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Car Audio
Product Spotlight: Morel Nano 602
If you are looking for a shallow-mount speaker system with amazing performance, drop by California Car Sounds and Tint near San Jose and check out the Morel Nano 602. This 6½-inch component speaker set features a woofer that requires only 0.67 inches of mounting depth, making it an ideal solution for door and kick-panel installation […]
Product Spotlight: Sony XS-GS1631C
Sony introduced their new XS-GS1631C 3-way component speaker system at the 2018 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. The system includes a pair of 6.5-inch woofers, a set of 3.5-inch midrange drivers, a pair of 1-inch soft-dome tweeters and a set of passive crossover networks. This system is designed as a premium upgrade for vehicles […]
Product Spotlight: Alpine iLX-F309
When it comes to unique source unit solutions, the Alpine iLX-F309 from California Car Sounds and Tint in Campbell is unlike any other option in the industry. The iLX-F309, also called the Halo 9, features a massive 9-inch display but fits into a standard DIN-sized radio opening. When combined with an extensive list of smartphone […]
Google’s Waze offers the Best in Navigation
It’s not often that a piece of software creates a significant impact on our daily lives. Milestone social media apps like Facebook and Twitter most certainly remain in the limelight, but when it comes to actually being productive, Waze is a major step forward in navigation apps for our smartphones. In the summer of 2017, […]
Acura NSX Audio Rescue for San Jose Client
This 1994 Acura NSX audio upgrade project started several months ago. A client came in for an installation quote from the team here at California Car Sounds and Tint. We looked at the vehicle and provided him with an estimate to reliably integrate a system into the car. The client continued shopping and wound up […]
Steering Wheel Audio Control Integration
When you go shopping for a new radio for your car, one of the many questions the product specialist should ask you is whether your existing radio has steering wheel-mounted audio controls. Almost every aftermarket radio has provisions to accept a signal that will give you steering wheel audio control functions like volume, source selection, […]
Gilroy Client Adds Ram Radio Upgrade and Sideview Camera System
A client from Gilroy recently contacted California Car Sounds and Tint to talk about upgrading this 2012 Ram radio with the new Alpine iLX-F309. As soon as the first units started to ship, people have been talking about this amazing new source unit. The client wanted one as soon as he saw it. He also […]
Does Preamp Voltage Matter?
For almost as long as there have been car audio enthusiasts, they have been adding amplifiers to their vehicles to increase the power available to drive their speakers. More power means we can turn the volume up higher without distortion. When it came to connecting amplifiers to speakers, the first power boosters connected to the […]
Rear Speakers – A Benefit or a Bad Habit?
For decades, automobile manufacturers have installed relatively large rear speakers in their vehicles. The stereotype of a set of 6×9 speakers sitting on the parcel shelf of a Monte Carlo is as “car audio” as it gets. As the industry has evolved, the importance of rear speakers has diminished. Are rear speakers necessary? Do they […]