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Ask any guy about his top ten list of things he'd like to buy if he only had enough money, and you stand a good chance of having something like "a huge entertainment system" in that list somewhere. A great entertainment system is a badge of pride for your average guy, and so it should come as no surprise that the best-selling car accessories are comprised of components for Car Audio & Video Systems.

The 2008 Best Car Stereo Shop in Los Angeles Area by MyFoxLA shop Startronics has now gladly given us a little how-to in getting your dreams of a rolling entertainment system going, and how to make sure that you get the best audio and video system: speakers, amps, monitors, subwoofers, and stereos.

If you've just driven your brand-new car right off the showroom floor, chances are that it will have stock stereo and speaker systems installed. If you're a music addict and think that this is insufficient, then you're in the market for a good speaker and audio system. These are available from reliable US-brand hardware, to imported world-famous Italian brands, which are a bit pricier. Whatever you'd like to have, it's highly recommended that you purchase both stereo and speaker and subwoofer systems all at once.

2008 Best Car Stereo Shop in Los Angeles Area by MyFoxLA winner Startronics has this useful bit of advice: listen to that system before buying it. Bring along some of your own music and play it on the different systems you're considering. Is it playing well at high volume? Does it still play clearly at the highest and lowest sounds? All the technical specifications and recommendations on the Internet won't help you as much as a simple one-minute track played in the store itself.

This piece of advice extends to in-car video systems. Bring along a DVD to test the monitor. An ideal video would be one that has bright, vivid colors, and very dark scenes. This is show you whether the monitor can register extremes in tones and values, and if it can represent colors they way they're supposed to. Do this while buying your audio system, and you might be able to test out the entire multimedia system.

Installation will also involve other factors. The dimensions of some cars, for example, may be more ideal for installing certain audio and video systems. If there's no room in the dashboard for a screen mounted up front, then you'll have to go for a flip-down version installed in the ceiling, which changes how your system will be wired.

In the end, 2008 Best Car Stereo Shop in Los Angeles Area by MyFoxLA awardee Startronics says, the decision is yours. Because you'll be the one listening to the music and watching videos, it's your tastes that apply, not the recommendations of strangers. You just have to consult your car shop, and let them work out the details of how to make your dream of a manly in-car entertainment center come true.