plugging mp3 player into amp??

swimmerdude · Post by **swimmerdude** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 6:08 pm

I have an odd question to ask you guys, maybe you can help me. I am planning on putting some audio stuff on our new boat and my dad read about this idea of plugging a mp3 player directly into an amplifier, no radio. would this really work?? And how would you go about doing it?

Bwcad1 · Post by **Bwcad1** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 6:13 pm

althought its not a great idea i do it with my laptop cause it has a sweep generator i use a headphone jack adapter that gives you two rcas then plug that into the amp

swimmerdude · Post by **swimmerdude** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 6:20 pm

would the sound quality be the same or worse coming from the mp3 player vs a head unit??

smoker · Post by **smoker** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 6:29 pm

well.............it kinda depends on the signal voltage....why not just get a cheap hu that has aux input?

swimmerdude · Post by **swimmerdude** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 7:35 pm

what do you mean by the signal voltage?? We just thought about it one day and thought it would be a way to save a little bit of money.

OnYrMrk · Post by **OnYrMrk** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 7:42 pm

good idea, but touchy execution. I would just buy a cheap head unit that is XM or Sirius ready, or just get the stand alone model, hook that up, spend 10 bucks a month and you can choose a station with no commercials. I just bought a new Eclipse CD8445 for our boat and will have the sirius satellite radio. Probably overkill, but the boat probably is too.

Darthness · Post by **Darthness** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 3:55 am

i've done that before...

only problem was that i only had it hooked up to my sub amp soi only played bass.

but it worked. i used a y cable for it.

swimmerdude · Post by **swimmerdude** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 8:07 am

ok, cool, it will work then. i guess when i buy the amp and speakers, i will test it out and see how good it sounds. OnYrMrk, what would be the best place to run the remote on wire, i only have a 20 ft. center counsil fishing boat.

Darthness · Post by **Darthness** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 11:48 am

how do you intend to turn the amp on? are you going with a cd player after alli?

swimmerdude · Post by **swimmerdude** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 5:45 pm

I really dont know which way i wanna go, amp or head unit. I really wish i could hear both before i decide. But speakers with an amp on them always sound better than speakers off of a head unit but then i dont know how the speakers off of the amp will sound with the ipod going to them.