Smith's Electronics, LLC

🎧 Flashback Friday with Smith’s Electronics!

In 1963, Philips dropped the first cassette tape, and by the '80s, car stereos were never the same. Mixtapes, anyone? 🎶🎤
Whether you’re rocking retro or streaming Spotify—we upgrade car audio like pros.

🎵 Turn up your drive with Smith’s Electronics car audio installs!

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Did you Know?

First Car Radio Installation:
Date: 1930

By: The Galvin Manufacturing Corporation (later became Motorola)

Details:

The first commercially successful car radio was called the Motorola 5T71.

Installed in a Studebaker, it cost about $110, which was a lot at the time—almost 1/4 the price of a new car.

“Motorola” came from “motor” + “Victrola” (a popular phonograph brand), so it literally meant “sound in motion.”

🧪 Early Experiments:
There were some custom/experimental car radio installs as early as the 1920s, but they weren’t mass produced or reliable.

Fun fact:
In the 1930s, some cities tried to ban car radios, worried they’d distract drivers. That didn’t exactly stick!

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Depending on weather and road conditions we may not be open Monday or Tuesday. If we have to close we will reschedule our current appointments.