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Cheap system for garage

A friend of mine asked me to recommend a system to place in his garage. The space is uninsulated and located in the New York metropolitan region. He will be listening to CD's while working in the garage. I thought that what really makes most sense is for him to get a $200 boombox rather than spend any kind of real money on components that may not tolerate temperature swings. Any other ideas? Can anyone recommend a decent boombox?
smwdrtwin
tireguy
1,964 posts
 
I can highly recommend the Sony CMT-EX1 desktop CD system. It is a shelf system not a "boombox", it is slightly over budget(around $299). You will be surprised of the sound this little thing can produce, it has a tempered glass front plate that you can see the CD playing(which makes it verticle loading). I have this unit in one of my garages and it holds it own, I am not sure how it would do in an uninsulated garage but I imagine it's performance would not be changed for years.
bob_bundus
1,834 posts
 
the boombox makes sense here. Good place, probably the only suitable place for a Bose (ugh) product, LOL.
angela100
435 posts
 
If he has another set of speaker outs, he could run a set of outdoor speakers into the garage and get killer music from the real deal. I did this once, with spa, even ran a cheap pot from radio shack and had volume control at the spa. It was pretty cool.
avguygeorge
2,300 posts
 
Yup,folk, music is music.Don't leave home without it. Last week at our own auction site; couldn't believe my eyes; a Bose cd/radio/ 38 bids/went for $375. To quote Roger Waters;" "Imagine That" I know; here is a quarter find somebody that cares/ gonna be hard.
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