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Hide Your Fancy Car Stereo Behind a Very Crappy Car Stereo

So you got yourself a fancy new stereo for your car. It's all well and good while you're driving, but when you're out of the car you know damn well that it's a magnet for ne'er-do-wells who are just itching to take a crowbar to your window and forcibly remove your fancy apparatus from your dash. What to do? Simple: disguise it with a really crappy looking stereo faceplate, complete with a half a cassette sticking out. More »

7:20 PM on Tue Jul 8 2008
By Adam Frucci
36,370 views, 37 comments

Latest by zenpoet: @2-7offsuit: I had an artist friend of mine airbrush a missing deck on the back of my "auto-flippy" one, and from outside the vehicle, it look perfect. more »

mergers

JVC and Kenwood Will Join Forces, Merge in October

JVC, the group behind the scenes of popular projectors and thin LCDs, and Kenwood, known for their car stereo equipment, will merge in October. The new company, JVC Kenwood Holdings, has been discussed for almost a year, when the two first collaborated on car electronics. So what happens when you merge TVs and car equipment? Lots of ugly rides. And, hopefully new, great gadgets. [Forbes]

11:00 AM on Mon May 12 2008
By Benny Goldman
1,113 views, 4 comments

autiophile

Eclipse CD7200 mkII, Kickass CD Tuner for Audiophiles on the Road

The Skinny: Encased in copper, this Eclipse CD7200 mkII audio head end for your car is strictly high-end. The catch: iPod songs and playlists show up on screen, but for that you'll be buying an optional connector. More »

8:19 PM on Sat Jan 5 2008
By Charlie White
4,065 views, 3 comments

auto audio

Kicker Warhorse 10,000-Watt Car Stereo Amp Ensures Complete Neighbor Alienation

If you're looking for the biggest, baddest-ass mofo car stereo amplifier you can get, you might want to consider this 10,000-watt Warhorse from Kicker. The WX 10000.1 weighs a hefty 67 pounds, and that 10kW power stream is enough to slam-dunk you and your subwoofers with its highly refined power. You're not going to be able to install this in just any car, though, because it requires eight 12-volt batteries to get the thing going, and you'll also need two 200-amp alternators. More »

8:27 AM on Fri Nov 9 2007
By Charlie White
13,308 views, 20 comments

Latest by Human Bomb: @KillingMyBrainCells: SOUNDWAVE SUPERIOR, HYBRIDS INFERIOR. This seems unneeded outside the magical realms of pro (is it really a profession?) car audio competition. more »

wireless

Peiker BlueTouchMusic: Music from Cellphone to Car via Bluetooth

You might have completely up-to-date, 2007-era gear everywhere else, but what if your car is still stuck in 1995? That's where you can hook up the Peiker BlueTouchMusic system, linking your cellphone to your car's music system via Bluetooth. It lets you wirelessly play back tunes from your cell phone with A2DP Bluetooth streaming, do some hands-free calling, check out your caller ID on its screen, and you can even talk to this thing because it has voice recognition. More »

8:35 AM on Wed Jan 17 2007
By Charlie White
960 views, 1 comment

Latest by superbad: I am ready to buy this right now. more »

portable media

Pioneer Car Audio Collections

It's a Pioneer Christmas for the car audio world today, as Pioneer has announced a boatload of new speakers, amplifiers and subwoofers. The TS-A line of speakers start at $65 and are optimized for compressed audio like MP3. In the amplifier realm, the new GM line (GM-3300 through GM-7300) are priced from $100 to $200 and promise strong audio, while the PRS line is a bit pricier ($200+) and uses ICE technology to maximize efficiency and decrease power usage and heat generation. Two new subwoofers, the PRO line TS-W3001D4/2 and TS-W2501D4/2 are 70% smaller than previous generations but pack more beat than ever. All this gear is used by Pioneer's record-breaking audio teams that have pushed over 180dB out of their vehicles. Their moms must be proud. – Karson Thompson More »

5:07 PM on Sun Jan 7 2007
By kthompson
1,511 views, 4 comments

Latest by jeffj-nj: Why can't I find pics of Pioneer's new gear anywhere?! Sigh. more »

home entertainment

Digital Power Station: DSP Turns Crappy Speakers Into Honkin' Muthas

Jon Bon Jovi's cousin, audio engineer Tony Bongiovi has figured out a novel way to make cheap-ass speakers sound a whole lot better. His device, an unusually sophisticated equalizer he calls the Digital Power Station, originally filled a refrigerator-sized unit with its analog components. More »

10:36 AM on Wed Dec 6 2006
By Charlie White
663 views, 14 comments

portable media

Sony MEX-BT5000 Bluetooth Car Stereo

Wow, Sony. Welcome to the car audio market, it is good to see that you have finally decided to embrace Bluetooth and integrate it into car stereo head units. There isn t anything too spectacular about this head unit:mdash;it can connect to your Bluetooth enabled mobile device for some hands-free goodness with the integrated microphone. The MEX-BT5000 can also connect to your mobile device for phone book contact retrieval and can even stream stored music. There is no word on pricing or availability, but the press release appeared on Sony-Europe, which is always a bad sign for the U.S. More »

10:49 AM on Thu Mar 16 2006
By Travis Hudson
4,905 views, 1 comment

Latest by Norf: A head unit with A2DP built in... I will love it long time more »

portable media

Griffin Ships TuneFlex for iPod nano


Griffin is now shipping TuneFlex, a dock and recharger that mounts the iPod nano on a flexible steel arm, bringing the music player up in your face where you can conveniently control it. We first saw one of these from Belkin at CES, and wondered why no one had thought of it before. You just plug the $40 TuneFlex into your car s cigarette lighter, and from there your iPod s power is replenished. More »

9:27 AM on Wed Feb 22 2006
By Charlie White
335 views, 1 comment

portable media

The $11,000 Car Stereo

Audi s A8 and S8 are going to be outfitted with a sound system incorporated by Denmark s Bang & Olufsen. This is not your standard luxury car stereo. For starters, it costs $11,000. For that kind of money you get 14 speakers strategically positioned throughout the cabin and two sets of amplifiers each pumping out 1,000 watts of sonic ecstasy. In order to prevent sound quality loss, the system uses the Danish company s Acoustic Lens Technology, which enables high frequency, minimal distortion playback. The sound system takes into account all types of travel conditions, such as driving at high speeds and wind noise. More »

4:06 PM on Mon Feb 6 2006
By Gizloco
264 views, 4 comments

Latest by Paul D: Ridiculous. Audis are just Volkswagens with higher price tags. And now this? Any sound expert will tell you that high-quality audio in a car is a lost cause. $11,000? The law of diminishing returns applies here. more »

macworld

Live at Macworld: Acheive Trendvana With iPod Bluetoothed To Volkswagen

While we wait for the auto world to bow to the iPod (Jobs plans to have 40% of the new auto market in his grasp by the year's end, and our tire-kicking brother has news on BMW's Apple deal), Ratoc has bluetooth iPod transmitters for the Volkswagen and Toyota factory radios. More »

2:49 PM on Fri Jan 13 2006
By Gizloco
341 views, Comment

ces

Live From CES: Arc Audio's PSGrill


Arc Audio is showcasing all kinds of over-the-top car, boat and, of course, Grill Master audio gear. This beauty has a PS2 inside of it and two screens for playing Grand Theft Auto, along with two huge speakers and an FM radio on top. I'm not too keen on that game controller coming out from behind the grill—kinda hot back there? If Arc is going to go all-in for the hand crafted German speakers, may as well go for some wireless controllers, don't ya think? More »

3:39 PM on Fri Jan 6 2006
By Noah R
626 views, 3 comments

Latest by influx: That boat has a crazy amount of speakers. There are some even under the engine cover. I wonder if they actually are hooked up to a amp or just for show. more »

car audio

iBiquity Design to Bring Easy HD Radio

The idea of HD Radio has been around for a while, but with satellite taking center stage, we haven't heard much about it. iBiquity is trying to put things into perspective for us with a reference design that consists of an universal HD Radio tuner box, separate protocol converter and an adapter cable, and would use already available chipsets to turn any satellite-radio-ready OEM or after-market car stereo into an HD Radio that receives digital AM and FM broadcasts. This would mean you wouldn't have to replace your existing head unit. The package would cost between $250 and $300 and should be available by this summer, if manufacturers like what they hear. More »

10:20 AM on Fri Jan 6 2006
By tgrumet
437 views, 3 comments

Latest by Magister: How much value is there in HD Car Audio really? I know some said it when CD's first came out, but I am very happy it the MP3-like quality of my XM. Our cars are terrible places to more »

ces

Live from CES: Pioneer Press Conference

Pioneer kicked off its press conference talking directly about its ambitions into the vehicle navigation market (a la GPS and mapping units). Pioneer "wants to put the fun back into driving," yet it doesn't seem to be providing faster cars. Instead, they are introducing a new family of navigation, the 'AVIC' family, with three different models. More »

2:43 PM on Wed Jan 4 2006
By Joel
1,429 views, Comment