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9th Dec 2022A Look at Car Audio Amp Remote Turn-On Connections

Categories: ARTICLES, Car AudioTags: Amplifiers, Clarion, Fluke, Radios, Remote Turn-On

A Look at Car Audio Amp Remote Turn-On Connections

Almost every car audio amplifier on the market has at least one thing in common: a remote turn-on connection. The purpose of this connection is to tell the amplifier to turn on when you turn the radio on. For decades, there have been statements that your installer needs to add a relay to the output of a radio to turn on multiple amplifiers. Let’s look at what the amp remote Read more

6th Oct 2021The Car Audio Distortion Food Chain

Categories: ARTICLES, Car Audio, Resource LibraryTags: Alpine, Amplifiers, ANSI/CTA-2006-C, Clarion, Class AB, Class D, Digital Signal Processors, Mobile ES, Radios, Sony, Speakers, Subwoofers

The Car Audio Distortion Food Chain

When it comes to expressing the quality of an audio system component, the amount of distortion it adds to a signal is the defining factor. In this article, we’ll talk about how much distortion each part of an audio system adds – so that you can target your budget for the greatest benefit. We’ll rank four categories of audio equipment based on the amount of distortion they add Read more

24th Sep 2021Does Your Car Stereo Sound Right, or Is It Nice?

Categories: ARTICLES, Car AudioTags: Amplifiers, ARC Audio, Clarion, Fluke, Hyundai, JBL, NHRA, QuantAsylum, Radios, RME, Speakers, Stereophile, Subwoofers, Venue

Does Your Car Stereo Sound Right, or Is It Nice?

I’ve listened to a LOT of car stereo equipment since I started in the car audio industry back in 1988. Since 2000, I’ve tested and formally reviewed hundreds of car audio products for publications across North America. I’ve even developed subwoofers, speakers and DSP-equipped amplifiers for one of the companies I worked for. I was a car audio sound quality competition judge for Read more

27th Nov 2020What Exactly Does Marine-Grade Audio Mean?

Categories: ARTICLES, Marine Audio, Resource LibraryTags: American Boat and Yacht Council, Clarion, JL Audio, Lowrance, NMEA 2000, Radios, Raymarine, Simrad, Speakers, Subwoofers, Weatherband, Wet Sounds

What Exactly Does Marine-Grade Audio Mean?

  If you’re shopping for audio upgrades for your boat, motorcycle or side-by-side, you’ll often hear the term “marine-grade” thrown around. While the definition depends on the product category and the manufacturer, in most cases that product was designed with enhanced features that will allow it to last longer when used outdoors. In this article, we’ll take a look Read more

20th May 2020Upgrade your Golf Cart with Audio and Lighting

Categories: ARTICLES, Bluetooth, Car Audio, Lighting, Marine Audio, Motorcycle Audio, Resource LibraryTags: Amplifiers, Clarion, Club Car, E-Z-Go, Fusion, Golf Carts, Hertz, iHeartRadio, JL Audio, Kenwood, Kicker, Pandora, Pioneer, Radios, Sony, Speakers, Tidal

Upgrade your Golf Cart with Audio and Lighting

Whether you’re spending an afternoon on the links with a couple of friends, towing your race car back to the pits, or you just have to have the coolest Club Car or E-Z-GO on the block, your local specialty mobile enhancement retailer can help. From audio systems and lighting upgrades to heated seats and lift kits, a whole world of accessories and custom solutions make getting Read more

29th Apr 2020Modern Marine Radio Options for Your Boat or UTV

Categories: ARTICLES, Marine Audio, Resource LibraryTags: AirPlay 2, Aquatic AV, Clarion, Dual, Fusion, Garmin, Hertz, iPhone, iPod, JBL, Kenwood, Kicker, Marine Radios, NMEA 2000, Raymarine, Sony, WiFi

Modern Marine Radio Options for Your Boat or UTV

Marine radio designs and features have come a long way. Years ago, when Clarion introduced the first marine radios to the world, they were enhanced versions of Clarion’s car stereo solutions. Soon after, water-resistant faces were added to allow the radios to stay outside in the cockpit all year long. Over the next few decades, remote controls were added to make controlling the Read more

26th Nov 2018All About Apple Product Certification

Categories: ARTICLES, Smartphone IntegrationTags: Alpine, Apple CarPlay, BMW, Clarion, Hyudai, JVC, Kenwood, Pioneer, Radios, Sony

All About Apple Product Certification

Nobody will deny that the Apple iPod is single-handedly responsible for a massive shift in the portability of music. Sure, the Walkman and Discman were important components in the history of portable media players, but those technologies supported existing music formats in the form of cassettes and compact discs. The iPod embraced digital media file formats, and though Apple Read more

20th May 2018Top 100 Most Influential Car Audio Products of All Time

Categories: ARTICLES, Bluetooth, Car Audio, Integration, Marine Audio, Mobile Video, Navigation, Resource Library, Smartphone IntegrationTags: a/d/s, ADS, Alpine, Amplifiers, ARC Audio, Audiobahn, AudioControl, Audiofrog, Audison, Autosound 2000, Blade Technologies, Butler, Cerwin-Vega, Clarion, Coustic, D'Amore Engineering, Dynamat, Earthquake, Empeg, Focal, Galvin Manufacturing, Image Dynamics, JBL, Jensen, JL Audio, KEF, Kenwood, Kicker, Linear Power, MB Quart, Milbert, MMATS, mObridge, Motorola, Muntz, Nav-TV, Orion, PAC Audio, Panasonic, Phoenix Gold, Pioneer, PPI, Radios, Rockford Fosgate, SAS Bazooka, Sony, Speakers, Subwoofers, US Amps, USD Audio, Wayne Harris Enterprises, Xtant, Zapco

Top 100 Most Influential Car Audio Products of All Time

Enthusiasts have been trying to find ways to bring their music into their cars for more than 100 years. What started with a phonograph in the back seat or strapped to the fender of a horseless carriage has evolved to Internet-connected computers with voice recognition systems that allow us to communicate with friends and play source music from the ever-miraculous cloud. In Read more

19th May 2018Car Audio Technologies

Categories: ARTICLES, Car Audio, Resource LibraryTags: Alpine, Amplifiers, Android Auto, Apple CarPlay, Clarion, Denon, Radios

Car Audio Technologies

Just as the invention of the transistor eliminated the need for vacuum tubes, advances in technology allow us to create new and unique entertainment solutions with more and more features. We thought it would be fun to take a quick look at a few important car audio technologies throughout history. Transistors The first car radios used vacuum tubes as integral parts of their Read more

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