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Trust the Motorcycle Audio Experts at Perfectionist

06/21/2017 By Staff

When it’s time to upgrade the audio system on your Harley-Davidson, the team at Perfectionist Auto Sound and Security in Anchorage is your motorcycle audio experts. No matter what you ride, we can install or upgrade an audio system that will sound better, play louder and last longer than anything you can buy online or at a bike show. We have decades of experience in designing and installing motorcycle audio systems. When you want the best sound possible for your investment, visit the motorcycle sound system experts at Perfectionist.

Mobile Audio Installation Experts

We don’t do oil changes, sell chrome foot pegs or overhaul motors. We are mobile electronics specialists. Our team understands the unique acoustic challenges and installation obstacles that a dealership or repair shop doesn’t.

Designing an entertainment system for your motorcycle is more involved than picking a package out of a catalog. We work with you to understand how loud you want the system to be, the kind of music you listen to and your expectations for sound quality. Armed with this information and more, we will develop a unique solution that provides the performance you expect, as well as incredible reliability.

The Best Equipment in the Industry

Choosing the right speakers, amplifiers and source units for each client starts with our supplier partnership. The companies behind the products we offer have invested thousands of hours in the design and engineering of premium audio solutions. Audio is not a hobby for them; it is everything they do.

We offer products designed specifically for the motorcycle environment. UV- and water-resistant speakers that sound great and compact amplifiers that can handle vibration while remaining efficient are just the tip of the iceberg.

System Integration, Not Just Installation

We prefer to call our team of motorcycle audio experts integrators, not installers. Professional installation is much more involved than simply turning a screwdriver. We start every project with a thorough inspection of your motorcycle. We confirm that all of the electrical systems are functioning properly and document everything on our tablet-based tracking system.

We protect your motorcycle while it is in our care. We have a large installation area, so other staff members and vehicles stay away from the bike. We prevent nicks and scratches by protecting panels and painted surfaces before we start work. We have safe locations to store seats, tanks and fairings while we work on the chassis of your bike.

We solder all of our electrical connections, then protect them with premium Tesa cloth tape. We secure wiring harnesses in place to prevent vibrations and damage. Once an installation is complete, a second member of our team inspects the project and signs off before the bike rolls out the door. A flawless experience is our mandate, every time!

Proper Tools and Training

Without accurate measurements, troubleshooting a system that isn’t performing as expected is simply guesswork. We have invested in the tools and experience required to make electrical and acoustic measurements of any audio system. We use these tools to confirm that each installation is performing to the best of its ability before it leaves our shop, and we can track down and repair problems with existing systems. A motorcycle dealer simply can’t offer these services.

Alaska’s Motorcycle Audio Experts

When it’s time to upgrade the sound system on your motorcycle, visit Perfectionist Auto Sound and Security. A member of our sales team would be happy to develop a solution that exceeds your expectations for performance and reliability. For more information, send us an e-mail using our contact FORM.

Four Steps to Better-sounding Car Audio

05/22/2017 By Staff

Perfectionist Auto Sound and Security in Anchorage, Alaska, is the well-known destination for audio system upgrades. We work with our clients to ensure the upgrade paths they choose for their vehicles provide excellent value and excellent performance. This article outlines our four-step plan to better sounding car audio system.

Step 1: Add a Subwoofer

Even premium factory audio systems suffer from anemic bass. It does not matter if it’s Bose, Lexicon or JBL – each and every one of them can benefit from adding a subwoofer system. Perfectionist has subwoofer solutions that provide clear, defined bass with output down to or even below 20 Hz.

You do not have to sacrifice your storage space to add a subwoofer. The spare tire well, a storage compartment or under a seat is more than enough room for today’s subwoofers.

Once you have added a subwoofer to your audio system, the small factory speakers are free from the challenge of having to try to produce bass. They can focus on producing midrange and high frequencies with better clarity and more volume.

Step 2: Upgrade Your Amplifier

The next step in the upgrade path is to install an amplifier in your system. Many clients combine this step with the addition of the subwoofer by choosing a five-channel amplifier. Having additional power not only allows your speakers to play louder, but also prevents distortion at high volume levels. Aftermarket amplifiers include electronic crossovers that allow our installers to control the bandwidth of the audio signal sent to your speakers.

Adding an amp will add clarity and detail to your system, and let you crank it up!

Step 3: New Speakers

Once you have a subwoofer and a dedicated amplifier, then it is time to upgrade your speakers. Factory-installed speakers are made from inexpensive materials, usually do not sound great and are rarely capable of getting loud. New speakers will dramatically reduce the amount of distortion produced by the system. New speakers offer smoother and more extended frequency response. Finally, new speakers have much more excursion capability than factory speakers do, so you can use that extra power from your amplifier to play your system good and loud!

Step 4: Signal Processing

The icing on the cake for any audio system is to maximize the performance of each component in the system. We use a Digital Signal Processor (DSP) to compensate for factory speaker locations and acoustic reflections that can wreak havoc with the performance of your system. Once we are done, your stereo will sound more lifelike and sound more realistic. We can tune the system to recreate the sensation of sitting at a live performance with the music way out in front of you on the stage.

Come to Perfectionist for Better-sounding Car Audio

If you are in the Anchorage area, then we invite you to visit our store. One of our product specialists would be happy to work with you to eliminate any weak links in your audio system. We not only sell amazing products, we install and tune them as well. Our installation team has been recognized as some of the best on the continent with a Top 12 Installer award for our installation manager. How we install your equipment is as important as what we install.

For more information about any of our products or services, you can reach us via our online contact form.

Product Spotlight: Hertz Mille Pro MPX 165.3

05/04/2017 By Staff

Here at Perfectionist Autosound and Security, we offer some of the best products on the market today to meet the needs of our clients. We are proud to be a dealer for Hertz Car Audio – and among their best speakers for sound quality enthusiasts are the Hertz Mille Pro MPX 165.3 – 6 ½” 2 way speakers.

Introducing the Hertz Mille Pro MPX 165.3

At first glance, you can tell this speaker is special. It looks as smooth as it sounds with the concentric-mounted tweeter, pressed pulp and cotton cone, and boundary-free pure butyl rubber surround. There isn’t a speaker on the market that looks this clean from the front – and the rest of the speaker is built just as well. The aluminum alloy basket has a similarly clean look and the oversized ferrite magnet is covered with an anti-vibration rubber cover. Every component of this speaker speaks to the best-quality materials and well-designed construction.

Sounds as Good as it Looks

Great looks are one thing – but how does it sound? With the concentric-mounted Tetolon Fiber dome tweeter and a powerful neodymium magnet, the smooth highs have the same point source as the mids for a perfectly aligned response. The “boundary free” rubber surround allows greater cone excursion for more cone movement and a better midbass response. The speaker is dampened with an anti-vibration cover to ensure a smooth sound.

Every upgraded component of this speaker adds up to improved and more-detailed sound quality. You will clearly hear details that lesser speakers just won’t reproduce. The high-quality materials do what they should: They get out of the way and allow the music to shine through with all the details.

Handles Plenty of Power

These speakers handle 100 watts continuous and 200 watts peak to keep up with any sound quality system and a good-quality sub. They are rated to play down to 45 Hz and will work very well as the only speakers in your system.

Come on by Perfectionist Autosound and Security to hear the Hertz Mille Pro MPX 165.3 for yourself or click here for more information.

Product Spotlight: Audison SR 5 Amplifier

08/23/2016 By Staff

Clients who come to Perfectionist Auto Sound & Security in search of upgrades to their audio systems trust our expertise and experience to give them the best value and performance for their dollar. To make the biggest improvement to the performance of a factory audio system, we like to start by adding a subwoofer and an amplifier. One amplifier that has risen above the rest to offer excellent performance and value is the new Audison SR 5.

Design

The SR 5 is a single-chassis five-channel amplifier rated to produce 55 watts per channel from the four main channels and 185 watts from the subwoofer channel when loaded to four ohms. When the load is two ohms, power output increases to 70 and 260 watts respectively. The amplifier features high-pass crossovers for the front channels and high- or band-pass crossovers for the rear channels. The subwoofer channel includes a variable low-pass crossover, and the output level can be adjusted remotely with an optional Audison VCRA remote control.

Physical Characteristics

The chassis of the SR 5 is formed out of dense aluminum for maximum heat dissipation. The amp measures 19 11/16 inches long and is 8 7/16 inches deep and only 2 1/8 inches tall. All of the connections are made along the bottom edge of the amplifier, including RCA and speaker-level inputs, power connections, and speaker outputs. The controls for the amplifier are just above the connections and are protected by a removable cover. This cover gives the amp a clean look once it’s installed and tuned.

Musicality

The SR 5 features Audison’s DYNAB output device circuitry. DYNAB controls the bias current to the outputs to balance sound quality and efficiency by shifting dynamically between conventional AB biasing and the efficiency of Class B operation. The result is smooth, natural sound with good efficiency and reliability.

Stop By To Learn More About The Audison SR 5

If you are interested in upgrading your mobile entertainment system, drop into Perfectionist Auto Sound & Security next time you are in Anchorage, Alaska. We would be happy to look at your vehicle and explore different options to upgrade your audio system. We can work with your original factory source unit to maintain a stealth look.

For more information about the Audison SR 5 or any of our products or services, contact us here.

Why Does My Toyota Stereo System Sound Terrible?

05/10/2016 By Staff

One of the popular brand of vehicles we see at Perfectionist Auto Sound and Security is Toyota, and one of the most common questions we get is, “Why does my Toyota stereo system sound so bad?” Sometimes they will follow up with, “My last Toyota sounded much better than this one.” Chances are, they are correct. Let us explain.

The Reason

In the year 2012, Toyota introduced Display Audio radios to the market. These are touchscreen radios that, over the years, have evolved into doing a great job at integrating with your smartphone. The bad news is this radio cost Toyota a lot more money than previous models, and they knew they couldn’t charge more for their vehicles, so they took money from other parts of the audio system.

Let’s use a 2011 Camry as an example. Once you moved from the base model to an LE, the vast majority came with Toyota’s premium-sound JBL audio system. While it doesn’t sound as good as an aftermarket system we sell here at Perfectionist, it did sound much better than Toyota’s basic audio. It played louder and had more bass.

Move forward to 2012 and the JBL system is only available on Toyota’s top-of-the-line vehicle, and it was still an option, not standard equipment. To make matters worse, the speakers used in modern Toyota audio systems are lower quality than previous years, again, done in the name of cost savings.

The Solution

The good news is we can fix these problems. Here are our suggestions for how to make your Toyota audio system sound better.

Start with upgrading your front speakers. You sit in the front of the vehicle, so have us install a better-sounding set of speakers in the original locations. Your vehicle won’t play any louder, but the clarity will skyrocket.

Add a subwoofer. Your stock Toyota audio system is seriously lacking in bass. In fact, when Toyota went to the really cheap speakers, they added an equalization circuit designed to remove bass from the music at higher levels to protect the speakers. It is no wonder you have no real bass in your music. Our team of experts can add a subwoofer to your stereo system, giving you low-end bass that will make your music come alive. And don’t worry – you don’t need a huge box in your trunk anymore. That was the ’90s. We can design and build an enclosure for you that tucks into a corner, taking up almost none of your vehicle’s usable space.

Get some power. Now that you have better-sounding speakers and real low-end bass, you may want your speakers in the vehicle to play louder. When your favorite song starts playing and you crank the volume know, you need power to play your music at louder levels. Perfectionist can add an amplifier to your Toyota factory radio in the dash and give you all the power needed so you can listen as loud as you want.

Upgrade Your Toyota Stereo System At Perfectionist Today!

We invite you to stop by Perfectionist Auto Sound and Security in Anchorage with your Toyota vehicle and get to know us. Our highly trained staff will sit in your vehicle with you and listen as you tell us what you like and what you don’t like about your current stereo system. We will then design and build a solution tailored to your unique needs. Let us show you why Mobile Electronics magazine named us the Top Retailer in the Nation two different times.

You can also contact us here for more information about any of our products and services.