Car Audio & Electronics Magazine to Cease Publication

[audiolife 5,000+ posts]

i lost intrest in it when the tech pages went away and "cool" stuff was added.. heck they dont really cover the sound offs any more either...how could they with like 10 cars ... thats not much of a show.

 

[Anniku989 10+ year member]

The recession is being blamed, but imo the real reason is the magazine lost touch with its subscribers. They tried to awe their audience with one fancy install after another, when in reality they are simply showcasing install types/levels that 99% of their readers will never have.
Im a car/truck guy and even the car/truck mags are doing it these days imo. The multi-hundred thousand dollar show car trailer queens get one ten page full spread article after another while the real world builds get a snapshot and one small paragraph in the 'readers rides' section.

That, and you gotta think, the internet wasn't around (well, wasn't nearly this big) 10-15 years ago. Now when someone wants to learn about CA(or anything in general anymore really) more, they just go to google, rather than go down to the gas station and pick up a magazine.

Like someone said above, not only the recession is going to cause this, but the growth of the internet and computers in general have caused this. I wouldn't be surprised to see many magazines and such go under in the next few years.

 

[x2o 10+ year member]

Read about this on DIYMA yesterday, sucks to see it go. I had also just renewed my subscription //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif

any other Car audio mags out there? Or are we stuck with the interwebz now?

 

[audioholic 5,000+ posts]

That, and you gotta think, the internet wasn't around (well, wasn't nearly this big) 10-15 years ago. Now when someone wants to learn about CA(or anything in general anymore really) more, they just go to google, rather than go down to the gas station and pick up a magazine.
Like someone said above, not only the recession is going to cause this, but the growth of the internet and computers in general have caused this. I wouldn't be surprised to see many magazines and such go under in the next few years.

I agree, certainly the internet plays a role too. Im sure that's what was meant in the original post's quotes talking about the magazine not evolving with the industry. The exact same mistake so many B&M's out there are making these days. The internet genie is out of the bottle, and there's no putting it back in.

 

[Louisiana_CRX 5,000+ posts]

I think they would've done better if they kept readers rides and featured at least one everyday nice install...that wasn't a $100,000+ install something nice and simple that everyday people could relate too...maybe even an old school install where someone is running 50% equipment from 10+ years back would've been cool to keep the older car audio guys intrest up....

 

[JRock10 10+ year member]

i don't think it's as much of the internet, as much as they've lost touch with the readership. The over-the-top demo vehicles don't appeal to the majority of car audio ppl out there, IMO. Like I said, the Choices section was one of my favorites, as it demonstrated what everyday people could do. I do like the fact that they brought the instructional part in, as it gave lots of insight of how to do things. But really, they just lost touch.

 

[Enellz 10+ year member]

well so long to a good thing

 

[fwb_1234 10+ year member]

If they had really tried to get into some stuff that only they would have access to, they would have done better. When you just talk about the 5 or so name brands, it gets boring.

I kept hoping they would feature an "underground" brand - They never did.

 

[Flipx99 5,000+ posts]

If they had really tried to get into some stuff that only they would have access to, they would have done better. When you just talk about the 5 or so name brands, it gets boring.
I kept hoping they would feature an "underground" brand - They never did.

They did do a half-*** review of the mag.

 

[BigJoker 10+ year member]

I think they would've done better if they kept readers rides and featured at least one everyday nice install...that wasn't a $100,000+ install something nice and simple that everyday people could relate too...maybe even an old school install where someone is running 50% equipment from 10+ years back would've been cool to keep the older car audio guys intrest up....

agreed

 

[Anniku989 10+ year member]

They did do a half-*** review of the mag.

Not sure who, but I saw a review of a RE XXX in a mag at the book store before. Dunno what magazine it was though...

 

[d77543020 10+ year member]

i don't think i read a review of any component set under 300 dollars in that mag

 

[Louisiana_CRX 5,000+ posts]

that mag was set up for the high rollers in car audio...

 

[g33ky97 10+ year member]

nice glossy paper.

not enough street builds

 

[helotaxi 5,000+ posts]

There was nothing "high roller" about CA&E. Mostly crap brands catering to the "Fast and the Furious" crowd. All show, no go. They stopped featuring quality installs years ago.