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Phatnoise - who has one and are they worth it
Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 1:49 pm
by SimonS4MTM
As the title suggests, who has one and are they worth it, anyone thinking of getting one?
Where is the best/cheapest source?
RE: Phatnoise - who has one and are they worth it
Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 4:41 pm
by JonnyX
Ebay I think. Very tempted myself.
Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 7:22 pm
by slippery
Hi
It's very good and easy to use.
I got mine from the states through ebay £265
You can contact him direct
Rallybid@aol.com
Cheers Tom.
RE: Phatnoise - who has one and are they worth it
Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 7:25 pm
by sitas3
I have one and I think they are just perfect! so versatile (play by playlist, artist, genre etc) and no more writing CD's etc and holds stacks of music - including audio books.
BJacks and myself got ours from the US via ebay at BIG savings
RE: Phatnoise - who has one and are they worth it
Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 11:18 pm
by Scotty
I bought one from phatnoiseuk (off ebay) £169 and works perfectly. I bought the VW model and not the Audi one as I already had the multicd installed and hence had the correct cable. Simply removed the multicd and plugged in the phatbox.
Love it to bits. I've just got to get around to installing a 100Mb harddisk.
RE: Phatnoise - who has one and are they worth it
Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2005 8:32 am
by fade2grey
Umm this might sound daft but Scotty, are you saying that if I've got a 98 S4 avant & have the bose & multi changer then I can just go for a VW one - which for some reason is cheaper. I guess all of the CD changers will probably be the same...
RE: Phatnoise - who has one and are they worth it
Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2005 11:02 am
by JonnyX
The Audi ones are only about 220 now from UK ebay. It's the cable thats different.
RE: Phatnoise - who has one and are they worth it
Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2005 12:40 pm
by SimonS4MTM
Hmm, might be worth saving some pennies
RE: Phatnoise - who has one and are they worth it
Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2005 7:46 pm
by Scotty
fade2grey - I don't know your car and wouldn't want you spending your money on my sayso. All I know is since I already had the 6cd all I had to do was connect the cable out the back of the headunit with the cable out the back of the phatnoise. Once I did this I simply configured the phatbox (via the radio) so it knew which model and the job was done (save for the two screws holding it in place).
I heard that it was only the cable that set them apart and for me the VW one worked perfectly. If I didn't have the multicd and would therefore have required the cable from the headunit then I still would have bought the VW unit and then bought the cable separately. I would still have saved over £20 over the Audi ones.
RE: Phatnoise - who has one and are they worth it
Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2005 12:54 pm
by gavsteryoung
It maybe different on the B6 S4 then....
I just bought one and fitted it in place of my six disc changer and I needed the cable as the one on the changer is fixed to the unit. So there is just the cable coming out which plugs into the large din type connector.
So far its pretty good and I found a guy selling them who got it to me next day for £195 inc delivery....
It looks like it uses a standard laptop hard drive so in theory you could increase the capacity too but in practice I dont know if this has been done before!
RE: Phatnoise - who has one and are they worth it
Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2005 8:29 pm
by Scotty
You need to take a look at
www.phathack.com 
RE: Phatnoise - who has one and are they worth it
Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2005 9:37 pm
by sitas3
i've got the standard 20gig drive with mine - just loaded a few more albums tonight - total of 60 so far and still got 13gig free!
Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2005 5:08 pm
by gavsteryoung
Guys,
this is the guy I got mine from on Ebay....
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 5818308609
Best price I have seen them for, but he has put his postage up by an extra £4
I won the item, paid by PayPal and it came the next morning before 9.
From what I can see he won a job lot from USA and has bought UK PSU's to add to each one....
Really please with my item.....
If this is inappropriate mods please delete, just want people to get the best deal. I'm not connected with the seller in anyway, just a happy customer.
cheers
Gav
Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2005 10:53 am
by Brooner
Ohh i want one will ask the wife for my christmas if i'm good
Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2005 11:12 am
by gavsteryoung