Speaker for Older Convertible
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This is an odd question that my sister just asked me. My father restores old Volkswagen's, he prides himself on them being as original as possible, which is great for aesthetics but not so much for modern convenience, his first build was a '72 convertible Super Beetle. The big downside is that it only has an AM radio and no way to, or rather he won't let me, add a modern stereo to it. Any recommendations on a portable speaker to use in this bug? It isn't overly loud when the engine is running so I was wondering if anyone has a portable/battery powered speaker recommendation that they had... something powerful enough to hear over a small engine and road noise. Strictly for music I don't foresee anyone listening to podcasts or audiobooks on this.
I was looking at this unit http://www.amazon.com/Motorola-Republic-Bluetooth-Wireless-Speaker/dp/B00F4B2LZM.
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You can get small AM/FM transmitters that will plug into your phone with a headphone jack. Win/Win because you get to use the existing stereo and it's super tiny.
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@MattSpeller said:
You can get small AM/FM transmitters that will plug into your phone with a headphone jack. Win/Win because you get to use the existing stereo and it's super tiny.
I don't know why I didn't think of that. Great idea.
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While that transmitter might work, you said that the speaker isn't that loud.
Can you install power terminals somewhere so you can provide power to the speaker? Or probably as good, is there a cigarette lighter you can use to provide power to a speaker unit?
Something like this or a Beats Pill XL might be loud enough for what you want.
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@Dashrender said:
While that transmitter might work, you said that the speaker isn't that loud.
Can you install power terminals somewhere so you can provide power to the speaker? Or probably as good, is there a cigarette lighter you can use to provide power to a speaker unit?
Something like this or a Beats Pill XL might be loud enough for what you want.
Speakers in the car itself are fairly good, I meant the car itself engine/road noise isn't loud. It is just getting extremely hard to find a decent AM station around us.
There is a 12v cigarette outlet in the car. It is an older car so not sure how much spare power the alternator can actually push.
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If you're happy with Mono from AM and the speakers in the car are loud enough - looks like Matt provided a great solution.
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@MattSpeller said:
You can get small AM/FM transmitters that will plug into your phone with a headphone jack. Win/Win because you get to use the existing stereo and it's super tiny.
I looked that up, not sure if that does the AM band as well. It looks like it only does FM.
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@coliver I'm sure you can find one that does AM, I had an ancient Oldsmobile and that's how I solved that same issue.
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I may have to retract that, I can't seem to find one
I swear that old rust bucket only had AM...
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Ok, I think the olds had FM but here's an option for you
Budget version
http://sci-toys.com/scitoys/scitoys/radio/am_transmitter.html
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@MattSpeller said:
I may have to retract that, I can't seem to find one
I swear that old rust bucket only had AM...
I found this https://rediscoveradio.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1&products_id=1&zenid=72d9deb88aa2400abc371909b5798e89 but was hoping for something a bit less invasive.
