Whether you plan on installing a basic stereo system or a complex competition system, designing and installing a stereo system is nothing more than addition by individual components. Obviously a basic stereo system has far less components than a good competition system, but a competition system that is poorly designed and/or installed will sound no better than the basic cart stereo system. Understanding how components integrate with each other will help the designer and installers build a proper sounding system. Most stereo systems that, well just don’t sound so good, are systems in which wrong components were selected to work with each other, or more commonly, the equipment has not been installed or configured properly. Subwoofers tuned to the wrong frequency range, too much bass, too much or not enough high frequencies, and others problems are easily avoidable. Understanding the basics to how car audio components integrate with each other will help eliminate many of these simple problems.
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