Showcasing the Best in the Mobile Enhancement Industry
The BestCarAudio.com team is back with another detailed guide to help you choose the best upgrade solutions for your powersports vehicles. While it’s true that pretty much anything you can ride in or on that has a motor falls into this powersports or motorsports category, we’ll focus on UTVs and side-by-sides, then throw in a few options for snowmobiles, personal watercraft and Read more
Located just off Interstate 15 in the heart of Roy, Utah, The hi-fi shop has delivered amazing mobile audio and accessory upgrades to clients in Weber, Morgan and Davis counties clients since 1961. With focus on customer service and a heritage that extends back many decades, it’s no surprise that their clientele has returned generation after generation to enhance their cars, Read more
When it comes to spending a day relaxing or playing on the water, upgrading your boat or personal watercraft with a high-performance audio system makes everything more fun. From a radio and pair of speakers in a small fishing boat to a complete multizone audio system with tower speakers, subwoofers and high-power amplifiers, marine audio system upgrades can be tailored to your Read more
Some folks need the practicality of a four-door car but don’t want to give up the sexiness of a sports car. The sexy four-door vehicles that fit the bill are few and far between … such as the discontinued Aston Martin Rapide. One problem with the Rapide was its astronomical pricing, starting north of $200K. Another downfall is that, because Aston is a bespoke manufacturer, it Read more
Choosing the best radio, amplifier and speaker upgrades for your motorcycle audio system can be tricky. The team of mobile enhancement experts here at BestCarAudio.com has put together this buying guide to help you pick the right products and an expert retailer to help make your wind therapy much more enjoyable. Whether you’re upgrading the existing audio system on a Read more
When it comes to choosing the right car audio amplifier for your subwoofers, one thing most consumers overlook is an examination of the efficiency specifications. Efficiency describes how much of the power drawn from the vehicle’s electrical system is converted into power to drive a speaker. Low-efficiency amplifiers waste this power as heat. It doesn’t matter whether you’re Read more
Since 1953, the Chevrolet Corvette has been an icon in the North American automotive industry. These two-seaters represent value and performance with styling that always lets them stand out from the crowd. Try as General Motors might, there’s still room for improvement, even on a flagship vehicle like this. Let’s look at some of the upgrades available to improve the performance Read more
If you’ve looked carefully at the specifications of car audio amplifiers for any amount of time, then you’ll know that some designs make more power when they are connected to a higher-voltage electrical system. This type of amplifier is called an unregulated design. In the simplest of terms, it multiplies the provided battery voltage by a fixed amount to power the amp’s Read more
The topic of measuring amplifier power is perhaps the most often discussed specification in the car audio industry. There’s a clamor among enthusiasts over YouTube videos of amplifiers cranking out amazing amounts of current while connected to a bank of load resistors or an amp dyno. If your favorite brand of subwoofer amp makes even five more watts than a competitor’s, these Read more
Every car audio amplifier on the market has a maximum amount of undistorted power it can deliver to a speaker or subwoofer. When we apply more signal than an amplifier can boost linearly, a significant amount of harmonic distortion is added to that signal. Electronics technicians and engineers usually refer to the point where distortion becomes significant as clipping. That’s a Read more
Bass is all around us. It evokes emotion when we hear the crack of thunder or when we feel a train rattle the platform we’re standing on. Most importantly, it gives us goosebumps when a drum or bass guitar in our favorite song vibrates our torso. Synthesizers, drums or an organ can produce sounds that change our experience at a club or a concert. Recreating this experience Read more
If you’ve asked your local specialty mobile enhancement retailer about upgrading your car stereo in recent years, they may have told you that they will need to add load resistors. While seemingly new in concept, the purpose of these resistors is simple. They’re often needed to ensure that the factory-installed amplifier in your car, truck or SUV continues to function the way it Read more
