Car Audio,Tested for 30 Days.
We listen for a living. Your headphones get the same ears. Headphones, speakers, turntables, car audio and guitars, put through The Retro-Future Test with New Wave Radio.
The Car Audio Crank It Picks.
No Crank It verdicts here yet. The first tests are being picked by your votes now.
All Car Audio, Newest First.
Products on test show their day count. Finished tests show the verdict.
Nothing on test in this category yet. Request a product and it could be the first.
Five Things to Check Before You Spend.
The spec sheet won’t tell you these. Our 30-day tests measure every one.
- Sound at low volume, not just loud
- Comfort after 2 hours
- Call quality outdoors
- Real battery life against the claim
- An app and controls you’ll actually use
What We’d Skip, and Why.
Every Skip It verdict in Audio & Music Gear, with the reason. It’s the list that saves you money.
Nothing in this category has earned a Skip It yet.
You Decide What We Test Next.
Every Audio & Music Gear request from all five NextWave stations is counted. The most-requested products go on test first, and only a real 30-day test earns a verdict.
Three Verdicts. No Fence-Sitting.
Crank It
Top pick. We’d buy it with our own money.
Keep It On
Good, with trade-offs we spell out so you can decide.
Skip It
Not for our listeners, and we’ll tell you exactly why.
What Audio & Music Gear Should We Test Next?
Name it, pick your station and tell us why. The more listeners ask, the faster it moves up the list.
Audio & Music Gear Questions.
Which Audio & Music Gear products will you test first?
The ones listeners request and vote for most, as long as the brand can supply a review unit or we can buy one ourselves.
How long is each test?
30 days of real use, in three episodes: Day 1 first look, Day 7 real life, Day 30 verdict. The verdict airs on New Wave Radio first.
Do brands pay for Audio & Music Gear reviews?
No. Brands may loan or send products, and every review says how we got it. Verdicts can’t be bought.