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29th Mar 2023Understanding Speaker Quality: Old School Premium Speaker

Categories: ARTICLES, Car AudioTags: Amplifiers, BassBox Pro 6, Clio Pocket, MB Quart, Speakers, Thiele/Small Parameters, Woofers

Understanding Speaker Quality: Old School Premium Speaker

We’re now into our fourth speaker in our series about understanding speaker quality. For this article, we will analyze the performance of an old-school premium speaker, the MB Quart PWE-160. If you were into car audio in the ’80s and ’90s, then the MB Quart brand was a name you’d know well. This brand was famous for its performance in car audio competitions. So let’s see how Read more

24th Mar 2023Test Drive Review: Sony XS-W122ES Mobile ES 12-inch Subwoofer

Categories: Car Audio, Sponsored Post, TEST DRIVE PRODUCT REVIEWSTags: Mobile ES, Sony, Speakers, Subwoofer Enclosures, Subwoofers, Thiele/Small Parameters

Test Drive Review: Sony XS-W122ES Mobile ES 12-inch Subwoofer

As you may know, the product development team at Sony has been busy over the last few years creating an entirely new line of premium car audio products. Their efforts have rewarded the industry with the amazing XAV-9500ES multimedia receiver, as well as six speaker solutions, three amplifiers and three subwoofer offerings. In this Test Drive Review, we’ll inspect and evaluate Read more

22nd Mar 2023Why a Subwoofer Should Be Your First Car Audio Upgrade

Categories: ARTICLES, Car AudioTags: Blue Thunder, MTX, Speakers, Subwoofers

Why a Subwoofer Should Be Your First Car Audio Upgrade

Though factory-installed audio systems have greatly improved over the last few decades, they can’t hold a candle to even a modest aftermarket car stereo system unless you’ve got a premium vehicle. This statement is especially true in terms of subwoofers and bass performance. Most factory-installed subwoofer systems are better described as woofers. It’s rare that they play loud Read more

17th Mar 2023Subwoofer Response Simulations Don’t Describe Sound Quality

Categories: ARTICLES, Car AudioTags: BassBox Pro, LEAP, Rockford Fosgate, Speakers, Subwoofers, TermPro, Thiele/Small Parameters, WinISD

Subwoofer Response Simulations Don’t Describe Sound Quality

Expert installation technicians in the car audio industry are fortunate to have several options to simulate speaker and subwoofer response in different applications. Whether it’s modeling a bass reflex enclosure for a pair of 12-inch subwoofers or ensuring that an A-pillar speaker pod is large enough for a 4-inch midrange, computer simulations are crucial to delivering car Read more

15th Mar 2023Mobile Enhancement Installation Profile: Xtreme Autosound & Marine Toyota Hilux

Categories: Bluetooth, Car Audio, INDUSTRY PROFILES, Installation Profiles, Lighting, Smartphone IntegrationTags: 1991, Amplifiers, Ballistic, Hilux, Kentucky, Mazda, Mercedes-Benz, Mobile ES, Radios, Shelbyville, Sony, Speakers, Stinger, Subwoofers, Toyota, XS Power, Xtreme Autosound

Mobile Enhancement Installation Profile: Xtreme Autosound & Marine Toyota Hilux

Matthew Crouch of Shelbyville, Kentucky, owns the ultra-clean 1991 Toyota Hilux you see above. Matthew is one of the installers at Xtreme Autosound & Marine in Louisville. I called the store and spoke with owner Tony Zagata and jack-of-all-trades Michael Humphrey, who helps with sales, installations and social media. I learned that Matthew is a huge Toyota fan, and his dad Read more

13th Mar 2023Test Drive Review: Rockford Fosgate T4652-S Component Speaker Set

Categories: Car Audio, Sponsored Post, TEST DRIVE PRODUCT REVIEWSTags: ANSI/CTA-2031, BassBox Pro, Component Speakers, Rockford Fosgate, Speakers, Tweeters

Test Drive Review: Rockford Fosgate T4652-S Component Speaker Set

Though I’ve written it a dozen times across many articles, it’s always worth repeating: The most critical component in any audio system is the speakers. You may have invested thousands of dollars into a source unit, a digital signal processor and premium amplifiers, but without precision-engineered speakers, all of that quality is wasted. The car audio fanatics at Rockford Read more

1st Mar 2023Listen Up! Why Some Car Audio Brands Don’t Impress Me

Categories: ARTICLES, Car Audio, Remote StarterTags: Amplifiers, Genesis, Hyundai, Radios, Speakers, Subwoofer Enclosures, Subwoofers

Listen Up! Why Some Car Audio Brands Don’t Impress Me

Every now and then, I get into hot water for recommending, or more commonly, for not suggesting, a particular brand of car audio equipment. The same has happened over the years with retailers near me. However, I can say with confidence that in every case, there’s a solid reason why I stand behind and recommend specific solutions and why others aren’t even remotely on my radar Read more

27th Feb 2023Bad News: Lower-Quality Car Audio Equipment Is Louder

Categories: ARTICLES, Car AudioTags: Amplifiers, Digital Signal Processors, DVD Players, Pioneer, Radios, Speakers, Subwoofers

Bad News: Lower-Quality Car Audio Equipment Is Louder

Dozens of articles here on BestCarAudio.com explain the concept of audio component distortion. More specifically, harmonic and intermodulation distortion represent the addition of unwanted information to an audio signal because of non-linearities in an electronic circuit or mechanical system like a speaker. Ask anyone who’s heard a genuinely high-end sound system and they’ll Read more

24th Feb 2023Is Using Only One Coil on a DVC Subwoofer Bad?

Categories: ARTICLES, Car AudioTags: BassBox Pro, Speakers, Subwoofer Enclosures, Subwoofers, Thiele/Small Parameters

Is Using Only One Coil on a DVC Subwoofer Bad?

Dual voice coil subwoofers exist to provide installers with three options to connect the driver to an amplifier. The coils can be wired in series or parallel to double or half the impedance of a single coil. Alternatively, each coil can be connected to separate amplifier channels to add power from non-bridgeable configurations. A question that often arises is, what happens if Read more

20th Feb 2023Understanding Speaker Quality: An Old MTX Blue Thunder Woofer

Categories: ARTICLES, Car AudioTags: 1991, 323, Audax, BassBox Pro, Mazda, MTX, Speakers, Subwoofers, Thiele/Small Parameters

Understanding Speaker Quality: An Old MTX Blue Thunder Woofer

I purchased a pair of MTX 6.5-inch woofers around 1992 or 1993, and they were installed in my 1991 Mazda 323 hatchback as midbass and rear-fill drivers. Later, they migrated to a set of “home speakers” with an Audax tweeter, though I don’t think I spent much time listening to them after I finished building them. Unfortunately, those speaker enclosures were thrown out after they Read more

18th Feb 20232023 Lincoln Corsair. Pint-Sized Navigator.

Categories: Car Audio, Vehicle Insights, Vehicle SecurityTags: 2018, 2019, 2023, BlueCruise, Corsair, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Escape, Ford, Jeep, Lincoln, Navigator, Phone As A Key, Revel, Speakers, SuperCruise

2023 Lincoln Corsair. Pint-Sized Navigator.

When Lincoln overhauled its Navigator for 2018, it was an instant success. The new large luxury SUV featured all the latest technology in a sumptuous package that was miles away from the Lincoln of yesteryear, with no gold Signature Series badges or landau roofs. Instead, it was a comprehensive package that was also miles away from the Expedition it’s based on. Lincoln’s Read more

13th Feb 2023Mobile Enhancement Installation Profile: KarTele Jeep Grand Cherokee

Categories: Car Audio, INDUSTRY PROFILES, Installation Profiles, Lighting, Paint Protection, Radar Detectors, Smartphone Integration, Window TintTags: 2022, Alpine, Amplifiers, Android, Apple, Connecticut, Digital Signal Processors, Grand Cherokee, Gtechniq, Jeep, K40, Kartele Mobile Electronics, Lucas Lighting, McIntosh, Mobile ES, Radios, Solar Guard, Sony, SoundShield, Speakers, Subwoofers, Waterbury

Mobile Enhancement Installation Profile: KarTele Jeep Grand Cherokee

A demo vehicle is one of the best tools available to demonstrate the audio and convenience upgrade options for a car or truck. The team at KarTele Mobile Electronics in Waterbury, Connecticut, purchased this 2022 Jeep Grand Cherokee with plans to outfit it with a premium audio system, a radar detector, window tint and paint protection to show off the solutions they offer to Read more

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