Why pay high prices for a shop to install or maintain your car stereo when you can have the satisfaction of doing it better yourself?
Auto Audio: Choosing, Installing, and Maintaining Car Stereo Systems, Second Edition, by Andrew Yoder, provides all the information you need to supercharge your ride with top-quality speakers, amplifiers, head units, equalizers, signal processors, changers and antennas -- not to mention filters and crossovers, wire, cabling, connectors and transmitters. And once your system is in, you'll see how to troubleshoot spot problems and service your components so they deliver pristine highs and heart-stopping lows for years to come. This new edition also shows you how to make seamless fiberglass speaker enclosures and panels for your car...protect your audio investment with a good security system...check out custom installations...and more.
I'd recommend this book to the beginners. Simple explanations about audio topics are given, without going too deep on the subjects. Some subjects are a little dated (for example, mp3 and other systems aren't covered and CD players sound like very new technology) but it can give you a great idea and vision about how car sound systems work. I started with this one in the car audio world and can't complain.
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This is the best book on car audio I have purchased or even read. I highly recommend it to anyone building a system or just replacing a head unit. It is well written, yes it does get rather detailed about things, but that is what I was looking for. Thanks Mr Yoder, Cliff "Cyclops" Bryant
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Believe me when I tell you I was a complete novice where auto audio is concerned. While I have setup several home systems, I have always got all of my cars' systems professionally installed, with the shop providing recommendations on what to buy, etc. I had no real understanding of amps, pre-amps, cross-vers, impedance, etc. I didn't even know what speaker specifications to look for.Also, if anything at all went wrong with...
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This book is so easy to read and understand. Unless you have experience, this is probably the only book available that will explain audio and car audio concepts in a language you can understand. I've read other books, and so many were frustrating because they say "Assumes some knowledge of car audio" in the intorduction. This really means "I'm not going to bother defining half of my terms so that you will be left very confused...
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This book was excellent. It explains in plain language all aspects of car audio. Highly recommended.
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