Where to start with such an amazing day… Well, I guess at the start is as good a place as any. Rocking up at the ASB Showgrounds just on 7:30am I expected to sit and relax a while awaiting others arrival…. That wasn’t to be, there were already others there, and for once we were allowed into our competing area early to allow setup to happen much earlier also. Setup went through very smoothly (after many years of doing this Ashley has it down to a fine art and coordinated everyone with surgical precision). With the competitor list restricted...
It’s not everyday that I get to open a box with $7000 Floor Standing Speakers in it, let alone listen to them so when the Klipsch RF-7 II turned up I had to get them unpacked and setup ready to be run in. I’ll start off saying that photo’s do not do the RF-7 II’s justice, the finish on the cherry veneer is just perfection and this is coming from a person that has to have ALL my home audio in black. Weighing in at just under 40 kg’s each they feel and look quite sturdy and standing next to...
Today we were very lucky to hear the OPPO PM-1 Planar Magnetic Headphones for the first time and even before opening the box I was very impressed! Usually when a set of Headphones arrive they are in a box just big enough to carry the items, however this was not the case with the PM-1’s. The box the OPPO PM-1’s arrived in was mammoth in comparison with other Headphones we see day-in and day-out, so mammoth that I could sit a small subwoofer in it! Once we had we opened the shipping packaging I was yet again surprised with another box...
Usually around this time of year I’m writing several product reviews, however this time round I feel like writing something different… This time I decided to do a little write up on our ever increasing Headphone Range, but not in conventional way like how I would with reviews & would select several items and do a generalized write up on all of them pointing not only my opinion on them but also Ashley’s too! Songs used: Pink Floyd – Us and them Guns ‘N Roses – You could be mine Bassotronics – Bass I love you Headphones: Beyerdynamic DT...
Digital Designs 9918s Hit NZ Well I guess this adventure started off when ATM (Ashley The MaddMan), called me one day back around august last year, he asked me if I was interested in trialling out the new redline series woofers that DD were about to release, ATM went on to say it was a no obligation deal which basically meant if I didn’t like them there was no pressure to buy & I could just send them back, well with a deal like that how could I refuse so I agreed. A few weeks went by & I got another call from ATM, “Tom would you like...
Not many people can say they have one of New Zealands loudest car audio systems, even less can say they have owned several systems that have been in the Top 10 list in dB Drag NZ year in and year out… However Tom Mangu can say this but is not a bragging man, so I have taken it upon myself to write this blog in honor of NZ’s Loudest For Sounds Alive 2014! When you first meet Tom (or Big T as some of his friends call him) he can look like quite an intimidating man but soon afterwards realize...
It started off with a phone call from Ashley with regards to a new series of DD that was soon to be hitting the shores of New Zealand. Most people know that I was the first to receive a pair of REDLINE 715 SERIES so Ashley & Lance thought I’d be a good candidate to try out one of the REDLINE 800 SERIES. Firstly, I’d like to point out that this subwoofer is the 18″ in the new 800 series & is first of its range in the SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE. That on its own its insane! Once the package arrived...
Petone burglars tracked down using Facebook Red-handed: Security camera footage showing two of four offenders inside car audio firm Abtec in the early hours of this morning. Police were too busy to attend a burglary in the early hours of this morning. So a Petone business owner got on Facebook to track down the alleged offenders himself. The alarm went off at Abtec, a car audio firm in Hutt Rd, at 2.26am. Owner Ashley Burrell says his security monitoring firm rang 111 about a minute later, as they are instructed to do because his premises are listed as high risk...
Well its that time again, time for the V4 & Rotary SPL & Sounds Alive Sound Off South Island Champs Nov 2014 Update! This time round I wasn’t lucky enough to tag along due to other commitments, however from looking at the results, photos and hearing how the event went from Ashley ‘MADD BASS’ Burrell it looked like I missed out on an awesome day with the biggest turnout for a South Island dB Drag SPL & Sounds Alive Event yet! Last years event wasn’t the biggest event I have attended, but I enjoyed it due to the people, the sunny...
Amid a world of noise and clutter, automotive and home audio specialists Abtec at 49 Hutt Road are providing a quality sound with high end speakers from around the world that induce relaxation and straight out pleasure. According to Abtec owner Ashley Burrell the sound is all about providing quality customer service. The top speaker brands roll off the tongue with an exclusivity to Abtec – Klipsch, Kef, JBL,Energy, Digital Designs, Rotel, Onkyo and Sony. They are all on the shelf, or standing waist high on the show room floor, in their high quality boxes ready to be heard by...
