KOB Audio started life in 1987, selling custom-made car audio interface leads and specialised dual insulated phono cable in the days when every car audio manufacturer had their own ways of connecting stuff. Many used DIN plugs but the pins hardly ever matched from one brand to the next, and signal levels varied wildly.

Kevin O’Byrne, with friend and electronics engineer Jim Forrest, developed and marketed a line of car audio interface leads under the brand name of Audiolinx. These were used by many of the leading installers of the day, including Mike Wells Car Stereo Systems in London, The Sound Gallery in High Wycombe, Ray Smith Car Audio of Edinburgh, Audiocar in London, ABC Car Radio of Newbury, Wentworth Car Radios of Virginia Water in Surrey, and Huets Car Audio in Hove, to name just a few.

Kevin later moved into the world of consumer magazines, writing and editing. Jim successfully continued with his electronics servicing business,
JF Associates, which also handled independent testing of review products for several home hi-fi and car audio magazines in the UK.

KOB Audio is run by Kevin O’Byrne, former editor of Car Stereo & Security magazine and a freelance specialist writer on in-car for over 20 years.

As a writer and sound judge, Kevin was influential in establishing the UK sound-off scene. He was the joint Head Judge at the first European Autosound Finals in 1993 and 1994, and Head Judge of the first autosound competition National Finals in Russia in 1998, as well as judging competitions in Italy, Spain and Ireland.




KOB Audio supplies direct to consumers. We accept payments online through PayPal. Note that a PayPal account is not required if you wish to pay by credit card. Transactions will appear on your credit card statement as 3BGB, which is our e-commerce portal.

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