through old speakers from a brand new modern headunit. But I never got that far.
With my latest purchase in the 230E though, I've (thus far) decided to keep the old stereo. Mainly as, firstly, I barely ever use CDs anymore. I'm often finding myself simply using my MP3 player and/or phone connected to an FM transmitter (like one of these) which means all I need is an FM radio and I can play any music I like in the car...
Secondly, the 230E's radio is a Becker Grand Prix Electronic which, while typical of MBs of this vintage, still seem to fetch a pretty penny even when not working properly and actually fits very well with the interior of the car. Actually mine has a faulty tape deck, typical of the old Beckers, but since I never really use cassettes it's not a big deal. Still an AUX or USB input would be kind of nice... but maybe not at the expense of pulling the old unit out.
How about you?
We're all different and have different tastes.
I guess the basic question is - when you acquire a car, in our case typically a W116, W107 or any older Mercedes, what do you do about the audio situation?
For example, do you:
Keep the original stereo (especially if you like to keep everything original)?
Swap out the old stereo for a new headunit (i.e CD player, iPod connections etc)?
Simply upgrade the speakers?
Or perhaps you don't care and just listen to the engine anyway?
Personally, I've generally gone and bought a new CD player in my cars. I probably should have upgraded the old speakers along the way as well... seems a bit odd to be pumping sound through old speakers from a brand new modern headunit. But I never got that far.
With my latest purchase in the 230E though, I've (thus far) decided to keep the old stereo. Mainly as, firstly, I barely ever use CDs anymore. I'm often finding myself simply using my MP3 player and/or phone connected to an FM transmitter (like one of these) which means all I need is an FM radio and I can play any music I like in the car...
Secondly, the 230E's radio is a Becker Grand Prix Electronic which, while typical of MBs of this vintage, still seem to fetch a pretty penny even when not working properly and actually fits very well with the interior of the car. Actually mine has a faulty tape deck, typical of the old Beckers, but since I never really use cassettes it's not a big deal. Still an AUX or USB input would be kind of nice... but maybe not at the expense of pulling the old unit out.
How about you?