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2nd Oct 2023Listen Up! Please Stop Talking About Wattage Ratings

Categories: ARTICLES, Car AudioTags: Amplifiers, ANSI/CTA-2006-D, ANSI/CTA-2031, Class D, CR-V, dB Drag Racing Association, Harman, Honda, Nissan, RAV4, Rogue, SI Unit, Speakers, Subwoofers, Toyota, Watt

Listen Up! Please Stop Talking About Wattage Ratings

If we could send just one message to car audio enthusiasts, it would be to stop talking about wattage ratings. These numbers are irrelevant and often misleading in the context of quality, performance and value. Leave the reference to watts out if you want to sound intelligent when discussing car audio upgrades. What Are Watts? The SI Unit watt is used to measure power. One Read more

29th Sep 2023What Is GPS Locating and How Does it Work?

Categories: ARTICLES, Car Audio, Navigation, Resource Library, Smartphone IntegrationTags: ALPS Alpine, Android Auto, Apple CarPlay, Apple Maps, BeiDou, Decca, DroneMobile, Firstech, Galileo, Garmin, Global Positioning System, Globalstar, GLONASS, GNSS, Google Maps, GPS, LORAN, NavIC, Navstar GPS, Omega, QZSS, TomTom, V2X, Waze

What Is GPS Locating and How Does it Work?

Undoubtedly, you’ve heard the term GPS. It’s not uncommon for consumers to refer to navigation software like Waze, Google Maps, Apple Maps or a portable navigation device from Garmin or TomTom as a GPS. Unfortunately, giving these solutions the GPS title is incorrect. Let’s look at GPS, how it works, and how similar technologies are evolving. What Is GPS? The Global Read more

27th Sep 2023Car Radio Touchscreen Repair Experiment

Categories: ARTICLES, Car AudioTags: 2015, Arm & Hammer, Brasso, Delamination, Hyundai, Meguiar's, PlastX, Radios, Touchscreens, UV Exposure

Car Radio Touchscreen Repair Experiment

Has the touchscreen of your car radio started to look hazy? Is it more than five years old? We were staring at the display in one of our employees’ vehicles and realized it looked horrible. We started wondering if it might be possible to repair or rejuvenate the screen. Let’s see what we came up with. Car Radio Touchscreen Technology The most popular interface for multimedia Read more

26th Sep 2023How Amplifiers Distribute Their Power to Multiple Car Audio Speakers

Categories: ARTICLES, Car Audio, Resource LibraryTags: Amplifiers, Capacitors, Crossovers, High-Pass Filters, Ohm's Law, Speakers, Subwoofers, Tweeters

How Amplifiers Distribute Their Power to Multiple Car Audio Speakers

The concept of how car audio amplifiers distribute power to multiple speakers connected to the same channel seems simple. A little math with Ohm’s law and looking at the amplifier’s specifications should tell the tale, right? Yes and no. Things get more complicated when crossovers are involved. Don’t fret; we’re here to make everything easy to understand. Let’s dive in! What Read more

25th Sep 2023The Art & Science of Custom Subwoofer Enclosures in Cars

Categories: ARTICLES, Car Audio, Resource LibraryTags: ARC Audio, Audio Designs and Custom Graphics, Automotive Entertainment, California, College Station, Connecticut, Extreme Audio, Fiberglass, Florida, Gainesville, Guadalupe Victoria, Huntington Beach, iNNovative Concepts, Jacksonville, JML Audio, Kartele Mobile Electronics, Leather, LED Lighting, Lehighton, Massachusetts, Mexico, Milpitas, Missouri, Mobile Edge, MTI Acoustics, Musicar, Nano's Ingeniería en Audio, Nashville, NET Audio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Portland, Richmond, Simplicity in Sound, Sound Depot and Performance, St. Louis, Subwoofer Enclosures, Subwoofers, Tennessee, Texas, Titan Motoring, Vinyl, Virginia, Waterbury, Wichita Falls, Wilbraham

The Art & Science of Custom Subwoofer Enclosures in Cars

What is a custom car audio subwoofer enclosure? Does it need to be wrapped in leather or vinyl? Should it be made with fiberglass? Does it need acrylic windows? Is LED lighting a necessity? The short answer is no to all of these questions. Let’s delve into what makes a subwoofer enclosure custom and why it’s the best way to upgrade the bass in your car audio system. Subwoofer Read more

19th Sep 2023Car Audio Crossover Slopes, Alignments and Summing

Categories: ARTICLES, Car Audio, Resource LibraryTags: ARC Audio, Bessel, Butterworth, Crossovers, Digital Signal Processors, Linkwitz-Riley, Speakers, Subwoofers, Tweeters

Car Audio Crossover Slopes, Alignments and Summing

Car audio upgrades are much more complex than setting up speakers in your living room. They are, unless all you have in the system is a set of coaxial speakers in your doors. Your installer has to consider crossover slopes and alignments if you have front and rear speakers and a subwoofer. They must also understand how the settings interact at the crossover frequency. Let’s Read more

18th Sep 2023Product Spotlight: Rockford Fosgate P300-8P Subwoofer System

Categories: PRODUCTS, Car Audio, Sponsored PostTags: Amplifiers, Powered Subwoofers, Rockford Fosgate, Subwoofer Enclosures, Subwoofers

Product Spotlight: Rockford Fosgate P300-8P Subwoofer System

Adding a subwoofer is the easiest way to upgrade the performance of your car’s audio system. Whether you have a factory-installed radio and speakers or are building an aftermarket system from scratch, a subwoofer always makes it better. The Rockford Fosgate P300-8P is the perfect all-in-one solution to add great bass to your car or truck without any hassles. Let’s check it Read more

8th Sep 2023Better Car Audio Amplifiers Aren’t Necessarily Louder

Categories: ARTICLES, Car Audio, Resource LibraryTags: Amplifiers, ANSI/CTA-2006-D, Hertz, Speakers, Subwoofers

Better Car Audio Amplifiers Aren’t Necessarily Louder

If there’s one thing that’s challenging for car audio manufacturers and retailers, it’s explaining the sonic benefits of higher-quality products. Based on our research, many consumers correlate the word “better” with more power production from an amplifier, more power handling from a speaker, or more features from a source unit. While these statements are often accurate, they Read more

6th Sep 2023Premium Car Audio Quality Control Processes

Categories: ARTICLES, Car Audio, Marine AudioTags: Amplifiers, ARC Audio, Audio Precision, Digital Signal Processors, Klippel, Rockford Fosgate, Speakers

Premium Car Audio Quality Control Processes

Let’s take a look at amplifier, speaker and subwoofer quality. This time, it won’t be a series of lab measurements that evaluate distortion, frequency response or power. It won’t even include listening evaluations or comments on shiny products.Many years ago, Rockford Fosgate ran a magazine advertisement showing a picture of a Punch 75 HD amplifier and Bruce. Bruce is Read more

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