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Main Forums => The Roundtable => Topic started by: zxcvbob on September 10, 2021, 06:03:46 PM
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Is it now a shitty Chinese company? (Chinese does not == shitty but it's a pretty good indicator of *expletive deleted*it) I thought they were a subsidiary of Bosch and were a high-end German brand made in Germany or Japan. Now all the Blaupunkt products I see have very low prices and terrible reviews. Same think may apply to Grundig, but there's a lot less data points so I'm not sure.
(I'm looking for a replacement stereo for my new (to me) truck. The one that's in there only works intermittently and it has no aux inputs or bluetooth)
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Blaupunkt GmbH (About this soundlisten (help·info)) was a German manufacturer of mostly car audio equipment. It was owned by Robert Bosch GmbH from 1933 until 1 March 2009, when it was sold to Aurelius AG of Germany. It filed for bankruptcy in late 2015[1] with liquidation proceedings completed in early 2016.[2][3] The brand is now managed by GIP Development SARL of Luxembourg and is used on various product groups worldwide.
After the 2011 take-over, Blaupunkt became a managed brand name with all production outsourced to China.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaupunkt
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"GIP." Huh. Equals "gyp?" As in "They tried to gyp me with that driveway resurfacng scam."
Just interesting to notice.
I'm reminded of that "The Simpsons" bit where every brand name in a discount department store is a slight variation on actual brand names. Moterola, Somy, Harmin-Cardin, Hamilton Beech, etc.
Like Blauplunkt for Blaupunkt.
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Blaupunkt car speaker commercial:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGqr7vBpnl0&ab_channel=And1andHotSauce (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGqr7vBpnl0&ab_channel=And1andHotSauce)
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I have a 19 year old Blauplunkt that came with my truck, I do like it alot. If I was to buy a new stereo to replace it, I'd probably be looking at Kenwood, Alpine or Pioneer. Kenwood would be my 1st choice, I'm a Kenwood fanboi, my dual band radio in my truck is a Kenwood and previously I've only had Kenwood for aftermarket car audio.
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I'm mainly looking at Sony, Kenwood, and Pioneer. Also perhaps an OEM Delco radio from the same period as the truck if I can get one unlocked -- it won't have Bluetooth but would have a front Aux input and I can work with that. Crutchfield, Best Buy, and Walmart are pretty much out of stock on everything with a brand name. They blame it on Covid, of course; maybe that's legit.
I'd like to order from Crutchfield if I go with an aftermarket radio because they have the adapters to wire it in to the harness and retain most of the factory functions. With Delco, I shouldn't need any adapters but have to make sure I get a model that will play nice with my truck's computer and onboard diagnostics.