Showcasing the Best in the Mobile Enhancement Industry
Many people assume an amplifier only matters if you like your music loud. In reality, a quality amplifier often makes the biggest difference at normal listening levels by improving clarity, control and realism. Even listeners who never touch the upper end of the volume knob often notice cleaner sound and more lifelike dynamics as soon as an amplifier is added. Why Headroom Read more
Sometimes you’ll notice the symmetry in vehicles that get sold in both left-hand drive markets and right-hand drive markets. A good old example of this was the Toyota Echo that became the Toyota Yaris. To cut costs, there was just one simple instrument cluster in the center of the dashboard that could be angled toward the driver depending on your home market.In electric Read more
Factory door speakers are usually the most compromised part of a vehicle’s audio system because they are designed to meet cost, weight, and production targets rather than deliver accurate sound. Carmakers have to balance hundreds of components in every vehicle, and audio hardware is often treated as a necessary feature, not a performance priority.To control costs, factory Read more
Upgrading your car’s audio system is most successful when you follow a clear process instead of shopping for products. First-time buyers who focus on goals, professional expertise and open communication are far more likely to end up with a system they genuinely enjoy every day. Start With a Clear Goal, Not a Product The best car audio upgrades begin with a clearly defined Read more
Audio cancellation occurs when sound waves overlap out of time and reduce each other’s output instead of combining. In a car, this most often shows up as weak bass, hollow midrange or a system that never sounds full no matter how high the volume goes.Unlike distortion or lack of power, cancellation is a timing and interaction problem. The speakers are playing, but parts of Read more
There are some folks who are looking for opulent luxury features without being showy with a luxury nameplate. If you are more interested in blue jeans versus the designer dress, the Nissan Armada is a terrific choice for a large three-row SUV that is often overlooked. The competition is fierce in this segment, but I was left impressed with what Nissan is offering. It delivers Read more
Music sounds less clear in a moving vehicle because road and vehicle noise compete with the same frequencies your music uses, which causes detail to disappear even on high-quality audio systems. That loss of clarity becomes obvious once you understand how noise interferes with what you hear.Driving environments are far louder than most people realize. Tire noise, wind, Read more
Rockford Fosgate revamped its entire Punch Series speaker lineup and launched it at SEMA 2025. Rather than the good, better, best arrangement of previous years, they’ve created different tiers of installation application solutions. We looked at the P1V2-65 coaxials a short while ago. Now it’s time to check out the P2V2 convertible speaker sets. Let’s dive in with a close look Read more
There are a dozen or so high-quality line output converters available to help your installer integrate an amplifier into a factory-installed audio system. That said, most of them are simple devices that do nothing more than adjust voltage gain and perhaps apply some equalization to the signal. KICKER’s KEYLOC is a unique solution because it features a built-in digital signal Read more
