10:53 PM
wiby
What's New In The World of Car Audio?
It's fascinating to think about how far and fast car radio
technology has evolved. You can't even really just call it "car radio"
anymore, because it includes so much more than that.
From the
start of the auto era, if anybody knew how to put a home radio into
their car it was pretty much the only option. These were usually DIY and
tweaked versions of home radios, home stereos, that the typical
tinkerer might have come up with. Rarely, if ever, was anything actually
included in the initial manufacturing build of those older automobiles
any time before the 50s/60s (it is difficult to find an exact date/model
car that first shipped with a radio factory installed).
In the
60s there were reel-to-reel players which quickly evolved into 8-track...
