How Do You Buy Car Audio Amplifier Equipment?
Car stereo systems come in all shapes and sizes but have basically the same three components — a radio, an amplifier and speakers. If you want to make your system sound better, then you need to start with the amplifier. Let’s look at how it works, what to look for and where to get one. • How it works. The sound that you hear when you put on your car stereo starts with the head unit. This is what controls the radio frequency, CD, MP3 player or what have you, as well as equalization, balance, etc. The signal from this unit travels into the amplifier, which boosts it and then sends it along to the speakers. This increase in the signal is what makes all the difference between a bad sound and a great sound. If your radio sounds like it’s distorted and bad, don’t blame the speakers — your amp just isn’t up to snuff. People are quick to blame bad audio on blown speakers but the fact i
