The President and CEO of Dodge, Reid Bigland, revealed that the Beats by Dr. Dre audio system will bring recording-studio quality experience to the new Charger, this is thanks to a total of 10 speakers located in various places in the car, there will be 3 x 3.5-inch speakers in the instrument panel, 2 x 3.5-inch speakers in the rear doors, 2 x 6 x 9-inch woofers in the front doors and three speakers located on the rear shelf (2 x 6 x 9-inch speakers and a centrally-mounted 8-inch speaker) also there will be 8-inch subwoofer in the trunk for the bass we have come to love from Beats audio.

Previously we have seen Beats audio as an option for the Chrysler 300 models, however it comes as standard with the 2012 Chrysler 300S, we are told that the Beats Audio system will come as standard with the 2012 Dodge Charger R/T Max and Dodge Charger SXT and SXT Plus models as part of the Blacktop Package or Rallye Appearance Group, also it is included when you buy the Sound Group and Wheels and Tunes Group on Dodge Charger R/T, R/T Plus and R/T Road and Track models.

To control your audio experience there will be Uconnect Touch 8.4 mounted in the dashboard, this 8.4-inch touchscreen display will show the easily recognizable Beats by Dr. Dre splash screen upon start-up, here you can control the 12-channel amplifier to ensure that you hear music as it was intended.

It’s great to see Beats audio being brought to a wide-range of products we use on a regular basis, now we have seen HP notebooks, HTC smartphone and Dodge cars – what’s next? Perhaps future TVs will feature Beats audio, or perhaps a dedicated Beats by Dr. Dre surround-sound system will launch – we sure hope so!

Check out the official press release for yourself here.

Exact details are not known, however from what we can gather the deal was worth $300 million and for this HTC has gained a 51% stake in the company, apparently HTC plan to improve sound quality in there products and plan to use Beats technology to do just this.

The co-founder of Beats By Dr. Dre, Jimmy Iovine, had this to say on the matter: “The marriage of these two companies is very, very good. We are very good for each other” and added “With HTC’s innovation, technology and leadership, we feel we can really compete with anybody in this area”.

We think it will be a while until HTC smartphones and tablets start arriving with Beats-powered audio, however we can’t wait to see if such devices set a new audio standard for mobile devices, if so, don’t be too surprised if competing smartphone / tablet manufacturers start working closely with rival headphone manufacturers. One thing is for sure HTC’s “quietly brilliant” motto might have to be changed.

As previously mentioned HP and Beats have previously worked together to give laptops and desktops improved audio and we have heard nothing but good things about the sound quality which Beats audio brings to compliant models, personally I have never witnessed Beats audio (I’m ashamed to admit it), but if the beats headphones are anything like my V-Moda Crossfade LP headphones HTC fans will be in for a treat, perhaps as soon as next year! We also wonder if HTC may be thinking about bundling some high-quality earphones with their smartphones to combat the iPod Touch.

In our opinion HTC smartphones have never been really lacking in terms of audio, however that said nothing has blown us away either – therefore we like the forward-thinking which HTC has displayed by purchased a majority stake in Beats By Dr. Dre.

Do you own a pair of beats? Out of 10 what would you score them?