Customer Reviews

How to Design and Install High Performance Car Stereo: A Beginner's Guide to High Tech Auto Sound Systems (S-A Design)

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This fabulous book explains the technical installation in an understandable fashion. The pictures are pretty lame, but they do a good job of showing you what you should and should not do. Everthing from amps to speakers to decks is simplified in such a manner that anyone should be able to install their own stereo after readin' the book

Well this book wasn't written for the pros. If you're a profressional looking for new tricks and techniques then this book isn't for you. However if you're an amateur installer, or simply a do-it-yourself-er, this book can be extremely handy. It gives a few time-saving tips, as well as cautions you and tells you where most mistakes are made. This book was handy for me, a do-it-yourself-er, and helped me avoid a very tragic mistake that saved me about $... To me the book was worth it.

I have used this book mostly for ideas. And building my doors and front pods. It covers many helpful things most other books don't.

The book is great. It covers the basics but also dips into some of the more complex theories & topics. The only negative thing I have to say is that the pictures are shot from poor angles, it's difficult to figure out what your looking at. Overall, it's short and sweet. It gets the job done!

I admit that i am a beginner when it comes to car stereo. Since I can build engines I thought that i could figure it out with a little research. This was the wrong book for a novice like myself to purchase! To start with it is too old for todays technology,the photos only confuse you, the diagrams are on different pages than the explanations, and it is too technical for a beginner to understand. The only good part about it is the explanation on building enclosures. Save your money and time by choosing another book.

book came in a timely manor in great shape would buy from this person again

ordered this book and never received it, can't get a refund. Do not buy from this company.

If your are a beginner, and want to build your self an amazing audio system on your car, this is the book you need. The book provides an introductory explanation of each topic, and then it moves to more technical information, always with a reference to real world applications. With a lot of pictures , diagrams, key terms and glossary sections for each chapters, the author shows the basic principles and provides the know how. Features the following chapters: Head Units, Equalizers, Crossovers, Amplifiers, Speakers, Enclosures, Wiring for sound, Ground rules, Installations (Hands on tech). The book may look out of date, but the principles and math are still the same, maybe there should be a second edition or an update.

I bought this book for my son, who is 15, he said the book didnt tell him anything he didnt already know. We are looking for a more advance book.

I bought this book because I was looking for help in hooking up my stereo system, in my car. I'm still looking... This book MIGHT have been half-way helpful if they had some more detailed wiring diagrams. Although the fact that everything in this book is something along the lines of 10+ old tech. The guy with the mullet in alot of the install pictures and the presance of tape decks all over the place really tells you just how outdated it is.