With the rapid growth of technology and techniques in the car industry have introduces a wide range of car audio systems and became a part of our daily life.An amplifier is a piece of equipment that
amplifies the sound of your car stereo system. The more powerful the amplifier,
the louder the music. Car amplifiers are important because cars are noisy
places. When you think about it, there is a lot of ambient noise. There is the
noise of the engine, the noise of other traffic, and the noise of the car as it
travels over the road. Most car stereos have amplifiers built into the head
unit or speakers, but these often aren’t up to the job, and so buying separate car amplifiers is often recommended, especially if you spend a lot of time in
your car listening to music. Below, we are going to talk you through some of
the things that you should consider when buying amplifiers.
How Much Power You Have to Spare
Anything that draws power from your battery
will affect other parts of the car. Have you ever noticed that your lights dim
when you turn the windscreen wiper on? That’s caused by the wipers drawing
power from the battery. You need to make sure that your battery can handle the
extra power of the amplifiers. To do this, check the power usage of the
amplifier that you’re thinking of buying, then check against your car battery
to make sure it can cope with the extra drainage on power. If it can’t then you
need to choose a lower powered amplifier, or you need to upgrade your battery.
Don’t worry if you can’t work out power usage, because the majority of car
stereo retailers will be able to give you this information and tell you which
amps fall within the relevant power range for your car.
Matching Power to the Speakers
As well as making sure that your amplifier
won’t draining the battery too much, you need to also make sure that it is
compatible with the rest of the sound system. If power settings conflict it can
cause problems with the rest of the system, for instance, it can blow the
speakers. Again, if you don’t know how to check or read power compatibility,
talk to your retailer.
How Many Channels Do You Need?
The channels are the number of connections
the amplifier can host. Different car stereo systems will vary in the number of
components that they have. All will have a head unit that controls the system,
and they will all have speakers. However, some will have multiple speakers
separated into different components, such as the sub-woofer, tweeters and
mid-range speakers. You need to make sure that you buy an amp that’s compatible
with your set up.
Quality over Price
The quality of the amp is essential. This
is because there can be distortion as sound is amplified. The better quality
amps are better at maintaining quality sounds as the sound is amplified.
There’s little point in buying a massive amp if it distorts the sound too much.
