Car Audio Mag Future Feature: Audible Excellence

By: Ben Oh, Car Audio & Electronics Magazine

The car is an increasingly complex extension of your person and, especially if you're into car audio, it's an extension of your house -- often I'm on my couch listening to and evaluating music or watching a movie; pretty much what I do in my car! Of course, for some, for brief periods of their lives (very brief, one would hope), cars ARE their homes. The car isn't just about getting from A to B or individual expression, it's about a high level of functionality as well. Just as the mobile phone is basically an add-on appendage stuck to your ear that connects you to everyone else, the car is like a robot you wear that cocoons and connects you to everywhere. Car Audio has always been about SQ and custom cars. And it's also about the evolution of the automobile from a mode of transportation to, well, a giant gadget on wheels. That being said — look at the Mercedes C230 Sport seen here, built by movie sound engineer Gary Summers and the guys at Kustom Kar in Santa Rosa. This is a great example of a true SQ vehicle. It's one of the best sounding cars we've featured in the mag. The article also really gets into how Gary tunes the car.

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You don’t need the world’s best equipment for great mobile sound, but it doesn’t hurt having Alpine F1, Morel special edition speakers and JL Audio subwoofers. But the key is in the tuning. Of course, the pics you see here are just a taste. Check out the full story in the Sept. issue of Car Audio Mag.

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