What?! It’s the last day of the January? Where did the month go?? Oh yeah, I remember… CES 2008 and the relaunch of the new SoundDomain.com! We had quite a busy month and over the next few it’s going to get better and better. But to hold you over until then, you should check out the hot news over at SoundDomain. Here’s what you missed yesterday:

• America, F&#K Yeah! InPhase Audio had these patriotic sub boxes on display at CES. Not quite what I’d rock in my trunk, but I can appreciate the pride!
• The mad scientists over at JML Audio just wrapped up an install on a hopped-up IS300. This bad boy pumps out 540HP to the wheels and is loaded with an audiophile-quality install of the highest caliber.
• Navigon’s 7100 portable navigation device is quite possibly the new king of the streets! It’s sexy and loaded with features to make your life a much better place. Find out how!
• Cadillacs 2009 CTS-V is going to come equipped with an Alpine radio the features a pop-up nav screen, 40GB hard drive, DVD capability, USB 2.0 and more, all wrapped into one of the sexiest dashboards I’ve ever seen.

In case you missed it, here’s the wrap up of yesterday’s news. We were hot for demo cars on Wednesday, but yesterday’s was focus marine audio:

• MB Quart announced some new marine gear, and it’s pretty impressive stuff! From CD to DVD to satellite radio and marine remotes with LCDs, they’re doing it all!
• USB has become a pretty popular input option for today’s new radios. Since it’s so durable, I bet we’ll start seeing it more and more. Check out the cool way Delphi is locking the plug down.
• Juan and I stumbled across this killer ski boat at CES. It was kitted-out in all kinds of marine audio gear and sporting a pimptastic paint scheme.
• We announced Escorts new GPS-equipped radar detector a few days ago, but now those crazy cats at Cobra have designed a portable GPS navigation device which interfaces with radar detectors!

Another exciting day in the mobile electronics world! We’re still adding info on all the cool gear we spotted at CES, but we’re also keeping our ears to the wire for other hot news. Here’s what you missed yesterday:

• We have quite a few shots of MTX’s matte black Escalade, which features 12" woofers—in the door!—and a stack of the new MTX square woofers.
• Alpine has a new universal iPod controller which features built-in Bluetooth technology. This thing is like the Swiss Army knife of iPod controllers!
• WebRidesTV did a feature on Competition Soundworks with world famous installer, Chris Yato. For a pro’s insight, check out these videos.

Well, we’re back from Vegas, and man, was CES 2008 an amazing time! We picked up an crazy amount of information, took a ton of pics, and have been posting tons of info over at SoundDomain. So keep checking back! Just because the show is over doesn’t mean our coverage is! Here’s the wrap up:

• Steve Meade is back with another video installment of his crazy 30,000 watt Escalade. That’s right… 30,000 friggin’ watts!
• We have great pics of Clarion’s FB275BT—the Bluetooth-equipped "Shark" radio—and it’s now available in black. Did I mention this thing has no CD player?
• These Italian-styled amps and speakers are even sexier than your girlfriend. Check out the Hertz line-up.
• Escort’s new remote-mount radar system is stealthy and small. Better yet, it knows where the cops hide!
• And finally—it’s time for our first give-away! We’ll be hooking up the top CES 2008 coverage commenter with some fine Kenwood leather goods!

Matte-finish cars were all over SEMA last year, and Lambo isn’t letting this hottest of trends pass them by. The Gallardo below is painted in Marrone Apus, which is apparently Italian for:

"An elegant shade halfway between brown and black, [which] gives off exquisite golden reflections in the sunlight due to a pigment able to imbue the paint with an iridescent look."

And God, does it look awesome. I think it gives the Italian Stallion kind of a military black-ops feel, and I dig it big time. Of course, the Murcilago finished in Blu Cepheus is pretty sick to, although if I had the opportunity to own a Lambo, I wouldn’t care what color it was. At all. Check out more pics and read the full press release over at Winding Road.

For some reason, I’m a sucker for driving games. So when I looked into the Intel booth and saw some F1-looking cars hooked up to video monitors, I figured it would be a great chance for Sean and me to spend a few moments off our feet, racing each other! Turned out this wasn’t so much a video game but a webcam mounted onto a remote control car about half a mile away. Sean and I would be driving head to head remotely using WiMax technology (basically, long-range wireless: several miles versus dozens to hundreds of feet for WiFi). Sean of course spanked me at this "race" (hey, driving by webcam isn’t easy!) so I didn’t get entered in the drawing for a new laptop. Oh well.

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!

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!

Every year, Alpine builds a breathtaking demo vehicle. Past projects like the Sinister 6, the chop-top Mini Cooper, and last year’s Imprint RLS, were all wicked, but this year they went completely crazy. To promote their new marine line, Alpine built both a custom ski boat and a tow vehicle. The boat started life as an worn out 25-foot 1994 Commander V-bottom, but after 4000 hours of work it’s been completely  transformed. The guys at Alpine shaved and molded the factory lines, straightened the fiberglass hull, resculpted the intakes and completely reshaped the interior.

For details about the tow vehicle, more photos, and a video walk-around of this insane boat, 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!

For some people, one of the hurdles of going with a portable navigation system over an installed unit is the display size. Well, the guys at Garmin have taken care of that by introducing the Nuvi 5000, a portable navigation device which sports a large 5.2" display. Along with that, they’ve included an external signal display function, FM TMC traffic receiver capability, the ability to display MSN dynamic content and a sweet function which lets users input destinations directly from their home PC. And since today’s navigation devices can’t just be navigation devices, the Nuvi 5000 offers a few other trick features like an internal MP3 player, an audio book reader and built in games. Check out more pics over at the SoundDomain Blog!