Amy Gilroy

Amy Gilroy

Amy has been reporting on the consumer electronics industry since cellphones and compact disc players were first introduced. She's worked for numerous industry publications and was a senior editor at This Week in Consumer Electronics (TWICE) magazine for 15 years.
BMW Concept vehicle
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Car Toys: Here is How Driver Safety Will Lift the Aftermarket

If you are in the car audio business, driver safety may save your neck in more ways than...

Akoustic Arts
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An Amazing Car Speaker

Akoustic Arts is developing a personal speaker that sends out a precise beam of audio so that one...

Custom Plus Distributors show
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Custom Plus Sets CPD2YOU Show Dates

Custom Plus Distributing announced it’s 8th annual CPD2YOU dealer show to take place at both it’s Auburn, WA...

Scosche logo
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Scosche Beefs Up Car Audio Accessories

Scosche Industries said it is enlarging its focus on car audio this year, releasing dozens of 12 volt...

JL Audio's first marine head unit
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JL Audio Ships It’s First Head Unit

JL Audio is now shipping its first head unit, a marine audio MediaMaster MM100s deck, first unveiled at...

Spring KnowledgeFest
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Spring KnowledgeFest Announces Workshops, Registration

Registration is now open for the KnowledgeFest Spring Training tradeshow and conference, April 8-10  in Indianapolis. Attendees can...

Memphis Power Series amps
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Memphis Intros New Amplifiers

Memphis Audio introduced a completely redesigned line of Power Reference amplifiers that are sleeker than past models. They...

VOXX Names New Head of Aftermarket Car Electronics

The long-time head of car electronics for VOXX Electronics, Tom Malone, has been promoted to the new post...

Cartronix
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This is What 12V Dealers are Doing Differently For 2016

Some say traditional car audio is now half of what a 12 volt retailer actually sells these days,...

K40 Expert Control Unit
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K40 Intros New Controller For Radar Detectors

K40 has introduced a wired version of its controller for its installed radar detectors. The controller was inspired...

Scosche-Magic-Mount
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Scosche Ships MagicMount PRO Dash Mounts

Scosche Industries is now shipping its new magicMOUNT PRO magnetic smartphone mounts for the car. MagicMOUNT uses high-powered,...

Ultimate Marketing
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Ultimate Marketing Announces March Madness Dates

Distributor Ultimate Marketing is holding its annual March Madness Show on Saturday, March 26, in Columbia, SC for...

Buick Android Auto
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Tons of GM Cars Get Android Auto

General Motors just became a hotbed of Android Auto capability.  More than 30 US models under Chevrolet, Buick,...

Sober Steering
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Aftermarket Steering Wheel Detects Alcohol

A steering wheel that detects alcohol gases emanating from the palm of your hand has been developed by...

GROM DashLinQ
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GROM Updates DashLinQ Android Integration

GROM has added Spotify, Internet Radio and Google Music to its DashLinQ Android super app for its USB...

Pioneer AVH-4200NEX
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March is For CarPlay

CarPlay and Android Auto get a refresh in the aftermarket starting late March when brands such as Pioneer...

Directed
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Directed Releases Chrysler Firmware

Directed announced the release of Chrysler11 firmware, a new software solution for 2016 Jeep Renegade and Fiat 500X...

Kicker
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Kicker Ships New CompR and CompRT Subwoofers

Kicker is shipping its new slim CompR and CompRT subwoofers shown at CES in January. The thin-mount CompRT...

Hybrid audio class
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Hybrid Hosts Sound Quality Tour

Hybrid Audio Technologies is holding Grand Prix events throughout the world that include both training and competition in...

CEA Car Tech
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Full Year 2015 Car Audio Facts

Here are the important facts from the 2015 car audio market. Despite the headwinds against traditional car audio,...