Going for a road trip is an awesome excuse to get your carâs sound system upgraded. You wonât believe that you can buy several great car stereo upgrades for a reasonable price. Here is a list of the best ways to upgrade your car stereo inexpensively. These upgrades will make your long road trip an entertaining one at the same time will add a new touch to your old car, which needed an upgrade for long time. Before you hit the road read these tips.
Satellite radio receiver
Just if once you switch over to satellite radio with its vigorous collection of music, you will marvel how you ever survived with the terrestrial radioâs endless commercials and redundant playlists. You can get satellite radio receivers, such as the Delphi Roady XT that is a cheap way to hear some of your much loved satellite radio stations with clear sound quality.
Overhead DVD player and monitor combo
While you are on a long trip, your kids get bored of entertaining themselves staring out the window or punch a sibling every time a Volkswagen drove by. They look ahead to be entertained with an overhead DVD player like the Insigniaâs 9.5â unit that supports various formats, such as DVD, CD, VCD and MP3. This play would play any format of media you pick. Isnât it incredible now you donât need to convert your video and movies to any required format? What a relief? Isnât it?
Speaker upgrade
If your speakers sound like thump each time you turn it on, it is an indication to get it changed as your crappy speakers have finally given out. There would be no argument if one says that the stock stereo systems, which are found in older cars, are nowhere in comparison to high standard ones that be get today. Upgrade to a set of speakers, such as TS-D1602R from Pioneer, which offers clarity in sound. Many new cars now-a-days come with separate tweeters in the front doors.
Speaker wire upgrade
If you donât wish to debate on the advantage of vinyl over digital, why not consider upgrading the wires of your car systems speakers. Get a higher quality and heavy gauge wire, which contains more copper and will reduce the resistance and strain on audio components thereby offering more clarity in sound. It is not that cheap wire systems are not good but the speakers offered by some of the audiophile companies, such as Rockford Fosgate exceeds the standards of American Wire Gauge standards. There is no doubt that they are expensive but are worth the amount you pay for it.
High-cost Upgrading of head unit
The greatest part about technology is with passage of time it always gets economical. Some time back Pioneer AVIC-F700BT would have been some thousand bucks. But now itâs MSRP is just $850, and you can get it for price as cheap as $600. All you get is a 5.8-inch full-color screen, along with global positioning system (GPS), iPod connectivity, capability of MPEG-4 video playback, voice recognition, Bluetooth. You also get an additional slot for SD card, jacks for audio/video AUX-in and inputs for a rear-view camera.
Low-cost upgrade of your head unit
If you are still carrying one with the cassette deck dating back in 1989 that now jamms your kids tape. Itâs time to replace that old one with a cheap as well as modern CD player, which will make your car entertainment system to connect with the 21st century in an inexpensive way
Bass booster
To avoid any frowns and complain, here is an option to a add bass to your carâs sound system. The BAZOOKAâs BTA10200 is a $300 product that mingles two 10-inch woofers, adjustable crossover and a 200-Watt MOSFET amplifier, among others.
