Choosing a car stereo can be hard and complicated, especially for people who don't know much about the subject. For this process, you have to do a lot of research to make sure you're getting the best deal possible. Before you go to a car stereo store, you might want to look over all the parts of a car stereo and know what they do. This way, you can choose for yourself what parts you want for your car. Here's a list of the most important parts of a car stereo:
Decks: Car stereos won't work without a deck. A deck is any piece of equipment that plays music. This includes cassette decks, CD players, MP3 players, and mini disc players. People say that the deck is what holds the car stereo together. You can change the music being played and control how much sound comes out of the deck. Every car stereo has at least four channels for your speakers. If you want more power than your speakers can handle on their own, you might want to buy an amplifier.
- Subwoofers A subwoofer should be part of every high-tech car stereo. Subwoofers fill out the sound by making low frequencies, like bass, work very well. In other words, the subwoofer is the part of the car that causes it to shake. A subwoofer needs to be put in a box or perhaps the trunk of your car. When making a plan for how much your stereo system will cost, keep this in mind.
- Speakers The sound from the stereo comes out of the speakers. There are different kinds of speakers that are made to make different frequencies. Higher frequencies can hold more sound and make a louder sound as well. How far the sound will travel will depend on how well the speakers work. If you want the sound to go far, you will need speakers with a higher frequency.
- Amplifiers Amplifiers give your car's music the power it needs to sound really loud. The sound system will be louder the more powerful your amplifier is. There can be anywhere from 1 to 7 channels in an amplifier. How many speakers you can connect in a series circuit depends on how many channels your amplifier has.
Now that you know how everything works on a basic level, you can ask smart questions about which parts you should have in your car.
