Carstereochick.com’s Alpine iLX-007 Review

It’s here – The Alpine iLX-007 CarPlay Stereo By Annie on November 6th, 2014 in Carstereochick.com’s Reviews Check it out! Today I received a couple Alpine iLX-007’s and I have to say I’m quite impressed – even with the packaging alone. This package would look fantastic under the Christmas tree. Even if you couldn’t install it right away, the packaging would keep you entertained for a couple hours. Look how small this thing is! It reminds me of Parrot’s Asteroid series, except the iLX-007 actually sounds good (unlike the Parrot Asteroid). Not much for inputs on the iLX-007 The iLX-007...

Oppo PM-3 Headphones Review

By Stephen Hornbrook on March 16, 2015 in Reference HT Reviews The PM-3 is Oppo’s third planar magnetic headphone, following the PM-1 and PM-2. Unlike the PM-1 and PM-2, the Oppo PM-3 is a closed back design. Not only is outside noise reduced, allowing more of the music to be heard, music leakage from the headphone is also limited. The Oppo PM-3 utilizes a new 55mm round planar magnetic driver featuring much of the technologies pioneered in the PM-1. The lightweight yet durable 7-layer diaphragm and strong Neodymium magnets play a key role in the PM-3’s weight reduction and in turn...

Abtec Petone Showroom Gets Updated 2015!

As a lot you know the ABTEC Petone Showroom has been open for 2 years now, but to be honest it feels like it only opened a couple of months ago. So in celebration to this milestone (And the fact ABTEC just turned 22 years old!) I thought I’d write up a little update on how the shop has grown and been updated in the last year. So much has happened over what feels like such a small amount of time that I better start somewhat from the beginning, so lets start with the Showroom! But before talk about the...