Car Stereo Systems

By Phillip P. Daniel

Now that shows like Pimp My Ride, Monster Garage, and American Chopper have become all the rage, people are spending ginormous amounts of money and time on not just the exteriors of their motor coaches, but also the interiors. Now more then ever people have started taking out second mortgages to pay for car stereo upgrades that up until a few years ago were impossible. When purchasing a new car stereo, there are a wide variety of options to choose from, and Newbie.net can guide you to purchasing the coolest stereo system this side of Endor.

The most important thing to consider when buying a new car stereo is if you want to rock or if you want to ROCK! The amount of watts that a receiver puts out distinguishes the amount sound and power the speakers in your car will put out. When looking at watts, just make sure that your speakers are rated to the amount of amps in your stereo, otherwise you will rupture a cone instead of an eardrum.

Today’s newfangled systems also have many playback options. No longer is the current cool technology with the kids compact disks, which can only hold a measly 80 minutes of audio. Nowadays kids want more music and they ant it now, which makes MP3s the wave of the future. Decks equipped with MP3 playback can hold multiple albums on one disk, allowing you to never have to switch the disk to listen to the entire "Klingons Reading Shakespeare" catalog. If MP3s aren’t your thing, you may want to consider getting stereo that is equipped with satellite radio interface. Although you will have to pay a monthly fee, you will get non-stop, commercial free music coast to coast, as well as uncensored shock jocks like Howard Stern.

Yet another thing that all the cool daddy-ohs are considering when purchasing a new car stereo, is the ability to watch DVD movies on a convenient pop out screen. Although deathly dangerous (Newbie does not condone or authorize the use of DVD playback while driving, in fact we consider it unethical and unabashedly dangerous. Only crazies would drive and watch movies. There is no way to see the beauty of the Star Trek movies without concentrating one hundred percent on the screen.) many people don’t consider their car fully "pimped" without a flip up screen.

Some other very important things to consider include price and brand. These tend to be correlated and it is very true that you get what you pay for. Brands like Alpine tend to be the top of the line in car stereos, and although you can get cheap no-name brands that pump out the watts, it would most certainly be unwise as they will not sound as good and will have a propensity to break. You don’t have to spend a ton of money, but just make sure that you don’t get the cheapest one available.

I sure hope this guide helps, and you know that you can count on Newbie to give you in depth articles and great prices on every car stereo system available.

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