Car Audio & DJ Equipment Near Downtown Long Beach

If you are in Downtown Long Beach, a neighborhood of Long Beach and want car audio or DJ and pro audio gear from a shop that lets you listen first, DJ Custom Audio is about 14.7 miles away at 8696 Atlantic Ave, South Gate, CA 90280. Plan on roughly 21 minutes when the freeways are moving. We do not have a branch in Downtown Long Beach and we do not do mobile installs. What we offer Downtown Long Beach customers is one well-stocked South Gate counter where the same team handles car audio and DJ equipment.

As a Long Beach neighborhood, Downtown Long Beach sits in one of the busiest driving areas in Southern California, where a good sound system makes long drives easier. Coming from the Gateway Cities (Southeast LA County) area, you head north to reach us.

Car audio

Downtown Long Beach drivers come to us for car audio installation and gear. The work includes head units with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, so maps, calls and music run through a proper screen instead of a phone mount; full sound systems, planned around your car and budget; speaker upgrades, which fix muddy factory sound more than anything else; alarms and remote start (Viper only), for security and a cool cabin on hot days; and backup cameras and dash cams, for safer parking and a record of the road. For customers coming this far, we suggest calling ahead so the install bay is ready when you arrive.

We're an authorized JL Audio and Alpine dealer, and we also carry Kicker, Focal and Pioneer. A lot of installs get done the same day. We work on cars, trucks, boats and powersports like Can-Am machines. We keep it to sound, security, cameras and lighting, and we only put in gear we'd run in our own rides.

DJ equipment

If you DJ, run sound for a church, or are putting together a system for a family party in Downtown Long Beach, we sell the equipment to do it. On the floor you will find powered speakers, amps and processing, turntables and media players, microphones and wireless systems, subwoofers, cases and stands and DJ controllers, plus lighting (wash, moving heads, lasers), fog, haze and bubble effects, cables and accessories and mixers. Brands we carry include Shure, Chauvet, Electro-Voice, QSC, RCF, Pioneer DJ, JBL, Mackie, ADJ and Technical Pro. A DJ from Downtown Long Beach upgrading to a new controller, a church adding wireless mics, and a family building a party system can all be helped in one visit.

Packages save guesswork. A starter DJ setup and a backyard party PA are two we build often, matched so every piece works together. We sell DJ gear only: no rentals, no DJs for hire, and no DJ equipment repair. Joe will help you set up your gear and get Serato running before you leave.

The drive

DJ Custom Audio is about 14.7 miles from Downtown Long Beach by road (12.8 miles in a straight line), and the shop is north of Downtown Long Beach. Without traffic the drive takes about 21 minutes; rush hour can add a lot more, so check your maps app before you leave. The usual route from Downtown Long Beach uses I-710 (Seaside Freeway), then surface streets such as Shoreline Drive and Firestone Boulevard for the final miles.

Look for the corner of Atlantic and Firestone. We are next to the 7-Eleven at 8696 Atlantic Ave, South Gate, CA 90280, with parking on site and a shopping center across the street if you want to wait nearby during an install.

Why make the drive

Is the trip from Downtown Long Beach worth it? Here is why most customers say yes. You talk to the people who will actually install your system, not a call center. You can reserve gear by phone and pick it up at the counter, so nothing is sold out when you arrive. You can hold a DJ controller or mixer, test a wireless mic, and compare powered speakers side by side. You get an honest recommendation, including when a cheaper option is the right call.

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Around Downtown Long Beach

Customers also drive in from areas near Downtown Long Beach, including Long Beach, Signal Hill, Belmont Heights and Wrigley. Each has its own page with directions to the shop.