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Car Audio Speakers

September 29th, 2011

In every car audio setup, each stereo enthusiast makes sure that all aspects of the audio system as well as each one of the components are present. In fact, there have been many cases wherein some car enthusiast would intentionally double the amount of one or more components in order to make sure that a specific aspect which that component brings into the table would be properly taken care of. An example that I can attest to is with a car audio project that one of the leading car audio manufacturers successfully managed to do. It was a car stereo setup with two head units installed in the dash so as to properly showcase the car’s capability to play any music file from any of the two head units.

In every car audio system, there are actually three kinds of speakers. And as what I have mentioned before, if you want to setup a good car stereo build, you will either make sure that each component is properly accounted for; if not then make sure that you have double. The three speakers are vital to each car stereo setup and in fact, without them, there is no possibility for you to hear any sound at all. This is because of the fact that speakers are what relays the sound and receives the electronic signal and transforms it into an audible sound. Just as there are the three sound ranges, namely the low sound range, the middle sound range as well as the high sound range.

The first type of speaker is the loud speaker; these types of speakers are basically what cater to the middle sound ranges, although they are basically able to resonate a huge range of sounds, they can only do so in a limited manner. Without the aid of other types of speakers, they cannot however fully produce the sound in a clear and crisp manner and the low notes would sound blunt and blurry while the high notes would sound quite pitchy. The melody and the median sound range however would be well accounted for and they would basically sound appropriately.
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Get Your Smartphone Smartly Hooked Up To You Car

September 29th, 2011

Always losing your smart phone in your car? Or just sick of your smartphone being unreachable when you need it the most? Or perhaps, you want to use it but cannot due to it living in your bag? There are a number of ways you can use your smartphone in your car to its optimum and at the keep it tidy and within reach.

Update Your Car Stereo: To compete with the navigational capabilities of smartphones, car audio companies are to release car stereo systems that integrate with smart phones. This will enable you to hook your smart phone and receive traffic information, social media updates and directions etc through the audio speakers in your stereo system. You can also search for what you want, i.e. music, using voice activation, so that you are never distracted by your smart phone on the road.

These new improved stereos are set to be on the market for 2011. Each has different capabilities, from online music search functions to economic route functions, which bases its route decisions on what is more fuel efficient. These top of the range car audio systems are to arrive in 2011 from top brands, Clarion, Kenwood, Alpine and JVC. Check out 2011′s Consumer Electronics Show website for more information on these brands and technologies.

Purchase A Smartphone Steering Wheel Mount: Not only these days can you mount your phone using a handsfree kit, but using a wheel mount, which clips your smart to your wheel so it is viewable. The mount has resizable edges that grip the bottom and top of your phone, leaving it snug and secure in its mount. When this gadget was reviewed, it was found that it became most useful for GPS usage, but had many cons. The problem is that it can block your view of the speedometer, when positioned vertically at 90 degrees and glare from the phone can distract you. This gadget is thus, probably best used for GPS on darker days (when there is hardly any glare) at a different angle if it blocks your speedometers view.

You can also besides these two options, purchase handsfree kits for your smart phone or Parrot Bluetooth kits that will hook up your smartphone to your car stereo.

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By Marie Coles