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"Further". All the way to the city dump.
Edit to say: I should know. When I was in high school, I worked at an early big-box discount store (in the pet department and lawn and garden), so I got a discount. I put a Sparkomatic AM-FM stereo 8-track, the crap they sold, in the '65 Cadillac, under dash, so as to not disturb the original in-dash unit. That sparkomatic sounded awful and last no time. I replaced it with a Craig unit that was some better.
I think I have a Clarion separates unit in the old Cadillac now, with separate tuner, amp and equalizer units, but have long-since lost interest in car audio and prefer the sound of the engine as the only thing to break the otherwise blissful silence on the road.
Edit to say: I should know. When I was in high school, I worked at an early big-box discount store (in the pet department and lawn and garden), so I got a discount. I put a Sparkomatic AM-FM stereo 8-track, the crap they sold, in the '65 Cadillac, under dash, so as to not disturb the original in-dash unit. That sparkomatic sounded awful and last no time. I replaced it with a Craig unit that was some better.
I think I have a Clarion separates unit in the old Cadillac now, with separate tuner, amp and equalizer units, but have long-since lost interest in car audio and prefer the sound of the engine as the only thing to break the otherwise blissful silence on the road.
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zman
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Matter of fact I had that same one in my car way back when. The one in the center.
J.C Penny had sparkomatic at the time and I had a Penny`s credit card. It had auto reverse, and a ton of tiny buttons I could never use while driving.
As I recall it didn't sound bad at all but with only my factory radio to compare with it was a step up.
J.C Penny had sparkomatic at the time and I had a Penny`s credit card. It had auto reverse, and a ton of tiny buttons I could never use while driving.
As I recall it didn't sound bad at all but with only my factory radio to compare with it was a step up.
that looks like something from the future! it must be good! (snickers) 
I had a mid-'70s Mustang II that got a cheap SparkOMatic cassette player/am-fm radio and speakers when it was four years old. The 'system' never had a problem and was working when I sold the car ten years later. There may have been better gear I could have bought, but [1] it was too dumb to die, and [2] it lasted longer than the factory radio.
