Car Audio & DJ Equipment Near Manhattan Beach

If you are in the city of Manhattan Beach and want car audio or DJ and pro audio gear from a shop that lets you listen first, DJ Custom Audio is about 18.1 miles away at 8696 Atlantic Ave, South Gate, CA 90280. Plan on roughly 27 minutes when the freeways are moving. There is no DJ Custom Audio location in Manhattan Beach. We run one shop, in South Gate, and everything happens there: installs, demos, gear pickup and Payment Plan paperwork.

Manhattan 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. On a map, Manhattan Beach falls in the Central & South Los Angeles part of Los Angeles County, and South Gate is east of it.

Car audio

If you drive in Manhattan Beach, these are the car audio jobs we handle every week. The work includes 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; full sound systems, planned around your car and budget; amplifiers, to power speakers and subs cleanly; and subwoofers and enclosures, for bass you can feel without rattling the whole car. 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 Manhattan Beach buyers come for it. Categories include subwoofers, amps and processing, powered speakers, cables and accessories, mixers and fog, haze and bubble effects, along with DJ controllers, cases and stands, lighting (wash, moving heads, lasers), turntables and media players and microphones and wireless systems. Brands we carry include JBL, Electro-Voice, Chauvet, RCF, ADJ, Pioneer DJ, Shure, Technical Pro, QSC 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 backyard party PA, a quinceañera or wedding party system and a DJ lighting kit are popular picks. Everything here is for sale: no rentals, no DJs for hire, and no DJ equipment repair. Ask Joe on the DJ side about setup and software like Serato; he works with this gear himself.

The drive

DJ Custom Audio is about 18.1 miles from Manhattan Beach by road (14.1 miles in a straight line), and the shop is east of Manhattan Beach. Without traffic the drive takes about 27 minutes; rush hour can add a lot more, so check your maps app before you leave. The usual route from Manhattan Beach uses I-105 (Century Freeway), then surface streets such as Otis Street 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 Manhattan 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 hear the difference between speakers and subs on our demo displays before you spend a dollar. 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.

Payment Plan

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Around Manhattan Beach

Customers also drive in from areas near Manhattan Beach, including El Segundo, Hermosa Beach, Del Aire and Redondo Beach. Each has its own page with directions to the shop.