Philips CED1800BTK/CED780BTK (NAV) Product Review

When it comes modern day Head-Units with built in NAV (Navigation) there used to be only couple of options, this would either be the over the top Head-Units that would cost an arm and a leg or some cheap Chinese option with no warranty and/or way to update the NAV software. This is where Philips has stepped in to fill the void in the NAV market, not only are they very functional but they are also priced right at the mid-bottom of the Double-Din Bluetooth market making them a very good option. The display on the Philips CED1800BTK is a...

Digital Designs DD-9518-SC-D2 Pulls 155.3dB!

As a lot of you know Ashley ‘MADBASS’ Burrell and myself have been doing SPL testing for the last five weeks in search of the 155dB+ with reliability, well it didn’t start as this but it surely ended that way. Well it started as clamp testing so we could find where our SPL system was the most efficient so we could help do the same for a good friends car with a similar set-up, with this we not only tested the amplifiers to find where they were making the most power but also where they were netting the best result...

Parrot Asteroid Smart Product Review

The Parrot Asteroid Smart has been on the market for a couple of months now but I have only had time to get familiar with lately, usually when a Head-Unit with so many features is released I’d have one in the shop and be testing/reviewing it straight away but in this instance this one slipped past me. Out of the box it looks like a very simple Head-Unit with a 6.2″ Touch Screen but as soon as it fires up you realise there is much more to it! The first reaction of the Sound Quality of the Parrot Asteroid Smart...