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SiriusXM Courts Lower Income Subscribers
SiriusXM has been on a growth tear, adding 1.5 million subscribers a year as new car sales climbed...
Ermagerd Hand Built Subwoofers from EMF Audio
EMF Audio Labs, Spartanburg, SC, which runs an online store for Sundown Audio and XS Power brands, is...
Car Audio Bluetooth Hits Half Mark in Radios
In the fourth quarter last year, Bluetooth hit the milestone of 50 percent penetration in in-dash head units,...
Fed Aims to Require Cars “Talk” to Eachother
The Obama administration plans to propose a mandate that would require cars be able to “talk” to one...
Lessons From A Remote Start Dealer
Sound FX, West Warwick, RI, sells up to 2,000 remote starts a season and used to call January...
Internet 12 Volt Supplier Shifts to Specialists
CT Sounds said it has come full circle after starting as a car stereo Internet seller, and is...
Meet Car Stereo Startup Rare Audio
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Morel Enters New Price Segment
Morel will ship in March car audio speakers at a new price segment under its Tempo line. The...
Video of iOS in the Car
Here's a video of Apple's iOS in the car, the new Connected Car system due to appear from...
Suggestion For Best Buy
Here's another suggestion for Best Buy from Strategy Analytics' Roger Lanctot, (who told the mega retailer to put...
Apple Quarter Shows Trouble in Smartphones
Apple sold fewer iPhones than expected in its most recent quarter. It's record sales of 51 million iPhones,...
CNET Picks Top Car Radios
CNET this week offers consumers suggestions on the top car receivers to choose in a number of categories....
Best Buy Offers Phone/Car Stereo Deal
We just got wind of a promotion Best Buy is offering that ties in the smartphone with the...
Tablet Dash Kit From Metra at CES
Metra introduced at CES this month a tablet and smartphone kit that works with single DIN car radios....
AudioControl Sold to CEO
AudioControl chairman and leader for 29 years Tom Walker has sold the audio company to current CEO Alex...
MTX Raises Prices
MTX said it has raised its car audio prices this year by about 20 percent or more and...
One 12V Dealer’s Laundry List of Complaints
We are running this letter from Gary Woodward, of McLean, VA-based Hurley’s Auto Audio, Northern Virginia's oldest car...
The Sexy Connected Car That People Really Want
In the future, wireless carriers may subsidize your car, just like they subsidize your phone, because cars will...
Harman to Push Aftermarket 12V Add-Ons
Harman said at CES it is planning a concerted push in the aftermarket to offer “numerous accessory type...
Car Audio Forecast Compared to Home Audio for 2014
Car audio/video/navigation sales to dealers are expected to fall slightly this year or by 2 percent to $1,056...