You have probably noticed the trend towards making car audio amplifiers smaller. And small is good, especially if you live in the real world where your amplifiers have to compete for trunk space with groceries, kid’s toys and yard sale finds. This [ … ]
Ask anyone who’s been around car audio for more than a few years to name some of the most iconic brands in the industry, and without a doubt the name Precision Power will make the list. The brand sort of floundered for a bit a few years ago, but lately it has been making a strong comeback to regai [ … ]
Long known as “The Speaker People”, the folks at Polk Audio are also becoming well known for their car audio amplifiers. Recently, they sent us an example of a new compact size four channel model, the PA660. Rated at 75 watts per channel into 4 ohms, and with a selling price of right around $200 ( [ … ]
After almost disappearing from the mainstream car audio marketplace for about a year, the Lightning Audio brand has re-invented itself and is back stronger than ever with a series of competitive high performance amplifiers and speakers. A subsidiary brand of Rockford Corporation, the Lightning Aud [ … ]
One of the advantages of being older than dirt is I can remember experiencing certain breakthroughs in technology in the car audio world. I remember when we went from 8-tracks to cassettes, and then to CD’s; I remember when cars didn’t have separate amplifiers, or even coaxial speakers. Adding twe [ … ]