Car Audio & DJ Equipment Near Hollywood

If you are in Hollywood, a neighborhood of Los Angeles and want car audio or DJ and pro audio gear from a shop that lets you listen first, DJ Custom Audio is about 17.0 miles away at 8696 Atlantic Ave, South Gate, CA 90280. Plan on roughly 25 minutes when the freeways are moving. There is no DJ Custom Audio location in Hollywood. We run one shop, in South Gate, and everything happens there: installs, demos, gear pickup and Payment Plan paperwork.

Plenty of our customers come from Hollywood and other Los Angeles neighborhoods, usually with a daily driver that deserves better sound. Hollywood is in the Central & South Los Angeles area; our shop is southeast of Hollywood.

Car audio

Here is what Hollywood drivers usually ask us for. The work includes backup cameras and dash cams, for safer parking and a record of the road; speaker upgrades, which fix muddy factory sound more than anything else; amplifiers, to power speakers and subs cleanly; head units with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, so maps, calls and music run through a proper screen instead of a phone mount; and alarms and remote start (Viper only), for security and a cool cabin on hot days. 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. Bought something online already? We install customer-supplied gear too. Trucks, boats and Can-Am powersports are welcome along with daily drivers. We stick to sound, security, cameras and lighting, and we only put in gear we trust.

DJ equipment

The other half of the shop is DJ and pro audio equipment for sale, and a lot of Hollywood buyers come for it. On the floor you will find mixers, lighting (wash, moving heads, lasers), microphones and wireless systems, cables and accessories, cases and stands, turntables and media players and powered speakers, plus amps and processing, DJ controllers, subwoofers and fog, haze and bubble effects. You will see Pioneer DJ, ADJ, Electro-Voice, JBL and QSC on the shelves, plus Chauvet, Technical Pro, RCF, Shure and Mackie. Whether the goal is a first DJ rig or a full PA for a venue, we can match speakers, mixer and mics to the room size.

Not sure where to start? Ask about our equipment packages: a church or venue PA, a DJ lighting kit and a backyard party PA are popular picks. To be clear, this is gear sales: 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 17.0 miles from Hollywood by road (13.1 miles in a straight line), and the shop is southeast of Hollywood. Without traffic the drive takes about 25 minutes; rush hour can add a lot more, so check your maps app before you leave. The usual route from Hollywood uses US-101 (Hollywood Freeway), I-5 (Santa Ana Freeway) and I-710 (Long Beach Freeway), then surface streets such as West Sunset Boulevard 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

Why drive in from Hollywood instead of ordering online? You can reserve gear by phone and pick it up at the counter, so nothing is sold out when you arrive. You can see how a head unit screen will look, and ask whether it fits your dash. You talk to the people who will actually install your system, not a call center. You can hold a DJ controller or mixer, test a wireless mic, and compare powered speakers side by side.

Payment Plan

Buy Now, Pay Later with our Payment Plan: 100 days same as cash, or up to one year with Synchrony. Approval and terms set by the provider.

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Around Hollywood

Customers also drive in from areas near Hollywood, including Hancock Park, Fairfax, East Hollywood and Los Feliz. Each has its own page with directions to the shop.