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The Top In-Dash Navigation Decks for 2014
Kenwood dominated the best seller list of in-dash navigation decks for the full year 2014, according to The...
Car Audio Amplifier Shipments Spike in 2014
The bright spot of car audio was clearly amplifier shipments in 2014, which jumped 13 percent in unit...
New High End Car Audio Company Debuts
A new sister company to Cadence made its debut at CES this month called OnCore with a line...
Harman Spends $1 Billion on Connected Car Acquisitions
It might be worthy of note when an OEM and aftermarket supplier spends $1 billion to beef up...
HD Radio Shows Future Service at CES
iBiquity, developer of HD Radio, showed off at CES a new "hybrid" radio service. Developed with NextRadio, it...
Rockford’s Superwoofer to Ship by March
After hinting at a new superwoofer, Rockford took the wraps off the T3 19-inch superwoofer at CES, and...
Why Remote Start From Watches May Catch On
Remote start from a smartwatch may be a great gimmick for auto shows or it may be the...
Diamond Ships Bluetooth Ready Amps
Diamond Audio will ship its first amplifiers with bluetooth ports in early spring. The multi-channel amplifiers in its...
Some Middle Class Facts for Car Audio Dealers
If you are a car audio dealer thinking about renovating the shop, read on. Retailers are moving either...
The Second Hottest Car Audio Trend at CES
If the hottest trend at CES was the promise of more CarPlay and the announcement of Android Auto...
Metra Announces Its First MOST Interface
Metra announced its first MOST interface, which works with Bose premium audio systems on certain GM vehicles. The...
JVC Mobile intros Top Line AV Receiver
JVC Mobile showed at CES 2015 a new top of the line AV car audio receiver with simplified...
First AAMP Blind Spot Elimination System
As part of its new focus on driver safety, AAMP of America is shipping its first blind spot...
The Most Innovative Car Radio at CES 2015
It turns out there was a “Best of Innovation” for CES awarded in the automotive space, it just...
Falling Gas Prices Equated With Stereo Upgrades
An AP news story this week about falling gas prices singled out a car stereo upgrade as the...
Coming to the Car: Neil Young’s Hi-Res Pono Music
Harman demonstrated the first car audio system using Neil Young’s Hi-Res Audio Pono player during the CES Show...
VOXX (Audiovox) to Open Orlando Headquarters
VOXX (formerly Audiovox) will relocate its headquarters from Hauppauge, NY to Orlando, FL in a new 115,000 square...
JL Audio Intros its First Powered Subs
After many years of development, JL Audio will release its first powered subwoofers this spring. They use an...
JL Audio Intros Bluetooth Controller for Any Amp
JL Audio is introducing two Bluetooth receivers that give a typical amplifier audio streaming capability from a smartphone...
Car Audio Industry Loses Innovative Retailer
Larry Perzan, owner of Perzan Auto Audio in Upper Darby, PA and an innovator and master car audio...