Digital Designs DD-512-D4 x2 Hit a Staggering 151dB!!

After doing the SPL tests with the four Digital Designs DD-512-D4’s it was brought to my attention by Ashley ‘MAD BASS’ Burrell that we have not yet tested two of them for a comparison. This got the brain ticking over and after a long conversation (Ask anyone that knows us, Ashley and I can talk!) with Ashley the decision was made to run with the same design that was netting us results with the four DD-512-D4’s, but this time with only half the box. As I do I setup the car the way I always do before testing, checking and double checking...

Pioneer TSW-309-D4 Subwoofers Hit 154.4dB!!

As a lot of people are getting to know now, we at ABTEC have been doing a lot of dB SPL Testing using Entry Level Sub-Woofers. We have tried testing Entry Level Sub-Woofers from Sony, JBL, Digital Designs and this time around we decided to try four of the Pioneer TSW-309-D4 Sub-Woofers. Over this time ABTEC3 has been taking a bit of a beating from the Sound Pressure Levels but I’m sure the little Vitz will continue to happily put up with a lot more for quite some time too. I went through my usual check list as I do...

SoundQubed HDC318 18″ Sub-Woofer Product Review

I though I’d start the year off a little different with a Product Review, your most likely sitting there thinking “whats so different about that?” or “You do Product Reviews all the time!”. Well this time round I will writing the Product Review as I run the Sub-Woofer in and as the SoundQubed Sub-Woofers are new to ABTEC and I am actually very interested how it will sound when it is run in! Out of the box I must say the SQ HDC318-D1 surely looks the part, the weave of the Cone is just thing of beauty and I keep...