Often I am asked about car speaker wire differences and I always answer in line with my (formed) lifetime philosophy about speaker wires. My view on the issue goes like this—as long as you have fairly decent wires, you are good to go. Now, I realize that my statement is kind of vague, which led [...]
Through the years, JL Audio has produced at least one 6-channel amplifier in their yearly lineup. Previous models include the infamous A and E6450—which were hard to distinguish from each other—and the more recent G6600. The latest incarnation of a JL 6-channel is the XD600/6—a full-range, class D, 3/4/5/6 channel amplifier. This amplifier packs 600 [...]
Looking to go completely old school? Have a bunch of cassettes that you still do not want to throw away? If so, a cassette car stereo might be something you might be interested at. Now, depending on how old you are, today’s generation is comprised of people who know very well of cassette stereos, and [...]
If you really want to take car audio seriously—possibly create a business or apply for a job based on it—enrolling in a car audio school is a viable option. No, this is not a paid infomercial from current installer schools, this is just an article we thought of writing because of some mails we received [...]
Greetings and welcome to another installment of our article series. In this post, we shall discuss the basics about factory speakers. I apologize for the bleak title, but to clarify things furthermore, this article could have easily been titled the following: Factory Car Speakers Versus Aftermarket Speakers The Truth Behind Factory Car Speakers So now, [...]
Basics Adding a subwoofer to your car’s audio system can well be the best upgrade you can do to improve the overall sound of the system. Greetings and welcome to Car Audio Buff. In this article we shall go back to basics and discuss one of the most common car audio add-ons people do. What [...]
The Phoenix Gold M25 has long been a benchmark amplifier. It and the M50 2 x 50 watt amplifier. The M25 2 x 25 watt amplifier can do up to 100 watts in 4 ohms, with its 20-volt capacity unclipped. In its time, and even today, many have regarded this as one of the best [...]
Presenting the next generation of “superwoofers” from MTX—the Thunder 8000 series. MTX chose to describe these subwoofers as “aggressive,” and with one look, they claim that you’ll get a sense of their performance. The woofers have enormous 12-leg, die-cast aluminum baskets with machined front and back plates. Each cone comes with MTX’s proprietary 12 stiffening [...]
Here is another Asian car audio product Sands—a Thai (Thailand) brand developed by a certain Khun Ravat Arkradejdachachai, brings vacuum-tube technology amplifiers to the market. But more on that on a later post, as the A6 conductor is actually their 6.5″ separates. Khun Ravat has been the sole distributor of SEAS speakers for over 10 [...]
Here’s a new player in the serious-audiophile side of car audio Danish Acoustics is a line of SEAS-based speaker components made by a company in Singapore called Acoustic Technology. Yes, the Singapore car audio segment is dead serious. So first things first, SEAS you say? These must be good. Pristinum literally means pure, uncorrupted, and [...]