Directed Electronics owns one of the best-known, toughest and most well-respected high performance brands in the the car audio world: Orion® High Performance Car Audio as well as Orion® Wired, a complete line of premium and ultra-premium wiring, connectors, power capacitors and installation kits.

2009 marks the 25th anniversary of the Orion® brand and Directed marked the occasion with a top-to-bottom re-launch of the line, including the return of Cobalt®, Orion's best-selling entry-level series.