It’s that time again, time for the V 4 & Rotary Jamboree Sounds Alive & Extreme Bass Battle Sound Off March 2015 Update! Its hard to believe its been a whole year since I have last competed at a Sound Off or even worked at one too, however this time round I would not be competing but running the show and squeezing in the odd demo here and there… To my surprise everything was already setup (Many thanks to Ashley ‘Madd Bass’ Burrell and Darryl Burrell) when I arrived and most of the competitors had already arrived and were already...
Firstly a shout out to Ashley at Abtec in Petone, what a great guy, so helpful and friendly. He has also been around in the industry long enough to know a few things and to offer great advice. What kind of guy would let someone listen to his $1200 pair of Oppo headphones! Thanks and I wouldn’t mind borrowing them for the weekend 🙂 I like a variety of music ranging from stuff in the 80s right through to present. I listen to the vast majority off my iPad Air 2 or Galaxy Note 3 on Spotify. On other occasions...
We came, we saw, we conquered… Rocking up at Ardmore it was plain to see, even at 7am, that the day was going to be another scorcher, and test for the competitors equipment. Hanging around awaiting Ashley with the keys going through in my head, the order of the day and watching the show cars slowly roll through the gate, I couldn’t help reflect a little over the past couple of years and be thankful of the support the SPL scene has had from the amazing sponsors of NZ dB Drag. 4 N Rotary, for not only including us in...
In the last three years ABTEC3 (Toyota Vitz) has gone from a everyday company vehicle all the way to being a Ground Pounder (Car audio car that can play very low frequency bass music) and everything in between, in its current setup I can float paper and do what people call Hairtricks (Floating girls hair) so I thought I’d take a little time and write up a little blog around one of my favorite past times. When ABTEC3 was handed over to me as a company vehicle I had been daily driving ABTEC1 (Mitsubishi Pajero) with the mighty DD-Z18 in...
V4 & Rotary Nationals, Saturday January 24th 2015, ASB Showgrounds, Greenlane, Auckland, Orion XTRPRO122D’s pull 151.6db!! Soon after the arrival of the XTRPRO122D Subwoofers Andrew set his sights on a new goal 🙂 Time to give Orion a go. So with that in hand now to pick an amplifier to suit. The XTR3700.1 was the preferred option and looking back was a great choice. Now, Andrew had always had great success with his box design so it made sense to stay with what had worked in the past and again taking the safe road travelled. See below photo of the...
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...
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...
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...
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...
