Southern Audio Services
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Southern Audio Services is an electronics manufacturer chiefly recognized for its brandname and product line known as Bazooka Mobile Audio. Business and manufacturing are both based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana
. Its product range focuses on mobile audio
applications and accessories for cars and marine vehicles, with a focus on subwoofer
s mounted in a patented tube-styled design enclosure.
The company was founded in 1983 by Jon Jordan originally as a home audio loudspeaker
manufacturer, but shifted focus to mobile audio soon after. Engineer Dave Prophit collaborated in 1985 to help design the Bazooka's "bass tubes" system that holds two patents. Jordan marketed the newly designed product himself aggressively and he attributes the company's success to Prophit's design and to the teamwork of SAS's staff.
Bazooka products have received awards over the years from print and online publications, including Innovations magazine and Edmunds.com
for "Top 10 Sound Systems in Cars Under $30,000 for 2004." The company holds other patents related to designs of their other products.
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Baton Rouge is the capital of the U.S. state of Louisiana. It is located in East Baton Rouge Parish and is the second-largest city in the state.Baton Rouge is a major industrial, petrochemical, medical, and research center of the American South...
. Its product range focuses on mobile audio
Car audio
Car audio/video , auto radio, mobile audio, 12-volt and other terms are used to describe the sound or video system fitted in an automobile. While 12-volt audio and video systems are also used, marketed, or manufactured for marine, aviation, and buses, this article focuses on cars as the most common...
applications and accessories for cars and marine vehicles, with a focus on subwoofer
Subwoofer
A subwoofer is a woofer, or a complete loudspeaker, which is dedicated to the reproduction of low-pitched audio frequencies known as the "bass". The typical frequency range for a subwoofer is about 20–200 Hz for consumer products, below 100 Hz for professional live sound, and below...
s mounted in a patented tube-styled design enclosure.
The company was founded in 1983 by Jon Jordan originally as a home audio loudspeaker
Loudspeaker
A loudspeaker is an electroacoustic transducer that produces sound in response to an electrical audio signal input. Non-electrical loudspeakers were developed as accessories to telephone systems, but electronic amplification by vacuum tube made loudspeakers more generally useful...
manufacturer, but shifted focus to mobile audio soon after. Engineer Dave Prophit collaborated in 1985 to help design the Bazooka's "bass tubes" system that holds two patents. Jordan marketed the newly designed product himself aggressively and he attributes the company's success to Prophit's design and to the teamwork of SAS's staff.
Bazooka products have received awards over the years from print and online publications, including Innovations magazine and Edmunds.com
Edmunds.com
Edmunds.com is a provider of automotive information via Web sites, books, and other media. The company is headquartered in Santa Monica, California and maintains an office outside of Detroit, Michigan...
for "Top 10 Sound Systems in Cars Under $30,000 for 2004." The company holds other patents related to designs of their other products.