Showcasing the Best in the Mobile Enhancement Industry
When it comes to car audio upgrades, price and value in a purchase are often unrelated. For example, if the lease is up on your BMW and you decide you want to save some money, leasing a Mitsubishi Mirage isn’t a direct replacement, even if it costs a lot less per month. In addition, associating value with a purchase is difficult to quantify, especially when it comes to car Read more
Running a magazine like BestCarAudio.com isn’t an easy proposition. It takes planning, creativity and commitment. With that said, it’s rewarding on many levels. We love helping people choose the best products and educating them about the solutions available to enhance their cars, trucks, motorcycles, boats or powersports vehicles. In this article, we’ll take a behind-the-scenes Read more
Consumer reception of the new Sony Mobile ES speakers has been incredible. These solutions were designed to offer benchmark performance at very accessible price points. A while back, we looked at the 6.5-inch component set and coaxial speakers. In this BestCarAudio.com spotlight, we’ll check out the features of the XS690ES 6-by-9 and the XS-680ES 6-by-8-inch speaker sets. Sony Read more
Sometimes you just need interior space. If you have a family with more than three children and a dog, usually the practical answer is a minivan. But most minivans don’t offer four-wheel-drive and ground clearance. The 2021 Chevrolet Suburban is the answer if you aren’t in suburbia but more on the rural side and have a large family. I’m not usually a fan of the mastodon class of Read more
For car audio enthusiasts, especially those interested in competing in SPL competitions, amplifier efficiency should be one of their primary concerns. In this first of three articles on efficiency, we take a close look at the Rockford Fosgate M5-1000X1 Class-D subwoofer amp and analyze how well it makes use of power at different output levels. What Is Car Audio Subwoofer Amp Read more
BestCarAudio.com has evolved to become an essential online magazine dedicated to educating consumers about mobile audio excellence. Let’s take a look at where we’ve been and where we’re headed.Before we dive into how BestCarAudio.com got started, we want to thank the tens of thousands of car audio enthusiasts who read the content we publish each week. We do what we do to Read more
If you’ve been around the car audio scene for a few decades, then you’ll recall a time when almost all amplifiers doubled their output power when the load impedance was halved. For example, an amplifier might have been rated to produce 75 watts per channel into a 4-ohm load and 150 watts into a 2-ohm load. It wasn’t unheard of to see low-power amplifiers like the infamous Orion Read more
It’s time to dispel another unsubstantiated car audio myth! This time, we’re talking about claiming that you can’t ground an amplifier directly to the battery in a vehicle. Perhaps it would add to the clarity of the statement to say that many inexperienced installers think the ground wire for the amp has to go to the chassis of the vehicle. Many of these statements also add, Read more
Every professional audio system installation, be it for a church, dance club, home theater or your car, requires DSP calibration. Your smartphone, laptop and smart speaker use digital signal processors to optimize the sound you hear from the tiny speakers. Digital signal processors aren’t magic, and they aren’t complicated. They offer a reliable and straightforward way to Read more
