Its not very often you see a company re-run a discontinued product, in fact I can’t remember any company in the car audio industry ever doing so. The common trend is to make a new replacement model and never speak of the last model like it never existed, Digital Designs has gone against the grain here and re-released the M4 even after they had released the mighty M4a. You might be sitting there wondering why they would do so when they have already released its successor, well the answer is simple! Digital Designs had so much success with the M4 customers keep on...
Ashley ‘MAD BASS’ Burrell has now been supporting ManZone at North City Shopping Centre, Porirua now for six years. This year was a touch different though with ABTEC1 having its audio set-up completely changed, a set of 20″ rims added to it and also was my first year at ManZone! Before I carry on about the weekend spent at ManZone North City I’m going to give a brief description of the changes to ABTEC1. The first change was the wheel’s, I had briefly waved the idea of changing the wheels to Ashley about a month ago explaining how a change...
Ten years ago if someone had told me that I would be writing a review on what I consider one of the most phenomenal Sub-Woofers ever built & that before having the chance to write about it I would be Listening to it in my daily driver for over three months I would of told them they were crazy! This Sub-Woofer is the Digital Designs DD-Z18-D1.5 The sound quality of the Z18 is just absolutely beautiful that no array of words could ever do it justice! I have owned 18″ Sub-Woofers in the past, they have always been slow moving and...
Not everyone is lucky enough to have owned an Mitsubishi EVO let alone two of them, Ashley ‘MAD BASS’ Burrell has however been this lucky and he even owned them both at the same time for a while there too! Even though the Mitsubishi EVO IX was Ashley’s favourite car to drive, he said the Mitsubishi EVO X was favourite for Sound Quality out of the EVO’s! In 2007 the Mitsubishi EVO X became available to the public and Ashley was lucky enough to get his grubby little hands on the first one available to the NZ public making it the...
When it comes to getting nice crisp Bass tones in your car usually you have to pay an arm and leg to do so, with the DD-510-D4 this isn’t the case. Like all Digital Designs Subs they are hand-built to the same standards that we all would expect from Digital Designs and come with an affordable price! The sound quality of these Sub-Woofers are just amazing, nice crisp clear low’s and that nice punch that 10″ Sub-Woofers are known for! Ideally the DD-510-D4 is designed to be powered by smaller amplifiers (100-300w RMS) but can safely be run on a larger amplifier...
The Digital Designs SS Series Mono-block Amplifier returns to the line up in its 3rd generation making 50% more power than the 1st generation. The Digital Designs SS1b delivers 700 watts of power at 12 Volts, over 900 Watts at alternator charging levels and 1400 watts of dynamic power, all from less than 7 inches wide and 11 inches long. Although the original SS1 may have been ahead of its time, the “b” version is perfect for integrating high end audio in more tightly constrained vehicle interiors. SPECIFICATIONS Bridged NA Channels 1 Cont Power at 1 Ohm 700W x 1...
What is the difference between SQ (Sound Quality) and SPL (Sound Pressure Levels) ? What is better? And what do you as a music lover prefer? These are questions I get asked all the time and in the end of the day it all comes down to personal preference. In this blog I am going to try explain it as well as I possibly can and also give my own personal opinion on this subject! First of all, SQ (Sound Quality) is about having clarity and fidelity while being able to hear every single frequency of the song nice and clear....
Back in mid 2000 Ashley ‘Mad Bass’ Burrell brought a new company vehicle, this vehicle was a Isuzu Wizard. The Wizard spent many a year doing everything from daily duties, driving rep’s around to hauling audio equipment around NZ. After 6 years of work duties Ashley thought it would be good to give the Wizard a bit of an overhaul, including a full SPL audio install, some sign-writing and the biggest wheels they could find at the time! First thing on the cards was getting it sign written and getting the biggest set of chrome wheels available, I’m personally not a fan...
In the last few years car manufacturers have been making it harder and harder to replace the factory head-units in their cars in some cases it costs in the thousands just to replace the fascia plates, Sony have now found a solution to this problem for the iPod/iPhone users and this solution is the new Sony XDP-MU110! Sony has just released the XDP-MU110 which is an iPod/iPhone integration kit for those who want to keep their car’s stock head unit in place. More accurately, the Digital Link Sound System is a collection of car audio technology that has been bundled...
