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25th May 2022Bench Brawl: Fuses vs. Circuit Breakers

Categories: ARTICLES, Car AudioTags: ANL, Circuit Breakers, Class GH, Element, Fluke, Fuses, SPL

Bench Brawl: Fuses vs. Circuit Breakers

If you’re into the SPL (sound pressure level) side of the car audio industry, you should be acutely aware of the need to deliver every amp of current and the most possible voltage to your amplifiers. The more power you can feed an amp, the more power it’s likely to be able to send to your subwoofers. We also know that every connection to a battery should have a protection Read more

23rd May 2022Product Spotlight: Rockford Fosgate Punch P1000X5 Five-Channel Amplifier

Categories: Car Audio, PRODUCTS, Sponsored PostTags: Amplifiers, Rockford Fosgate, Speakers, Subwoofers

Product Spotlight: Rockford Fosgate Punch P1000X5 Five-Channel Amplifier

If the sound system in your car or truck doesn’t put a smile on your face, it’s time to visit your local authorized Rockford Fosgate retailer and ask about the impressive P1000X5 five-channel amplifier. This single-channel amp can dish out an effortless 75 watts of power from the four main channels and up to 500 watts of power to a subwoofer. Best of all, it has all the Read more

18th May 2022What Does the Term Q Factor Mean to Car Audio Enthusiasts?

Categories: ARTICLES, Car AudioTags: ARC Audio, Q Factor, Speakers, Subwoofer Enclosures, Subwoofers

What Does the Term Q Factor Mean to Car Audio Enthusiasts?

Car audio enthusiasts will run across the term Q, Q factor or Quality factor when discussing car audio speakers, subwoofer enclosures or parametric equalizer configuration. The Q factor describes the damping characteristics of a resonant system. For speakers, proper cone control requires carefully calculated damping. When talking about equalizers, the Q of a filter describes Read more

13th May 2022What Do Car Audio Subwoofer Frequency Response Specs Tell Us?

Categories: ARTICLES, Car Audio, Resource LibraryTags: BassBox Pro, Crossovers, Subwoofer Enclosures, Subwoofers

What Do Car Audio Subwoofer Frequency Response Specs Tell Us?

Subwoofers. Yay for subwoofers! No upgrade to a car audio system will deliver a more noticeable improvement in performance and realism. Adding a properly designed subwoofer system to your car stereo is often one of the first upgrades we recommend. The challenge is finding a solution that will look and sound great while you make sense of myriad specifications that might not be Read more

11th May 2022What Is a Tri-Mode-Capable Car Audio Amplifier?

Categories: ARTICLES, Car AudioTags: Amplifiers, JL Audio, Rockford Fosgate, Speakers, Subwoofers

What Is a Tri-Mode-Capable Car Audio Amplifier?

If you were into car audio in the ’90s, you’ve likely heard of amplifiers having mixed-mode or tri-mode capability. The implication was that these amps could power a pair of coaxial speakers and a subwoofer at the same time from a cost-effective and straightforward two-channel design. If you dig down into the nitty-gritty of how this works, you’ll see it’s pretty simple. With Read more

7th May 20222022 Mazda CX-30. Small Yet Mighty.

Categories: Car Audio, Lighting, Smartphone Integration, Vehicle InsightsTags: 2022, Android Auto, Apple CarPlay, Bose, CX-30, Mazda, Mercedes-Benz, Speakers

2022 Mazda CX-30. Small Yet Mighty.

Another CUV? Let’s face it, the market for small SUVs is on fire right now. For some shoppers, the entry-level SUVs became the same price as midsize SUVs. And full-size SUVs require a second mortgage on your house! Luckily, the entry-level CUVs are coming loaded with the latest in vehicle technology, just like their larger counterparts. The CX-30 is the latest from Mazda. Read more

6th May 2022Audio Component Distortion Happens All the Time

Categories: ARTICLES, Car AudioTags: Amplifiers, Bugatti, Class AB, Ferrari, Fiero, Koenigsegg, Lamborghini, Pontiac, Radios, Rimac, Speakers

Audio Component Distortion Happens All the Time

Many years ago, I read an article that said the difference between a tube amp and a solid-state one was primarily in their distortion characteristics. Even though I thought about the statement repeatedly, I was mistakenly correlating the presence of distortion with what happens when we try to over-drive the output of a source unit or amplifier. As with any complex topic, it Read more

4th May 2022How Are Inductors Used in Car Audio Passive Crossovers?

Categories: ARTICLES, Car AudioTags: Amplifiers, Crossovers, Radios, Speakers

How Are Inductors Used in Car Audio Passive Crossovers?

Back in the late ’80s and early ’90s, having an amplifier or a radio with a built-in high- or low-pass crossover was rare. To filter the audio signals going to our speakers, installers and technicians would use inductors and capacitors on the speaker wires. We recently took a look at how capacitors work, so let’s dive into inductors to understand their function and application Read more

3rd May 2022You Don’t Need To Break In Car Audio Speakers and Subwoofers

Categories: ARTICLES, Car Audio, Resource LibraryTags: Hertz, Speakers, Subwoofers, Thiele/Small Parameters

You Don’t Need To Break In Car Audio Speakers and Subwoofers

A while back, we looked at how some car audio speakers and subwoofers change in performance after they’ve been broken in. We analyzed how the Thiele/Small parameters of a sample subwoofer changed after being played for many hours. What we didn’t clarify adequately in that article was whether or not speakers had to be broken in before use. Parts of a Speaker or Subwoofer Let’s Read more

29th Apr 2022Passive Crossovers – How Capacitors Work to Block Bass Signals

Categories: ARTICLES, Car AudioTags: Capacitors, Decibels, Mustang, Passive Crossovers, Speakers, Tweeters

Passive Crossovers – How Capacitors Work to Block Bass Signals

For decades, car audio installers have used capacitors to reduce the bass that small speakers would reproduce. I vividly remember installing 47-microfarad capacitors inline with a set of 3.5-inch speakers in the dashes of Fox-body Mustangs back in the ’80s and ’90s. Passive crossover components like these are still an essential part of the car audio industry, even with the Read more

22nd Apr 2022Listen Up! The Science of Car Audio Component Quality

Categories: ARTICLES, Car AudioTags: Amplifiers, ANSI/CTA-2006-C, Audison, Equalizers, Radios, Sony, Subwoofers

Listen Up! The Science of Car Audio Component Quality

I consider myself extremely fortunate to have one of the most amazing jobs in the car audio industry. One aspect of being the editor in chief of BestCarAudio.com that I am particularly fond of is researching and performing experiments to create the content we publish. Unlike most of the hard-working folks who develop products, drive all over the countryside visiting retailers Read more

20th Apr 2022Speaker Distortion Increases with Cone Excursion

Categories: ARTICLES, Car Audio, Resource LibraryTags: BassBox Pro, Distortion, Horns, Speakers, Term-Pro

Speaker Distortion Increases with Cone Excursion

Few people in the car audio industry seem to grasp that speakers are typically the weakest link in audio systems, in terms of adding distortion to what we hear. Whether it’s a poor design with improper voice coil centering in the magnetic gap or poor magnetic or compliance linearity, speakers add significant amounts of unwanted information to what we hear. This article will Read more

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