The Best Mobile Enhancement Retailers
The audio system installation in this 2014 Subaru WRX features not only excellent products, but each part of the project was planned and executed with the utmost precision to achieve the goal of creating an amazing musical experience. There are a select few shops around the world that could be defined as industry-leading in terms of their capabilities. Musicar Northwest in Read more
If you have been to any mobile enhancement industry events like CES or KnowledgeFest or attended a car audio competition like Aggieland, Steel Valley Regionals or the Spring Break Nationals, the name Brian Mitchell and cars like his 2014 Cadillac ELR should be familiar. Brian has been an Autosound competitor for decades and several years ago became Western Regional Sales Read more
If you go shopping for a new radio for your car or truck, the Product Specialist may use the term DIN or double-DIN to describe the size of the radio. DIN is short for Deutsches Institut für Normung, which translates to mean German Institute for Standardization. The goal in the creation of this standard was to develop a radio chassis size that would be common across a wide Read more
If you compare car audio products from the last decade or so to those of the early years, you’ll quickly notice that amplifiers, speakers and subwoofers often aren’t as big as they used to be. Take the new Jeep Wrangler JL chassis as an example. While it used to use 6.5-inch woofers in the dash and the overheard soundbar, it now uses 4-inch speakers in these locations. We can’t Read more
John Brettle got his start in the mobile enhancement industry in 1991. Even as a child, he enjoyed building things and loved both cars and music. In high school, he took art and shop classes and frequently found himself helping friends construct subwoofer enclosures and install amplifiers in his parents’ driveway. John told us that he’s worked at four shops over his career and Read more
The car audio industry, just like any other technical field, is full of words and phrases that are specific to the equipment we use and the work we do. Because we are often communicating with our peers, suppliers and occasionally technical support staff, we get very used to using these terms. For a consumer walking in the front door, it’s unreasonable to expect them to know or Read more
With the increasing performance and features of factory-installed infotainment and audio systems, many of my friends have asked whether we still need aftermarket audio systems. I was recently in California on business and rented a 2018 Chevrolet Camaro SS for my drive from Long Beach to Modesto and back to San Francisco. Having spent about 12 hours in the car over the week, I Read more
As with many veterans of the mobile enhancement industry, Michael Oechsner was introduced to car audio when a high school friend asked him to help install a stereo system. The amplifier and 12-inch subwoofers in this Lincoln Town Car were Michael’s first taste of what a mobile audio system could be. Michael recalls asking his friends about “the cylinder with the Medusa of wires Read more
We recently talked about how window tint darkness specifications work and how some films are great at blocking heat. This article discusses the relationship between darkness and heat rejection. In the southern states, many people choose to have their windows tinted to help keep their vehicles cooler on hot summer days. Heat-rejecting window tint is big business, and this Read more
