Car Audio & DJ Equipment Near Pico-Union

If you are in Pico-Union, 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 11.3 miles away at 8696 Atlantic Ave, South Gate, CA 90280. Plan on roughly 20 minutes when the freeways are moving. To be clear about how we work: DJ Custom Audio has a single store at 8696 Atlantic Ave, South Gate, CA 90280. Pico-Union customers drive in, and we make that trip worth it with gear on display, installs in our bay and straight answers.

Plenty of our customers come from Pico-Union and other Los Angeles neighborhoods, usually with a daily driver that deserves better sound. Coming from the Central & South Los Angeles area, you head southeast to reach us.

Car audio

Pico-Union drivers come to us for car audio installation and gear. The work includes alarms and remote start (Viper only), for security and a cool cabin on hot days; head units with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, so maps, calls and music run through a proper screen instead of a phone mount; backup cameras and dash cams, for safer parking and a record of the road; 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. Trucks, boats and Can-Am powersports are welcome along with daily drivers. We keep it to sound, security, cameras and lighting, and we only put in gear we'd run in our own rides.

DJ equipment

Pico-Union DJs, bands, churches and families shop our DJ and pro audio floor. We stock powered speakers, turntables and media players, cables and accessories, DJ controllers, lighting (wash, moving heads, lasers), mixers, subwoofers and fog, haze and bubble effects, and microphones and wireless systems, cases and stands and amps and processing. You will see Technical Pro, Shure, JBL, ADJ and Chauvet on the shelves, plus RCF, Pioneer DJ, Mackie, QSC and Electro-Voice. 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.

We also put together equipment packages, such as a quinceañera or wedding party system, a backyard party PA or a DJ lighting kit, so you walk out with gear that works together. 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 11.3 miles from Pico-Union by road (8.8 miles in a straight line), and the shop is southeast of Pico-Union. Without traffic the drive takes about 20 minutes; rush hour can add a lot more, so check your maps app before you leave. The usual route from Pico-Union uses I-10 EXPR, then surface streets such as South Alameda 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

There are good reasons Pico-Union customers shop in person with us. 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 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.

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Around Pico-Union

Customers also drive in from areas near Pico-Union, including South Park, University Park, Westlake and Koreatown. Each has its own page with directions to the shop.