What to get... new stereo

[BMW POWER 2]

I'd hook up an Ipod or something similar.

Although in saying that, i saw something about a person putting a laptop in their BMW on Bimmerforums.com, and they hooked it up through the glove box.

But yeah get a good brand like Alpine, Clarion, Blaupunkt, Pioneer etc etc

Not a Reactor from the Warehouse though arghhh. I also heard that Fusion is made in the same factory as Reactor.. not saying this is true or anything, but can someone please verify?

[bravo 34]

Any good aftermarket unit will have an aux-n you can plug your ipod etc into. Run the wires to somewhere convenient that you can semi-permanently mount the ipod, or buy an i-trip and put up with the slightly degraded sound quality.

Good, old Blaupunkt... I can't say I like much of their new stuff, but the old Bluedot used to make some really nice units, a few of which found their way into audi's as factory equipment, and were excellent units.

Of the few I listed above, the clarion and JVC both have multi-colour displays that will give you the desired orange or red. Most older Blaus also have red or orange displays - nakamichi also use red or orange - they are pricey for a new one, but you might find one secondhand somewhere for a reasonable price, and they are extremely good quality but a little hard to use.

Emma - lots of companies have "cheap" brands to sell crap and feed that market - usually the build quality is worse as they cut corners, and the components are cheaper too. Transonic is made by Panasonic, Teac used to be a really good brand, and Sanyo make a range of stuff from excellent to sh*t, so it really depends. For example, I would never buy reactor, but I would also never buy regular fusion rubbish - only their "competition" stuff is value for money - nothing really that wrong with their cheaper stuff except that for the money you can do MUCH better.

Another example is Infinity - they have a huge range of gear from crap to good - you just get what you pay for.

Edited July 30, 2005 by bravomikewhiskey

[aliluya 0]

The factory BMW E46 stereo has Aux-in you just need to buy that converter thing .. and then they install the plug to basically where ever you want in the car ..

I inquired about it already and it's about $300 inc the converter and all labour .. If you have a look a the new 1's and 3's you'll see the aux-in plug already installed ...