The iPod is not the reason music sounds bad – format and compression matter!

Music today lives on portable devices, in computer hard drives and out on servers that deliver it over the Internet. Many of today’s customers are used to having their music choices with them everywhere they go, yet those same customers do not always understand the choices they have in making that digital music file have the best probability of sounding like the original recording. You can convey some basics to your customers that will make what you install sound and perform better for those with portable music players (such as an iPod).

Strategies for Building Better Dealer and Rep Relationships

This article was written with the goal of fostering and enhancing the working relationship between specialty retailers and manufacturer representatives. Okay, okay, I already heard some of you groan, laugh or start to leave the room. know about the ones who only call you at the end of the month, or the end of the quarter, and are otherwise nonexistent. This discussion is not about these reps! It’s is about those who care about their dealers, and who genuinely want you, the specialty retailer, to succeed.

CES 2010: Integration and Core 12-volt Products You Can Use Today

The North Hall at CES 2010 showed just how much has changed in the 12-volt marketplace but many companies offered updated technology and new products retailers can use in the install bay today.

Retailer Focus: Sonus Car Audio

This retailer used the knowledge he gained from his time as an installer to build a shop that breaks from many industry traditions in terms of fabrication methods and the lines the store carries.

The Connected Car

What if there was a way that mobile electronics retailers could influence automakers, wireless carriers, automakers, OEM suppliers and government agencies and focus the efforts on integration of information, entertainment and safety in the automobile? They are engaged in an effort to build a demonstration of this new cooperation in the form of a Connected Car.