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.
CEoutlook challenge2
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CEoutlook’s First Car Audio Challenge

CEoutlook is hosting a contest to give your car audio shop a partial makeover. JVC, Kenwood, Sony and...

Dual CD Players
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Dual Ships New Decks

Dual Electronics is shipping three new CD receivers starting at $89. Models include a double DIN and single...

K40 flier
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K40 Selects Canadian Distributor

Radar detector maker K40 Electronics announced a partnership with Canadian distributor DLC Distributors of Surrey, British Columbia. DLC...

Consumer Reports CarPlay Android
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Consumer Reports: The End of In-Dash OEM Navi is Near

Consumer Reports took a VW Jetta out to Starbucks running Apple CarPlay and then switched to Android Auto...

Mike West JL Audio
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JL Audio Announces New Tech Dept. Head

JL Audio announced Mike West has been promoted to Technical Department Manager. West has been a member of...

Massive CORE-1
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Massive Audio Ships DSP

Massive Audio is shipping its first digital signal processor. Called CORE 1 it runs on Windows and allows...

Tint World Medford
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3 Tint World Owners Tell What It’s Like

Randy Silver used to own 5 Meineke car centers. Then he opened one of the first Tint World...

anti texting while driving campaign Grabie
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Al & Ed’s Family Launches Anti-Texting While Driving Campaign

An anti-texting while driving campaign in the Los Angeles area that is winning notice was launched by Margot...

Walmart logo
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Walmart’s Car Audio Sales Drop 12.5 Percent: TWICE

Among the top  car audio retailers, Walmart was one of the biggest losers last year, with sales falling...

Crimestopper group
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Rockford Adds to Crimestopper Team

Rockford Corp.announced it added Alvin Klement and Ronnie Brashear to the Crimestopper sales team, effective immediately. Rockford has...

Rosen logo new
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Rosen Intros Headrest With HDMI

Rosen Electronics unveiled a new headrest entertainment system that adds an HDMI port. Similar to the Rosen AV7900,...

CarPlay 2016 infotainment
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Here’s Cadillac’s New Radios

Cadillac announced its 2016 model year vehicles will include both Apple CarPlay and Android Auto. And some models...

Diamond MICRO1V2
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Diamond Audio Ships New MICROV2 Amps

Diamond Audio is now shipping its MICROV2 series amplifiers that offer one of the industry's first direct connect...

Alpine Jeep Wrangler
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Alpine Displays at CMA Music Festival

Alpine Electronics will participate in the CMA (Country Music Association) Music Festival in downtown Nashville on June 11-14....

car radio future
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Car Audio 5 Years From Now

Good opportunities are ahead for the car audio aftermarket based on new technologies coming down the pike. So...

Rockford PM282HW
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Rockford Ships New Wakeboard Speaker

Rockford Fosgate announced its new 2015 Punch Series Moto-Marine 8-inch wakeboard tower speakers and mounting clamps are now...

Car windshield
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Apple Makes Wireless CarPlay Official

Apple finally formally announced wireless CarPlay, which allows users to connect their iPhone to their CarPlay radio without...

Cerwin B5 Amp
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Cerwin-Vega Ships New Stealth Bomber Amps

Cerwin-Vega Mobile is shipping its new Stealth Bomber amplifiers that use a new Bluetooth receiver port to allow...

car stereo OEM
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The Top 3 Car Audio Brands Consumers Recognize (OEM)

The most recognized brand for premium car audio OEM systems is not Bose. If you poll buyers in...

Jon Dewar
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Meet Mr Fix It For Car Audio Retailers

A Mr. Fix It for car audio retailers is helping some east coast retailers more than double their...