Want Better Sound In Your Car?

So you have your dream car and it is everything you want, except you Want Better Sound In Your Car?, well Ocala Car Audio has the cure for what ales your audio system. You say you dont want to replace the factory radio? NO PROBLEM, there’s an app for that! Just kidding, well kind of.

Lets face it, the factory radios in today’s cars and trucks are pretty feature packed. They are coming with Bluetooth, iPod control, video, navigation and more already built in. So why would a shop tell you that to get better sound you need to replace the radio? Good question, as far as Ocala Car Audio is concerned, you don’t. We have the ability to interface with your factory audio/video system and give you GREAT SOUND all the while keeping these features!

One key option I would like to talk about is the Rockford Fosgate 3SIXTY interactive signal processor. In short it is a “black box” interface device that takes factory radio signal in and converts it to a usable signal for aftermarket amplifiers of all kinds.

What sets the 3SIXTY interactive signal processor apart from the crowd is its guts, not just its insides but its willingness to go above and beyond what all the sheep offer. You see for a long time people have used simple Line Out Converters (LOCs) to step down high voltage speaker outputs to a low voltage RCA signal. The problem is that today’s audio systems are quickly becoming too advanced to use these simple devices.

Auto manufactures have started using full active audio systems. That is to use multiple channel amplifiers to create the sound you need. You get a pair of channels for the front tweeters, a pair for the front mid-range speakers, a pair for the rear tweeters, a pair for rear mid-range speakers, and a pair for sub-woofers, and a center channel speaker. When you try to integrate with this complex of a system you need some real help to combine all these signals into a usable full range signal, that is a signal that has all the high frequencies, low frequencies and everything in between.

That is where a device like the Rockford Fosgate 3SIXTY interactive signal processors come to play. These “black boxes” take this signal and runs them through a digital EQ to help make it full range and make sure they sound the way the music is supposed to.

To go above and beyond this and to make this even better, Rockford Fosgate created 2 versions. The 3SIXTY.1 for basic interfacing and the 3SIXTY.1 for going above and beyond for you listening pleasure.

Both units offer full summing (combining the mixed signals to one usable singnal) as well as an auxiliary input to allow you to plug in your portable MP3 Player or iPod, and a fully customizable equalizer (EQ).

The differences come into play when deciding how much control you want of the EQ and crossover. The 3SIXTY.1 has a simple 12db sub-woofer crossover at a set frequency while the 3SIXTY.2 has a full 3 way cross over with 62 different cross over points with a 24db per octave slope.

There are also differences in the EQ side of things. The 3SIXTY.1 has a 5 band EQ that has set frequencies, the 3SIXTY.2 has a full 31 bands of 1/3rd octave equalization for more tuning and control of you audio system.

With the EQ Functions of either unit, the auxiliary input for your portable MP3 player of video system, and the summing capabilities of the Rockford Fosgate 3SIXTY interactive signal processors, you can rest assured Ocala Car Audio has what it take to give you true world class sound in your car while still keeping your car looking and operation like it was still stock, just sounding better! Please feel free to contact us today for a demo of how this truly amazing “black box” can help you out. We currently have a 3SIXTY installed in one of our shop vehicles for you to audition. Just one more way that Ocala Car Audio is Simply the BEST VALUE!

Ocala Car Audio is located at 12 S. Pine Ave in Ocala, Fl. Call us at 352-351-1920