We’re proud to announce our new joint ven­ture with Alpine car audio. They’ve launched twelve new sub­woofer mod­els and we’re going to pro­vide the speaker enclo­sures for them, join­ing their sub­woofer box pro­gram called “Tuned for Alpine.”

We’re mak­ing the boxes specif­i­cally tuned and sized to meet Alpine’s guide­lines, so deal­ers and cus­tomers don’t have to worry any­more about com­pat­i­bil­ity issues. We’ve taken out the guess work and have made it alot eas­ier to get what you want.

 

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Launched in 2010, M.E.S.A (Mobile Elec­tronic Spe­cial­ists of Amer­ica) has made a swift and pow­er­ful impact on the mobile elec­tron­ics indus­try. They help retail­ers and ven­dors come together on a national scale: to share ideas, move more prod­uct, grow their busi­nesses and improve their mar­ket­ing strate­gies.  We decided to get a bet­ter under­stand­ing of what they do and intro­duce them to our audi­ence as well. Here’s a recent exchange we had with M.E.S.A’s Online Mar­ket­ing Man­ager, Erin Costello:

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So you finally matched up your subs with the right speaker enclo­sure. You’ve also found the per­fect amp to bring out the boom. But before you buy every­thing, do you know where it’s all going to go? Will it fit prop­erly in your trunk or beneath the back seats? Here’s how to deter­mine where to place you sub­woofer box…

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Cartronix made this video show­cas­ing the pow­er­ful Mem­phis M5 sub­woofer.

It’s not your typ­i­cal video. It por­trays the sub like a block­buster Hol­ly­wood trailer with a riv­et­ing score and sense of drama, minus the explo­sions and bad act­ing. Cartronix men­tions Social Media is play­ing a big­ger role in their mar­ket­ing ini­tia­tives and their video shows off their skills. Check it out.

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Here’s our video show­cas­ing our Atrend Sub­woofer Spe­cific sub­woofer enclo­sures designed to fit the most pop­u­lar sub­woofer brands. We make boxes for the fol­low­ing: Kicker, JL Audio, Dia­mond Audio and MTX Audio. We also make shal­low speaker boxes for those look­ing for a smaller fit.

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Every­thing in Texas is big. And so is the 1 mile speed record bro­ken by Hennessey’s Ford GT. This beast broke the state record at 257 mph, reach­ing 204 mph in only 1/2 a mile. I think the upgrade to the twin Pre­ci­sion tur­bocharg­ers might have helped. It’s truly hard to com­pre­hend the mind bog­gling num­bers, so check out the video below.

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The iPad is quickly becom­ing the go to device for every­thing, espe­cially with the new release.

The car audio indus­try has taken notice and adapt­ing as well. Sound­Man Car Audio has devel­oped a new instal­la­tion, no longer using a bracket, but using a fixed mount instead. With music avail­able from the cloud, along with soft­ware updates, the iPad no longer needs to be undocked for syncing.

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From vinyl to tape cas­settes and then CD’s, we’ve come a long way on how we lis­ten to music. We’ve now moved onto stream­ing. From our phones or lap­tops, on the go and on the fly, audio stream­ing has come of age. So what’s brought on this sud­den change?

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JL Audio is start­ing off the new year with a flour­ish. They’re hav­ing their biggest launch in years, with much of the focus on smaller speaker enclo­sures and sub­woofers, bring­ing sound for those hard to reach places. We men­tioned this grow­ing trend last year with slim­mer sub­woofers and now it’s cer­tainly becom­ing an indus­try standard.

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We recently vis­ited car audio giant Kicker’s head­quar­ters in Still­wa­ter, Okla­homa as guests. We had a great time meet­ing every­one and hang­ing out, busi­ness and plea­sure. Check out the photo below, set up in their Vis­i­tor Center!

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