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Next, on our look through the common specifications included with modern car audio amplifiers, we want to take a look at amplifier efficiency. With the electrical systems in modern cars shrinking in capacity with every passing year, getting power from your amplifier without taxing the wiring, battery, and alternator in your car is a genuine challenge and concern. Modern Class-D Read more
Santa Fe is a small American city, but Hyundai has borrowed the name for its big SUV (sister company Kia has gone a similar route with its large Telluride SUV). For 2019, Hyundai has dropped the Santa Fe Sport (but added the very cool small Kona) and has added the Santa Fe XL. How about people who typically carry items in the cargo hold but not necessarily passengers? Then the Read more
As the next topic in our series explaining amplifier specifications, we will look at the frequency response information that manufacturers provide and explain how to interpret this information. In the simplest of statements, the frequency response spec will tell you about the low- and high-frequency limits of the amplifier based on its design. As with all the specs we have Read more
The next topic in our look at car audio amplifier specifications is input sensitivity. This specification is easy to understand but is important to choose an amp that will work with the system your local car stereo shop has designed. In the simplest of terms, the sensitivity specification determines how much voltage is required on the input of the amplifier for it to produce Read more
The BestCarAudio.com editorial team recently talked to none other than Ricardo Rangel, head of the famous Mexico City-based Monster by Rangel, about the 2018 Ford Mustang Shelby GT350 project they recently completed. Ricardo told us that this is the sixth build they have done for this client in the past three years and with each project, the client’s interest in Read more
As surprising as this is going to sound, hiring a car stereo professional to work on your car or truck isn’t always easy. OxfordDictionaries.com defines a professional as someone who performs an activity “as a main paid occupation rather than as a pastime.” The limitation of that definition is that getting paid doesn’t mean the person performing that task is properly trained. Read more
We’ve touched on the topic of signal-to-noise ratio in car audio amplifiers before. This specification is one of the most important in quantifying the quality of the amplifier you are going to choose for your audio system. While the power ratings are the only way we’ll know how loudly an amp can play, the noise specs give us a look at the design philosophy of the amp. Quite Read more
Welcome to our new series about understanding product specifications. Our goal in these articles is to help you understand what the amplifier power ratings mean when you start to compare solutions. We’ll not only explain which numbers are good, but we’ll include a detailed description of what each specification means, how it’s measured and how it affects what you hear or Read more
If you are a tech lover, the new Mercedes A-Class Sedan makes a strong case to be your next vehicle purchase. That’s especially true if you have some disposable income but are working within a reasonable budget. The Tesla Model 3 would be its closest competitor when it comes to in-vehicle technology, but not everyone wants to go all-electric. Range anxiety is a real thing. Read more
