2 Cool Mobile Audio Items

In terms of mobile audio, there are literally thousands of parts you can add to your kit, which can make deciding what you need a little hard—there’s just too much to choose from! If you talk to many mobile audio enthusiasts, they will all probably tell you one thing, adding cool parts to your system is addictive. One you start, you are always looking for the next best thing you can add to complete the total package. If you find yourself in this camp and are looking for the ultimate parts to add to your car, here are 2 cool items from Pyle Audio:

1) Wireless 50 Game Mobile Video Gaming System:
This self-contained mobile video gaming system had a handheld controller that wirelessly transmits to the video monitor in your car. You have the choice of 50 games, which can leave even the most restless passenger entertained for hours.

2) 3.5” TFT Touch Screen DVD/CD/MP3 Player with Built in GPS:
This awesome price of machinery streamlines all of your car needs. With DVD, Mp3 and GPS capabilities, including USA, Mexico and Canada maps, you’re sure to find a million and one instances when this thing helps you out.

Road Trippin'? Give Your Car a Mobile Audio Upgrade This Summer

The most entertaining thing that was around when I was a kid taking road trips, were those mini Milton Bradley games that were cool in theory but way too small to play unless you had midget hands. You practically needed tweezers to play Connect Four, what a rip! Now there's stuff like Pyle Audio's in-dash monitors and CD changers to keep you and your passengers sane and entertained.

If you’re planning on taking a road trip during these hot summer months, why not give your car audio the coolest upgrade and keep your passengers entertained (and keep them from annoying you)? The 7'' Motorized In-Dash TFT-LCD Monitor w/AM/FM TV Tuner & CD Changer Control is the perfect addition to your mobile audio this summer and will make getting there much more fun.

This system is truly an audio visual wonder. It features a motorized eject/flip-up LCD monitor, a TV/AV switch for easy switching between sources, a fully functional remote control, RCA jacks for easy hook-up of external video sources, an AM/FM receiver, and a CD changer controller. That’s right: the old days of cranky passengers in the back seat asking “are we there yet?” and making you want to wreck the car are over! Everyone can be entertained when you upgrade your mobile audio to this sweet system.

What Are Car Audio Crossovers?

A crossover is a filtering device which limits the frequencies that pass through a speaker. It works by splitting a music signal into a few separate frequency ranges. It then sends them to speakers that are designed to best reproduce each frequency range. Sounds complicated, we know. But if you remember our tutorials on car audio subwoofers and tweeters, you can get the hand of a crossover. For instance, the crossover lets only high frequencies transmit to your tweeters, midrange to your mid range speakers, and lows to your subwoofer. So in a way, it’s like the crossing guard of the sound waves, making sure everyone gets where they need to go, safely.

There are two types of crossovers: passive and active.

The passive crossover is very commonly used. It's basically a capacitor or coil installed on the speaker leads, between amplifier and speaker that stops certain unwanted frequencies from reaching a speaker. It's popular probably because it’s relatively inexpensive and easy to install.

But for your car stereo system to be as efficient as possible and all in all, perform better, an active crossover (sometimes called an electric crossover) will be your best bet. It is installed between your equalizer and your amps and works by sending the proper frequency ranges to each amplifier. One big difference from passive crossovers, is that active crossovers are almost infinitely adjustable. You can vary the crossover points and adjust the level of separate speakers to achieve the best, most crisp overall sound in your car audio system.

Two-Way, Three-Way, or Four Way Car Audio Speaker?

Shopping for the perfect car audio speaker? There are a few things you should know before you make your selection. Check it out:

Two-way Speakers:

Through two-way speakers, music can be reproduced with pretty decent accuracy by two-way, also known as coaxial speakers. They use a separate crossover and tweeter to produce high frequency reproduction that exceeds the single cone or dual cone extended range models that are equipped with whizzer cones.

Three-way Speakers:

Three-way—aka triaxial speakers—take the separate woofer and tweeter from a two-way design and add a dedicated midrange driver for enhanced production of the crucial middle frequency area. This can in turn, boost the overall uniformity of the sound.

Four Way:

These add a small super tweeter to expand the high range frequency response out to 22 to 25 khz. This seems like a big plus, but you should keep in mind that most people can’t hear sounds above 15khz. Plus when you factor in the road noise and sounds in the automobile, those delicate sounds could easily be muddled. 

Whatever you decide on, you should get your car audio components from the most affordable place with the best selection: Pyle Audio!

Capacitors: An Integral Part of Mobile Audio

Every mobile audio system is built of several parts. From car audio amplifiers, to speakers, to woofers; all of the pieces work together to create one harmonious unit. One key piece of mobile audio equipment is the capacitor. The capacitor is important to the system as a whole because it works as the systems energy storage unit, providing energy for the amplifiers to sounds as good as they do.

Capacitors are essential for high-powered systems. Your car audio amplifiers require a lot of power to play loud music, especially when it’s heavy on the bass. Moreover, without a capacitor your amp will be robbed of power by parts like your lights, engine and air conditioner. It’s very evident when an amp isn’t receiving enough power. Typically, the interior lights will dim, sometimes to the beat of the music. This happens because your amplifier is trying to use more energy than the electrical system can supply. Capacitors come in handy because they provide your amplifiers the boost of energy they need to get the job done, without diverting power necessary to run things like your lights and air conditioner.

For the best selection of mobile audio parts and supplies like capacitors, visit Pyle Audio!

More Car Audio Terms: Tweeters

Tweeters are an integral aspect of mobile audio and provide the highs to the car audio subwoofers low. Their name is derived from the high-pitch noises birds make. Alternatively, car audio subwoofers name comes from the low frequency noise a dog makes.

Essentially, a tweeter is a loudspeaker that is designed to produce high frequencies from around 2,000 Hz to 20,000 Hz (Which is crazy because that’s generally considered to be upper limit of human hearing!)

There are many different types of tweeters, with cone tweeters being the most efficient and economical of the mobile audio bunch. Dome tweeters are also popular, but they are most commonly found in home audio speakers. Hard dome tweeters tend to produce a higher frequency. There is also a super tweeter! Which, obviously the name warrants an exclamation point.  A super tweeter is constructed to playback the highest frequencies starting at around 10 kHz and going well beyond human audibility, some exceeding 25kHz.
A cool thing about tweeters is, that much like human bodies, they contain a diaphragm that produces its sound.

For the best deals on tweeters and other mobile audio parts, you know where to go…Pyle Audio!

Interesting Facts About the Subwoofer

We all love car audio subwoofers, they add an extra punch to music and is essential to any mobile audio kit. But have you ever wondered how our beloved car audio subwoofers got their start? Here’s a little history lesson:

The first-ever subwoofer was developed in the 60s by the former president of Miller & Kriesel  Sound Corporation in Los Angeles, Ken Kriesel. It was designed as a response to complaints from people who purchased high-end speakers. They thought the speakers lacked bass. Kriesel then developed woofers that would transmit the low sounds that the regular electrostatic speakers couldn’t pick up.

The first use of a subwoofer was in a 1973 recording session for Steely Dan’s album Pretzel Logic. The woofer made it’s big screen debut in the 1974 movie Earthquake which was released in Sensasound. Intially installed in 17 theaters around the U.S.,  Sensasound used large subwoofers which were powered by racks of 500 watt amps triggered by control tones of the audio in the film.  There were four subwoofers placed at the front of the theater, and four at the rear.