Car Audio & DJ Equipment Near Lakewood

If you are in the city of Lakewood and want car audio or DJ and pro audio gear from a shop that lets you listen first, DJ Custom Audio is about 12.2 miles away at 8696 Atlantic Ave, South Gate, CA 90280. Plan on roughly 18 minutes when the freeways are moving. We do not have a branch in Lakewood and we do not do mobile installs. What we offer Lakewood customers is one well-stocked South Gate counter where the same team handles car audio and DJ equipment.

As an incorporated city in Los Angeles County, Lakewood has plenty of daily drivers who put serious hours behind the wheel, which is exactly when better sound pays off. On a map, Lakewood falls in the Gateway Cities (Southeast LA County) part of Los Angeles County, and South Gate is northwest of it.

Car audio

Car audio is half of what we do, and Lakewood drivers keep the bay busy. The work includes amplifiers, to power speakers and subs cleanly; full sound systems, planned around your car and budget; GPS and lighting, to round out the build; subwoofers and enclosures, for bass you can feel without rattling the whole car; 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. Bought something online already? We install customer-supplied gear too. Daily drivers, work trucks, boats and Can-Am machines all come through the bay. We keep it to sound, security, cameras and lighting, and we only put in gear we'd run in our own rides.

DJ equipment

The other half of the shop is DJ and pro audio equipment for sale, and a lot of Lakewood buyers come for it. We stock cases and stands, turntables and media players, powered speakers, lighting (wash, moving heads, lasers), mixers, DJ controllers, microphones and wireless systems and amps and processing, and fog, haze and bubble effects, cables and accessories and subwoofers. Our DJ and pro audio lines are Pioneer DJ, Shure, JBL, QSC, ADJ, Mackie, Electro-Voice, Technical Pro, RCF and Chauvet. Common Lakewood requests: a first controller and speakers, a bigger PA for a growing church, or lighting to finish a setup.

We also put together equipment packages, such as a starter DJ setup, a quinceañera or wedding party system or a backyard party PA, so you walk out with gear that 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 12.2 miles from Lakewood by road (8.1 miles in a straight line), and the shop is northwest of Lakewood. Without traffic the drive takes about 18 minutes; rush hour can add a lot more, so check your maps app before you leave. The usual route from Lakewood uses CA-91 (Artesia Freeway) and I-710 (Long Beach Freeway), then surface streets such as Bellflower 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

Is the trip from Lakewood worth it? Here is why most customers say yes. You can reserve gear by phone and pick it up at the counter, so nothing is sold out when you arrive. You get an honest recommendation, including when a cheaper option is the right call. 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.

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Around Lakewood

Customers also drive in from areas near Lakewood, including Lakewood Village, Artesia, Bellflower and Hawaiian Gardens. Each has its own page with directions to the shop.