• If you’re looking for a SMOKING deal on a single amp to power your entire audio system, Elemental Designs is closing out their NINe.5 five-channel amp and have knocked $150 off the price!
• If you own a 2004+ Toyota with the Premium Sound or JBL Premium Sound upgrade and you’ve tried to upgrade the radio, then you know it’s not a cheap or easy install, until now. Premium Sound/JBL-equipped Toyotas use a data turn-on for the amp rather than a standard 12-volt system. Removing the radio used to mean rewiring the entire system or bypassing the factory amp completely, but now Scosche offers a device that will interface with the factory amp and provide the data turn-on. And we’ve got a video for you showing just how easy it is!
• Polk Audio’s new home Sirius tuner is out, and a sexy piece of equipment it is! This full-sized component will look right at home in your home audio stack, and offers on-screen metadata to your TV as well as Time Shift and an optical out. Did you know Sirius actually broadcasts in 5.1 surround sound? Now you do, and now you can take advantage of it!
• Zapco’s new iForce amps are out! These amps feature a similar design to the rest of the Zapco family, keeping it simple and sleek. But they also took this somewhat-entry level series and added Symbilink technology so you can take full advantage of Zapco’s amazing sound quality!

• The Alpine Imprint RLS will always be one of the most amazing demo cars ever produced. But before the Imprint made it’s impression on car audio history, the Alpine crew built the Sinister Six. What started out as an innocent $84,000 BMW 645ci ended up a jaw dropping, road raging, Sinister sports coupe. And SoundDomain has two videos  from Alpine following the crew through the amazing build.
• It interesting what you can find in life if you just look a little bit closer…. SoundDomain’s new guestblogger, Ben, writes about the hidden easter eggs found on circuit boards. Who’da guessed engineers had a sense of humor?
• Car manufacturers aren’t the only ones getting hit by Chinese knock-offs; even car audio manufacturers have to step into the ring. Check out the pics of this bogus Alpine amplifier found out in the wild. Would you have spotted it?
• Our main man Steve Meade is back and shaking up a ruckus at Taco Bell. Watch what happens when the two drive thru guys ask for a sample of the Tahoe’s beefy beats. Notice the bills in Taco Dude #2′s hand when Steve gives the magic knob a twist… The looks on their faces are pretty priceless too: from excitement to satisfaction to shock & awe. It’s always a good time with Steve.
• Bored? Add Bluetooth to your 5G iPod.
• We’ve also got a video of CarDomain member Jamminwagon plugging in and jammin’ out on his electric car through his Dodge Magnum’s sound ssytem. Boy’s got some skills, car’s got some beats!
• Scosche built out a pretty crazy demo car for SEMA 2006: a bright orange FJ Cruiser stuffed with EFX gear: eight 12" woofers, twelve amplifiers, seven monitors (including a 32"monitor in the rear door!), twenty speakers, three batteries, and over 9000 watts of power!

Walking past Realm’s booth, I couldn’t help but notice this sick 1966 Chevy C-10. This low-profiled old school is decked out in Sikkens black paint and sports a mean LS-1 by Street & Performance. The motor has been juiced up via a Magnuson Eaton supercharger and mated to a 4L60E tranny, while spent gasses are kicked out via a Borla exhaust system. The rubber hits the road via huge Asanti wheels which tuck in nicely thanks to the QA-1 shocks, and Xciting Lighting provides a modern touch to the classic body. Realm provided the audio for this custom project, filling the interior with their LS6c 6.5" component speakers that are powered by an A300.2 2-channel amp, and a D500.1 mono Class-D amplifier delivers power to the low-end. A pair of Realm’s new thin subwoofers were supposed to be in the truck, but weren’t ready for production in time to make it to the show.

For more pics and complete coverage of the Consumer Electronic Show, head over to the SoundDomain Blog!

For CES, Alpine wanted to recreate the feeling of sitting inside a battle-ready SPL contender, and they succeeded—big time. At their booth, there’s a small enclosure loaded with subwoofers and powered by one of their new monster 2000 watt class D amplifiers, and it’s—literally—not for the faint of heart. Now, I’ve been involved in car audio for the better part of 20 years—as both an enthusiast and sound off judge—so I’ve sat inside some pretty loud cars. This is probably the loudest area I’ve experienced. To give you an idea of just how loud it is, a jumbo jet at takeoff emits approximately 140 decibels. Inside the Alpine’s little chamber, the volume hits 150dB. Luckily, I was wearing ear protection and had a thumb switch to trigger if it got too loud. It was a pretty cool experience, and it was also a good way of showing how Alpine is diving headfirst into the large SPL amp market. Check out the video.

Are you a complete gadget geek? Then what are you waiting for? Head over to the SoundDomain Blog for complete coverage of the Consumer Electronics Show!

There’s a lot to say about Jason’s "Sexpedition."  There’s the super-clean amp rack and sub enclosure. The killer custom door panels. The seamless touch-screen install. But I’m a total dork, and I just cracked up when I saw he’s installed a train horn. Is there anyone out there who doesn’t love train horns? I didn’t think so. Like any true car nut, Jason isn’t entirely happy with his ride, and hopes to swap out the steering wheel when he gets back in the States. Hope you come home soon man! Congrats!

From the man that brought you the "That’s a Lot of Bass. Hey, Where’s My Eyeball?!" video and the "Window Shaker Bass Maker" clip comes the next generation of absolutely insane sound systems. That’s right, Steve Meade is back, and this time he’s upped the ante to 30,000 watts RMS. The victim is a 2002 Caddy Escalade dumped on bags and sitting on 24" chrome. Steve and crew have it packed to the gills with a slew of audio gear, including eight 18" Fi BTL subwoofers, 36 speakers, 5 batteries, and as the piece de resistance two, yes two, Rockford Fosgate T15Kw amplifiers which each pump out 15,000 watts RMS. Damn. The amps retail for $24,999 apiece, and they’re like nothing the world of car audio has ever seen. Steve has a ton of photos of the build over at his forum, and make sure to hop over to the SoundDomain Blog for a video walk-through of this insane system.

When Rockford Fosgate announced a line of amplifiers to commemorate their 25th anniversary, I suspected that the Power 1000 would be the most popular of the lot. That didn’t turn out to be the case—probably due to the $1500 sticker price. So they gave us a smoking deal to get these out of their warehouse, and while supplies last, we’re passing those savings on to you! While rated at 50×4 and 300x1—according to the birth sheet which comes in the package—this beast actually puts out more than twice those numbers. At $599.99, that seems like a steal!