Okay, so here we are with another review of a JVC double din car stereo. This time we’ll be looking at the JVC KW-R500 Double Din Receiver. So what does it have going for it? And maybe what’s not so hot? CD PLAYER The cd player is mp3/wma compatible and can use id3 tag/wma tag, [...]

With a new year comes new product announcements, and the first that I’ve received is from JVC announcing their new App Link Mode. This is an update of its previous Advanced External mode. Not only is the App Link mode a nicer sounding name, it also appears to offer more and creates better conncetivity to [...]

Recently I’ve received a few emails asking what the best double din car stereo is. Without any further information, the best response to this is “What are your requirements?”. For every person looking for a new car stereo, the best head unit for them is one that fits their wants and needs. The place that [...]

This is a nice affordable Boss car stereo that provides DVD entertainment to those on a budget. The system allows playback of various disc media including DVDs, CDs, SVCDs and VCDs. There are also a usb port and SD/MMC card slots for extra ways of accessing your digital multimedia like mp3, wma and mp4 files. [...]

New for its 2011 model lineup from Pioneer is the AVH-P4300DVD. This unit provides a great entertainment system for your listening and driving pleasure. It’s got a great setup of improved and advance features. With a weight of 6.2 pounds and measuring 9.9 x 11 x 6.7 inches giving it a nice level of durability [...]

I don’t know that I’d call the Kenwood Excelom DNX9960 the best double din head unit but it is certainly right up there. Of course with a price of over $1,000 you are paying for the quality, but in some circumstances paying that extra is well worth it for the quality you’re getting. This unit [...]

More and more people are owning iPads and one of the things they want to do with their new toys is to connect it to their car stereo systems. This isn’t as hard as many people believe and can even be made into a permanent fixture in your car with the right equipment and a [...]

Going along with my previous articles about improving sound and using amplifiers, I thought I’d take a look at this 5 channel class-D amplifier. This is a nice cool (as in temperature) running amp in a very compact chassis considering its power range. In general class D isn’t known to perform well in relation to [...]

Back in October last year I talked about improving sound quality by using sound deadening materials like those provided by Dynamat. Well, I’ve just come across a video on youtube that shows how to install dynamat in your car doors. It’s a pretty decent video and shows how to install the material in your door [...]

The one thing that probably bothers me the most about having a two year old, is that the songs that keep running through my head are no longer those with great guitar lines and thumping bass, but are now made up of nursery rhymes and, of all things, the alphabet song. Do you know that [...]