The Best Mobile Enhancement Retailers
Thinking about your safety is an important consideration when dropping your car off at the local mobile enhancement specialist for an audio system installation. The weight of a subwoofer enclosure, even off-the-shelf models, can easily exceed 100 pounds. Imagine what would happen if you got into a serious accident in a hatchback or SUV without having the enclosure secured to Read more
Our continuing look at the tools a mobile enhancement technician should have at his or her disposal brings us to the ever-important digital multimeter. In the same way that an RTA or oscilloscope is needed to measure and quantify alternating-current signals, a high-quality multimeter is the only way to accurately quantify a DC or fixed-frequency AC signal. Read on to find out Read more
If there’s one thing that can add emotion and excitement to your music, it’s adding a little more bass. Bass frequencies, especially those below 80 Hz, can be felt as much as heard at a higher volume level. The tingling in your amps and vibration in your back make a night at a club, your favorite concert or a high-end car stereo system some of the most enjoyable musical Read more
It’s hard to believe how far pickup trucks have come. The RAM Rebel is a mid-level vehicle, and yet on the inside it comes with keyless ignition, a 7-inch touchscreen, a dampened tailgate, an eight-way power driver’s seat and a rear power-sliding window. The interior looks great, with “Rebel” cues everywhere, including the seats. The seat fabric tastefully mimics the tire tread Read more
If you have been to any mobile enhancement industry events like CES or KnowledgeFest or attended a car audio competition like Aggieland, Steel Valley Regionals or the Spring Break Nationals, the name Brian Mitchell and cars like his 2014 Cadillac ELR should be familiar. Brian has been an Autosound competitor for decades and several years ago became Western Regional Sales Read more
When it comes to the “Hot Hatch” moniker, no other manufacturer has the clout of the famous Volkswagen GTI. Few vehicles offer the combination of practicality and fun that the GTI does. Throw a kayak in the rear on Sunday, load up your sample inventory for work on Monday. Moreover, you get the razor-sharp handling and German engineering VW is known for. The GTI swaps the Read more
It’s time to look at the input stage of how a modern car audio amplifier works. The input stage is responsible for interfacing with your radio and provides features like the gain control, crossovers, bass boost, remote level control and signal summing that your installer will use to make your stereo system sound great and function reliably. While we don’t need to get into the Read more
If you compare car audio products from the last decade or so to those of the early years, you’ll quickly notice that amplifiers, speakers and subwoofers often aren’t as big as they used to be. Take the new Jeep Wrangler JL chassis as an example. While it used to use 6.5-inch woofers in the dash and the overheard soundbar, it now uses 4-inch speakers in these locations. We can’t Read more
John Brettle got his start in the mobile enhancement industry in 1991. Even as a child, he enjoyed building things and loved both cars and music. In high school, he took art and shop classes and frequently found himself helping friends construct subwoofer enclosures and install amplifiers in his parents’ driveway. John told us that he’s worked at four shops over his career and Read more
