Camping Stereo

[Maverick00]

Hey guys, with summer coming up im looking into getting a good quality portable stereo for camping trips. For several years we've set up a home theater system using our vehicle batteries and inverters but its a huge pain in the ass lugging all the gear out there weekend after weekend. Anyone have any experience with a portable stereo with an aux input or iphone dock specifically used for camping?

[Ross]

How about http://www.google.ca/search?q=headphones&rls=com.microsoft:en-ca:IE-SearchBox&oe=UTF-8&rlz=1I7ADSA_en&redir_esc=&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wi&biw=1259&bih=835 so that the rest of the campground doesnt hear bass all day long?

Sorry for the rant, but I camp to get away from my tv, phone, stereo etc. and get annoyed having to listen to other peoples stereos, generators and ac units.

[Maverick00]

uh huh... I guess i probably didnt supply enough information. Ive camped at a provincial campground only a handful of times. When your 15-30km away from the nearest house, boat launch, paved road, i dont think a battery powered stereo should bother your "outdoor experience". Regardless i perfer earbuds, not a big fan of the whole ear muffs, filters out the bird chirps.

[spawn]

How about http://www.google.ca/search?q=headphones&rls=com.microsoft:en-ca:IE-SearchBox&oe=UTF-8&rlz=1I7ADSA_en&redir_esc=&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wi&biw=1259&bih=835 so that the rest of the campground doesnt hear bass all day long?

Sorry for the rant, but I camp to get away from my tv, phone, stereo etc. and get annoyed having to listen to other peoples stereos, generators and ac units.


wah wah wah. hahahaha
http://www.amazon.com/JVC-RV-NB10B-Boombox-Wireless-Transmitter/dp/B000FAILF6
This is the best portable I've ever owned. I grew up on the island & any body who knows doesn't go to the P.V. camprgrounds. cheers.

[mike31154]

Notebook computer with a couple of external speakers. You can probably even go 5:1 surround sound if you've got a good built in sound card.

[Maverick00]

@spawn

Ill take a look at that one at futureshop later in the week, i think i have a buddy that has one fairly similar, looks familiar.

@mike

I didnt even think about hooking up external speakers to the laptop. Thats a great idea too if this battery didnt die within a year and a half of buying the laptop. Ill have to look into that and see what kind of speakers are available.

[monocus]

depends how loud you want it.i picked up some portable speakers with bass for around $30 from wall mart-plug in an mp3 and you have a getto blaster running on 4 aa batteries thats only 8 inches long putting out about 80 decibles

[mike31154]

If you go the notebook computer route, you'll likely need a small inverter & run off your vehicle battery. Most of the speaker set ups for notebooks will have a small sub woofer that needs an extra power supply for the oomph. The inverter will also take care of the dead notebook battery issue.

[sphelps]

Walmart sells a very small portable speaker that simply plugs into your ipod headphone jack, the speaker is charged by usb and will last a few hours before needing another charge. It's a lot better than I would have thought and it can fit in your pocket. I think it's like $15.

[parkinsn]

I have gone camping with this unit, puts out good sound. I believe the new one has an ipod port on it now too.

http://www.boschtools.com/Products/Tools/Pages/BoschProductDetail.aspx?pid=PB10-CD

[ixel25]

i got one of this speaker... they are great small speaker, you can put it on a table and everybody around it can hear the sound clearly even outdoor and they are less that $20 at walmart.

http://www.lintcoat.com/gadgets/xmini-ihome-capsule-speaker

[sphelps]

i got one of this speaker... they are great small speaker, you can put it on a table and everybody around it can hear the sound clearly even outdoor and they are less that $20 at walmart.

http://www.lintcoat.com/gadgets/xmini-ihome-capsule-speaker
Yeah that's the one I was talking about.

[Parker]

What happened to bringing a ukelele (sp) and singing Kume By Ah? ( probably also spelt wrong )

[kobelka]

I have this. Pretty much awesome.
http://www.bose.ca/controller?event=DTC_LINKS_TARGET_EVENT&DTCLinkID=7792&dssourceid=k1638&src=k1638

[Kona]

definetly go with the jvc kaboooooombox, this thing is a monster, wicked bass and you can hear it a half a mile away, well worth the money plus it hooks up to ipods or aux. inputs

[whatcaneyedo]

I like the jobsite stereos that can be run off of portable power tool battery packs. Bosch has already been mentioned. My dewalt has an aux port and lasts a full shift with an 18v in the back.

[Maverick00]

What happened to bringing a ukelele (sp) and singing Kume By Ah? ( probably also spelt wrong )

haha, thats after battery power.

Im going to look more into that jvc, looks pretty good for a resonable price. Thanks for the opinions guys !