In today’s age of digital music formats (MP3, WMA, etc.) the need for CD-Mech Head-Units seems to be dropping everywhere, this seems to be happening so fast that it wouldn’t surprise me if CD’s were obsolete in the next 5 years or even less. Pioneer have made the MVH Series of Head-Units with this in mind, making them capable of playing most if not nearly every audio format available via the USB/iPod, AUX and Bluetooth functions on the NEW MVH-355BT. As usual with Pioneer the display is simple but very functional making it easy to read both at day and night,...
Sometimes when you put a Single-Din Head-Unit into a car it can still look slightly odd or even out of place even though you have the correct fitting kit, but at the same time can’t justify having a Double-Din DVD Player at the extra cost can become a little annoying. Sony have solved this problem by releasing a Double-Din Head-Unit with more features than you could shake a stick at and at a very affordable price, this Head-Unit is the Sony WX-GT80UI. When I first saw the WX-GT80UI I thought this is a very appealing Head-Unit to the eyes, it has that...
Its not very often that I get excited about an accessory for a Head-Unit but just yesterday I found a small black box next to the messy pile of paper I call a desk, this little black box had Digital Designs’ New DD logo on it which straight away grabbed my attention. At this moment my curiosity had taken over so I had to find out what this little unit was, to my surprise it was a Bluetooth Audio Receiver! The Digital Designs DD-S-LINK is a very cool little unit and it made perfect sense to why Digital Designs would add a Bluetooth Audio...
Most Sub-Woofers have a reasonable lifespan, even after a lot of life shortening abuse I’ve seen Digital Designs Sub-Woofers still pound away where other Sub-Woofers would been burnt out and lifeless. This blog is about a coil/cone/basket replacement on a seven year old DD-3512-D2 Sub-Woofer that looks like it had lifetime of said abuse! You are most likely cringing at the sight of the ripped rubber on this old DD-3512-D2 Sub-Woofer, I remember when I first saw it I kept thinking “Wow, that’s had a hard life!”. Since the Cone and Dust-Cap were never going to be used again Ashley ‘MAD...
When it comes to SPL (Sound Pressure Level) results, anything over the 150dB mark is a phenomenal result no matter how you look at it and getting a result above 150dB requires a lot of time, testing and in some cases money. In most cases people go out and buy high-end Sub-Woofers designed for SPL that usually net good results but come at a high cost to your pocket! We at ABTEC set a little challenge to ourselves, this challenge was to prove that you can get results over the 150dB mark with Entry-Level Sub-Woofers! It took a lot of testing with different...
