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17th Jan 2025How to Choose the Perfect Car Audio Upgrades for Your Vehicle

Categories: ARTICLES, Car Audio, Resource LibraryTags: Amplifiers, Digital Signal Processors, Radios, Speakers, Subwoofers

How to Choose the Perfect Car Audio Upgrades for Your Vehicle

Car audio upgrades are an exciting way to enhance your driving experience. Whether you’re looking for improved sound quality, more powerful bass, or advanced features, choosing the right audio system components and a reputable installer is key. Let’s explore the best practices for shopping for a car audio system that fits your vehicle, budget, and audio preferences. Understand Read more

10th Jan 2025Remote Car Starter Options for Enhanced Comfort and Security

Categories: ARTICLES, Remote Starter, Resource Library, Vehicle SecurityTags: Door Locks, GPS Tracking, Heated Seats, Heated Steering Wheels, MECP, Rear Window Defrosters

Remote Car Starter Options for Enhanced Comfort and Security

Remote car starters have become a popular upgrade for vehicle owners looking to improve comfort, convenience, and security. These systems allow you to start your car from a distance, ensuring it’s ready to go when you are. Today’s remote car starters offer much more than just a way to warm up your engine. Let’s explore the various features available and how they can transform Read more

8th Jan 2025What You Need to Know About Car Audio Wire Connection Options

Categories: ARTICLES, Car Audio, Resource LibraryTags: Crimping, Scotchlok™, Soldering, Wire Connections, Wires

What You Need to Know About Car Audio Wire Connection Options

When you install or upgrade a car audio system, the efficacy and reliability of wire connections can significantly impact its performance, longevity, and safety. Each method—whether soldering, crimping, twisting and taping, or using connectors—has unique benefits and challenges. Moreover, understanding the details of each approach helps ensure the best results for your specific Read more

6th Jan 2025The Importance of Choosing a Quality Retailer for Mobile Enhancements

Categories: ARTICLES, Backup Safety, Car Audio, Driver Safety, Remote Starter, Resource Library, Smartphone IntegrationTags: CAN bus, MEA, MECP, Mobile Electronics Certified Professional, Professional Installation, Radios, Speakers

The Importance of Choosing a Quality Retailer for Mobile Enhancements

When it comes to upgrading your vehicle’s audio, electronics, or other enhancements, the choice of retailer is as critical as the products you select. A trusted retailer ensures that you get high-quality products and ensures the installation and configuration process is done professionally to deliver optimal performance and reliability. Let’s explore why selecting a quality Read more

3rd Jan 2025Question of the Month: Counterfeit and Fake Car Audio

Categories: ARTICLES, Bluetooth, Car AudioTags: Alpine, Clarion, Component Speakers, Counterfeit, Equalizers, Focal, Google, Gucci, Hertz, JBL, Kicker, Prada, Rockford Fosgate, Sony, Speakers, UPS

Question of the Month: Counterfeit and Fake Car Audio

This Question of the Month is: Is there such a thing as fake car audio equipment? As they say, you already know the answer if you have to ask. If you have an email account or spend more than a minute a day on social media, then you know fraud is rampant almost everywhere we look. We get emails from UPS and Google all the time about fake shipments or notices from banks about Read more

1st Jan 2025What Is a Gain Control on a Car Audio Amplifier?

Categories: ARTICLES, Car Audio, Resource LibraryTags: Amplifiers, Clipping, Digital Multimeter, Distortion, Gain, Oscilloscopes, Radios, Sensitivity, Speakers, Voltage

What Is a Gain Control on a Car Audio Amplifier?

The gain control is one of the most misunderstood features of a car audio amplifier. It is often mistaken for a volume knob, leading to improper usage and potential damage to the audio system. Understanding what gain control does—and doesn’t do—can help you set up your car audio system for optimal performance without risking distortion or equipment failure.Also, known as Read more

27th Dec 2024Modern Multimedia Receivers Have Multiple Volume Controls

Categories: ARTICLES, Bluetooth, Car Audio, Resource Library, Smartphone IntegrationTags: Apple, Bluetooth, CD, Google Assistant, Maestro, Radios, Siri, SiriusXM, USB

Modern Multimedia Receivers Have Multiple Volume Controls

From the 1960s through the 1980s, car radios used mechanical potentiometers to adjust volume. As time progressed, volume controls moved to the digital domain, and radios employed rotary encoders that sent commands to a dedicated volume IC to adjust the output level. As we advanced further, radios required volume controls for different functions. This complexity has led to Read more

20th Dec 2024Why You May Need Two Keys for Your Car Starter Upgrade

Categories: ARTICLES, Remote Starter, Resource LibraryTags: Audi, BMW, Bypass, Ford, Interface, Keys, Mercedes-Benz, Professional Installation, Remote Starter, Steering Wheel Locks, Volkswagen

Why You May Need Two Keys for Your Car Starter Upgrade

Many of the car stereo shops in the Northern US and Canada shift focus to installing remote car starters in the late fall. If you are shopping for a remote starter, you may be asked by the Product Specialist if you have two keys to the vehicle. Further, in a few applications, you may need to sacrifice a key to the vehicle for them to make the starter work. Let’s discuss why Read more

13th Dec 2024Hi-Res Audio Isn’t Necessarily High-Fidelity Audio

Categories: ARTICLES, Bluetooth, Car Audio, Resource Library, Smartphone IntegrationTags: Android Auto, Apple CarPlay, aptX, Hi-Res Audio, Japan Audio Society, LDAC, Universal Audio Apollo, USB

Hi-Res Audio Isn’t Necessarily High-Fidelity Audio

Talking about the performance of audio equipment without objective measurements is like describing the taste of food without eating it. Maybe that’s a bit over the top, but the concept is accurate. You’ll hear many folks into high-end audio describe listening experiences that are sweet or emotional. However, those adjectives do very little to describe the physical Read more

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