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Upgrading your car audio system is an exciting journey. Many car owners start with basic improvements but soon find themselves craving greater clarity, louder sound, or deeper bass. One of the biggest regrets enthusiasts express is not planning adequately for future upgrades. To avoid costly pitfalls and frustration, choosing a system designed for easy and affordable expansion Read more
When most people think about improving their car’s sound system, their first thought is usually upgrading speakers or adding a subwoofer. While those are valuable steps, there’s another tool that can dramatically improve clarity, realism, and overall listening experience: time alignment. It’s one of the most overlooked but powerful features in modern car audio tuning.If Read more
Picking a subwoofer system for your car or SUV should be easy, right? If you’re looking at products from Rockford Fosgate, the answer is yes. With three series of amplifiers, subwoofers and enclosures to choose from, they have a solution for every budget and performance level. In this spotlight, we check out the Punch Series P1-1X12 12-inch single-voice-coil vented Read more
The February Question of the Month discusses shopping for shallow subwoofers. Specifically, what features and specifications should you look for when comparing drivers? With so many recent advances in power handling and excursion capability in this category, now is a great time to review this topic. What is a Shallow Mount Subwoofer? Back in the 90s, most 10- and 12-inch car Read more
tenIt’s hard to imagine anyone thinking that having a high-quality subwoofer in their car or truck wouldn’t enhance the overall driving experience. There’s something undeniably fun about adding some serious bass to your music. Sony has steadily released new car audio products over the past few years. Among those exciting introductions is the Sony XS-W124GS 12-inch car audio Read more
While participating in some brand-specific online discussion groups, we often encounter the question: "Is it better to use two good subs or one great one?" Are two 12-inch KICKER L7S subs better than a SoloX? Should you opt for two Hertz Cento CS 250 S4s instead of a Mille ML 2500.3 Legend? What about choosing a pair of Rockford Fosgate P3 twelves over a single T1? There are Read more
Over the years, there have been several car audio design fads. If you go back far enough, using tweed and cloth on trim panels, subwoofer enclosures and amp racks was all the rage. We had a period where painted fiberglass blobs and volcanoes were cool. There was an acrylic phase where amps and subs were mounted on back-lit clear panels. We are just exiting the stage of layered Read more
When it comes to high-performance car audio subwoofers, the Rockford Fosgate brand should be at the top of the list. For over 50 years, these car audio fanatics have delivered audio upgrades designed with features and technologies that offer dramatic performance and longevity improvements over other brands. For this Test Drive Review, we have one of its 12-inch Punch Series Read more
As we’ve mentioned many times, subwoofers are easily one of the best upgrades you can make to a car stereo system. We’ve had the chance to check out the 10- and 12-inch ES-Series subwoofers from Sony over the last few years. Their new GS-Series subwoofers are just hitting the streets, so it’s time to see what these more affordable solutions offer and, more importantly, how they Read more
