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Car Audio Engineers in Sacramento, California, opened in April 2019 and is dedicated to redefining vehicle customization by integrating high-tech solutions and creative design. It has become one of the go-to destinations for vehicle owners looking for custom-tailored car, motorcycle and marine audio and accessory upgrades. A Forward-Thinking Vision Jonathan Ram founded Car Read more
The car audio question of the month for May is: What factor is most important in determining car audio system performance? Do the system design, equipment, integration, installation or calibration determine how accurate the system will sound? As with many questions related to audio systems, there’s no single answer. Let’s look at each aspect of a car audio installation to see Read more
Here we are again in the wildly popular smaller SUV category, the vehicle that kickstarted the demise of the sedan. But this one is made by Mazda, a company that has shown serious respect for vehicle handling and performance. This category offers plenty of choices, but people who love to drive should look at the Mazda CX-5. It continues to be an important product for Mazda, and Read more
The third article in our series on understanding high-end car audio systems delves into the fascinating world of imaging. In essence, imaging is the ability of an audio system to recreate the precise location of a performer or instrument on a soundstage. While not all recordings excel in this aspect, some are genuinely awe-inspiring. Let’s explore this captivating facet of Read more
Can you imagine being able to say you’ve only had a single job in your entire career? Most of us are lucky to stay in a single industry for our careers. Sarah Russell, the owner of Atlantic Car Stereo in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, has been going to the same car stereo shop since she was two years old. Her dad, Scott, opened it in 1984 and sold it to her in 2020. The Atlantic Car Read more
The landscape of car audio head units has undergone a significant transformation over the past decade. The era of double-DIN source units has given way to the dominance of large floating-face radios. Sony, a leader in audio technology, introduced the groundbreaking 10.1-inch floating face XAV-9500ES a few years ago, which left us in awe of its features and performance. To Read more
We recently witnessed a discussion on social media in which someone said that two 16 AWG wires could do the same work as a single 8 AWG wire. Unfortunately, the American Wire Gauge standard for stranded conductors isn’t intuitive in helping determine how multiple conductors can pass current. So let’s get geeky and do the math on how much current different-sized or multiple Read more
We’re back with the second of four articles discussing the listening experience of truly high-end car audio systems. In our first article, we discussed the importance of accurate frequency response. This second article will discuss the soundstage, provide a definition for it and explain why it's crucial to recreating a recording accurately. What Is a Car Audio Soundstage? We Read more
Every speaker, be it a tweeter, midrange driver, woofer or subwoofer, will have a sensitivity rating. Sensitivity ratings attempt to describe how much sound a speaker will produce for a given amount of power from an amplifier. There’s a common misconception that more efficiency is better. Longtime readers of BestCarAudio.com won’t be surprised to learn that multiple standards Read more
