Car Speakers

Car speakers are generally located in doors and rear parcel shelves of a sedan in modern cars. Better stereo systems often have speakers mounted in "kick panel" enclosures, allowing for larger drivers and better driver placement. To improve the audio in your car, Music Box has an oustanding selection of great car speakers and can also do the installation.

Impoving your car audio quality usually means installation of component speakers that consist of a matched tweeter (small, high frequency), midrange (medium, medium frequency) and subwoofer (large, low frequency) set. These component pairs are available in two speaker and three speaker combinations, and include an audio crossover which limits the frequency range that each component speaker must handle. This allows each cone to produce its optimal frequency for maximum sound quality and volume. In addition subwoofer(s) are provided for bass and sub bass (ultra low frequency), which is felt more than heard depending on the sub frequency, the lower the frequency the less the human ear picks it up, however the chance of "feeling" the vibration becomes greater. Sub bass is omni-directional, meaning that the human ear cannot distinguish where the sound is coming from. Humans can not hear subsonic frequencies (below the frequency of 20hz), we are however able to feel it (eg. An air rush when closing a door cannot be heard, it can be felt however). Crossover systems can be active or passive crossover networks. Active electronic crossovers divide the signals before they are sent to the amplifiers giving a dedicated amplifier channel to each individual driver in the component system. Passive crossover networks divide the signal after amplification, making it possible to run multiple speaker component sets using just one channel.

5.1 and even 7.1 channel surround sound systems are now being integrated in to some cars by both aftermarket enthusiasts and car manufacturers themselves. These systems include the full complement of front left, right and center speakers along with rear right and left surround speakers (7.1 systems include left and right side surround speakers) along with digital surround sound processors. They can allow you to turn your car into a virtual rolling theater. This is becoming increasingly popular with the advent of SACD and DVD Audio which contain music encoded in 5.1.

Music Box has a large variety of speakers and car audio components to choose from, and we can install your upgrade package for you. Visit our car showroom to see products from JL, Alpine, and Kenwood. Our trained staff is available with any questions you might have.