Gear gets old, but a great install design doesn't age, as is evidenced here with this amazingly sophisticated system by top installer Calvin Thomas from a while ago. We saw a lot of bad custom cars for celebrities over the years on the magazine. And we unfortunately...

Big bass doesn’t have to cost an arm and a leg. In fact, these days it’s easy to round out a system on a budget without sacrificing much in the way of sound quality or overall volume. We spoke to some of the finest installers from across the country to...

It has been more than two weeks since we purchased our CAE project vehicle, the 2011 Kia Sportage. During that time, the odometer has zoomed past the one thousand mile mark. Having had a bit more experience with the vehicle, including two roundtrips to San...

This week we are continuing our “Back to Basics” series. Last week we covered The 3 Myths About Car Audio Speakers and Speaker Placement, and this week the subject is subwoofer mounting options and a refresher course on simple box building. One of the...

The VW Golf TDI is several thousand dollars more than the gas version, but of course is significantly more fuel efficient than the latter. The regular Golf with the 2.5L engine does about 23/30 whereas the TDI has an EPA estimate of 30/41. Plus there is a...