Showcasing the Best in the Mobile Enhancement Industry
The Broken Silence Custom Car Audio team shifted gears this week. To preface, the Mustang Dark Horse will produce over 800 horsepower—300 more than the stock configuration. This boost in power will shave more than a second and a half off the quarter-mile time. It also means even a brief throttle blip might propel the Mustang past the speed limit. To help monitor things, Project 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
If you live in or around Conway, Arkansas, Audio Innovations is a car stereo shop you should know about. The shop owner, Jim Rogers, isn’t just a business owner. He loves car audio as much as we do. Whether his team is delivering top-quality solutions to his clients or hosting a sound-off, his goal is to ensure that everyone can enjoy their favorite music while commuting to Read more
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
Picking the best radar detector for your car or truck is no easy feat. Every brand out there seems to claim they offer the best sensitivity, excellent false alarm prevention and the ability to detect and scramble lidar signals. Rather than get into the minutiae of which models perform the best, let’s get back to the basics about the protection you need to help ensure that Read more
In the ’80s and ’90s, the target demographic at a car stereo shop was men ages 18 to 24. Guys would work to upgrade their cars with subwoofers, pull-out CD players and lots of speakers in hopes of having the loudest audio systems in their group of friends. Not coincidentally, during that time magazines ran advertisements for products with outrageous cosmetics, promoted by Read more
Located in Carroll County, Westminster Speed and Sound has been a staple in the car audio and aftermarket accessory business since 1969. The current owner of the company, Mark Miller, started working at the shop in 1987. At the young age of 23, he took over ownership of the business in 1990 and started the focus on mobile electronics. Over the decades, he and the team have Read more
As some of the largest people-movers on the road, the GMC Yukon and the Chevrolet Suburban and Tahoe can benefit from the countless upgrades that are available for them. Whether you want a subtle improvement in audio system performance with a custom-fit subwoofer solution or you want to shake the paint off the walls with an all-out SPL system, the Suburban and its little Read more
Since 1953, the Chevrolet Corvette has been an icon in the North American automotive industry. These two-seaters represent value and performance with styling that always lets them stand out from the crowd. Try as General Motors might, there’s still room for improvement, even on a flagship vehicle like this. Let’s look at some of the upgrades available to improve the performance Read more
