Shop Stereo needed

JasonV

I am looking for a stereo with the following features
AM/FM
Turn table
ipod dock


Built in or external speakers are fine.
Don't need CD player but it would be a plus.

I can't find anything with these exact features. Some don't have the iPod dock or are FM only.

I have the option of just getting a AM/FM with iPod dock and plugging a turntable into it but the AM/FM/ipod receivers I find are crap and they won't pull in a radio station unless the tower is next door.

Do you guys know of any?

JasonV

So I just found this one

http://www.amazon.com/Pyle-PTCDS2UI-Cassette-Classic-Turntable/dp/B0040720NY

Now my question is-
Why is it every radio I buy can't pick up crap out in the boonies but my car radio will pick up everything? How can I tell if the radio in this will pick up any stations?

calrugerfan

My parents have one similar to that. They don't have much of an antenna. Most don't.

beneteau

You need one that has a connection for an external antenna.

JasonV

What is the best antenna to use? Do I need a certain kind of wire?

The two radios I have tried already have 20 to 30 feet of wire hooked to the antenna screw. I run them through the wall of the metal shop and up the side of the building.

There is just a single screw and I use wire that is insulated and connected to the screw with a soldered terminal end.

savage170

http://www.spectraintl.com/index.php/jensen/micro-music-systems/item/jta-980.html?category_id=30#.Uzbw2FZq018 I have this one it has all your features

yoshmyster

Re-purpose that old PC or lap top.

JasonV

quote:Originally posted by savage170
http://www.spectraintl.com/index.php/jensen/micro-music-systems/item/jta-980.html?category_id=30#.Uzbw2FZq018 I have this one it has all your features


It doesn't have an iPod dock. It has an aux input to play mp3 from iPod via headphones but cannot dock and charge.
But it is very close so would probably work.
Will the fm radio pick up distant stations?

grumpygy

Just have to ask what are you doing in the shop, that would allow the use of a turntable.

My shop I have a cheap AM/FM with CD that had external Speakers. Then I added a set of Automotive box speakers to the other side of the shop. I used a speaker control from Radio Shack to control them.

Since it is a shop if it gets destroyed it will not bother me.

But wood and metal dust along with paint dust would destroy records even CD's. That's why I listen to just a radio.

JasonV

It is going in the reloading room/fur shed portion of the shop.

I have lots of old records I like to play.

Other turntables I have had in shops just have a plastic tote over them for a cover.

LesWVa

Bose Wave Music System 3 = AM/FM, CD, CDs/MP3, iPod and other devices.

Well worth the investment.

Oakie

milwaulkee jobsite radio at home depot.I have two of them. One for the shop and one for my truck. an play am/fm and Ipod. Also the Ridgid portable radio. Sounds are great.

shilowar

I have my Onkyo system out in my garage, with Yamaha speakers. I suspect it will be hard to find a complete system that is both low price, and has both a turn table and Ipod dock...anything that has a turn table will probably not have have an Ipod...I'd buy a bunch of used component stereo pieces at yard sales or flea markets, I bought an Ipod dock set up off fleabay that allows me to run my Ipod on my old Onkyo receiver.