"You know, I've read through this thread and the thought at least to me is, I like to get away from all of the bs and sound when I'm on two wheels. I know to each his own but all I like is the sound of my motor and the wind when I am on two wheels."

Agreed........... Sunday poker run, ride up into the mountains, rarely every touch the radio. Four days haulin butt up the superslab, tunes are a nice destraction.

 

I do the IPOD thing but use ear buds as the RKC has no tunes. I absolutly love it. I have a couple hundred albums on mine. We were on the road a week and never heard the same song twice. It beats the road noise in my opinion and the wind noise can get old and isnt good for your ears.

 

Better...If it is an actual ipod.

ipods record in AAC, think of it as MP4. Sound quality is even better than a CD and if you use an ipod volume, etc. of each song can be customized.

 

I put 6.5" speakers in my fairing (HK head unit, no external amp) and the volume of my nano can drown out my True-Dual V&H Classics at highway speed. That being said, the CD is a little louder, but the nano alone is plenty. If your nano is not loud enough, try using a short (12" or 18" cord), maxing out the volume and turning off the volume-limiter that lets parents set the loudest volume on their kid's iPods.

As for fidelity, well, you're on a friggin' motorcycle flying at 80 mph in traffic on the highway for cryin' out loud, not in a concert hall. Anyone who can tell the difference between an MP3, AAC, AIFF or lossless tune on a motorcycle ought to try starting the motorcycle first.

 

Well put...At speed as the "obama joker" said, there is NO SUCH THING as high fidelity on an open air vehicle.

 

I keep a disc in HK stereo that has about 140 songs on it, and if I get bored of that, I have 100 more on my Lowrance XOG GPS. I feel sound is about the same. Bothe seem to have some songs that just plain sound sh!??y, but most are great.

 

I have a touch mounted on my bars,, accessible and with the I-POd wire, volume is great and sound is clearer the CDS, I use both and switch off . also thought about a cd changer in tourpac but I need the room

 

My brother in law has burnt a few cd's and some of them wont work on the bike - whats that all about? they work at home, in the car - not on the bike???

 

You know i have to agree with you fully!!!!!BUT....
It sure is nice to know we have the option!!!!!!!!
"When you start to hear banjo music as played in "DELIVERANCE"
Turn around and head the other WAY!!!!!!!!!

 

I can only imagine how long it would take to kull through all the songs, edit the volume level, do a test ride and then do any other edits needed to the volume. For less than $1, I'll burn mp3 disks and have control of my tunes. I don't need to skip alot of songs at one time because they are all songs I like. With the mp3 cd I can shuffle, repeat, or run down the list, all with what comes in the factory HK. I love the tunes and the only time I'm not listening to it is during the 1st few minutes of the day. Ya know, check for all of the normal rattles and ticks, and then jam out.