Posts by John Perkins

That irritating resonant hum from my exhaust, a fixture on every drive above 50 mph, finally met its match. For months, I’ve been on a mission to find the best sound deadening material car,...

I’ve spent far too many afternoons soldering wires in cramped footwells to know that landing a car sound system best buy is rarely as simple as picking the box with the highest wattage on the...

When I pressed a strip of butyl onto a resonant trunk lid and watched the vibration patterns flatten on my spectrum analyzer, I knew I was finally narrowing down the best car sound deadening...

Pressing my thumb into various butyl sheets during a 90-degree afternoon install taught me that the best car sound deadening lives or dies by its initial tackiness and how well it resists sliding off...

After spending weeks with 10 different units, cycling through everything from symphonies to heavy metal during my daily commute and weekend road trips, it became clear that achieving the best car...

After four weeks of swapping head units in my own dash, I discovered that the best sounding car stereo is one that maintains a balanced, crisp soundstage even with the windows down at highway speeds....