Car Audio & DJ Equipment Near Long Beach

If you are in the city 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 14.9 miles away at 8696 Atlantic Ave, South Gate, CA 90280. Plan on roughly 24 minutes when the freeways are moving. We do not have a branch in Long Beach and we do not do mobile installs. What we offer Long Beach customers is one well-stocked South Gate counter where the same team handles car audio and DJ equipment.

Long Beach is its own incorporated city in Los Angeles County, and its drivers know the routine: long commutes, freeway noise and a factory stereo that was never great to begin with. Long Beach is in the Gateway Cities (Southeast LA County) area; our shop is north of Long Beach.

Car audio

If you drive in Long Beach, these are the car audio jobs we handle every week. 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; full sound systems, planned around your car and budget; and head units with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, so maps, calls and music run through a proper screen instead of a phone mount. 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. Tony keeps the bay focused on sound, security, cameras and lighting, done right the first time.

DJ equipment

The other half of the shop is DJ and pro audio equipment for sale, and a lot of Long Beach buyers come for it. On the floor you will find microphones and wireless systems, turntables and media players, powered speakers, cases and stands, DJ controllers, amps and processing and mixers, plus fog, haze and bubble effects, lighting (wash, moving heads, lasers), cables and accessories and subwoofers. You will see QSC, Mackie, RCF, Pioneer DJ and ADJ on the shelves, plus Chauvet, JBL, Shure, Electro-Voice and Technical Pro. A DJ from 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.

Not sure where to start? Ask about our equipment packages: a DJ lighting kit, a backyard party PA and a starter DJ setup are popular picks. Everything here is for sale: 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 14.9 miles from Long Beach by road (11.9 miles in a straight line), and the shop is north of Long Beach. Without traffic the drive takes about 24 minutes; rush hour can add a lot more, so check your maps app before you leave. The usual route from Long Beach uses I-405 (San Diego Freeway) and I-710 (Long Beach Freeway), then surface streets such as Cherry Avenue and Firestone Boulevard for the final miles.

The last stretch brings you to Atlantic Avenue at Firestone Boulevard in South Gate. The shop is at 8696 Atlantic Ave, South Gate, CA 90280, next to the 7-Eleven. Parking is on site, and a shopping center sits across the street, so you can grab food while an install is underway.

Why make the drive

Is the trip from Long Beach worth it? Here is why most customers say yes. 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 see how a head unit screen will look, and ask whether it fits your dash. You can reserve gear by phone and pick it up at the counter, so nothing is sold out when you arrive.

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Around Long Beach

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