Last Saturday on the 13th of October ABTEC had yet another dB Drag Sound-off Event at its Lower Hutt Workshop. Due to the weather I did expect the turn-out to be on the lower side of things but was quite pleasantly surprised when it hit 2pm that the workshop started to fill up very quickly. With the Sound-Off being held on a Saturday instead of the usual Sunday, setting up the dB Drag Trailer and Workshop was a little more chaotic then usual due to the Workshop being open till the Sound-off started. Soon after 2pm most of the competitors had turned up...
Its not very often we do cone replacement’s on Digital Designs Sub-Woofers yet alone on a DD-Z18! So when Ashley ‘MAD BASS’ Burrell told me that he was going to cut up the DD-Z18 my heart nearly stopped, I had a head full of questions and starting ranting on like some sort of madman looking for any excuse for Ashley not to cut up the Z18. After what felt like a four hour conversation/debate Ashley convinced me that what he was going to do was for the greater good of the Z18 and reassured me that he hadn’t become a sick...
About two weeks ago I had a request for a Sub-Woofer box to be made for a Nissan Stagea, this seemed like a very easy request at the time until I had the measurements text messaged to me. Being one who likes a challenge I got right onto it, first ringing our box builder and seeing if he could work with the dimensions provided already knowing he would have a drawing right quick! Since the box profile could only be so tall the Sub-Woofer choice was quite slim, so after a few conversations the choice was a DD-512-D4. The DD-512-D4 is Digital Designs entry...
Ashley ‘MAD BASS’ Burrell has now been supporting ManZone at North City Shopping Centre, Porirua now for six years. This year was a touch different though with ABTEC1 having its audio set-up completely changed, a set of 20″ rims added to it and also was my first year at ManZone! Before I carry on about the weekend spent at ManZone North City I’m going to give a brief description of the changes to ABTEC1. The first change was the wheel’s, I had briefly waved the idea of changing the wheels to Ashley about a month ago explaining how a change...
Not everyone is lucky enough to have owned an Mitsubishi EVO let alone two of them, Ashley ‘MAD BASS’ Burrell has however been this lucky and he even owned them both at the same time for a while there too! Even though the Mitsubishi EVO IX was Ashley’s favourite car to drive, he said the Mitsubishi EVO X was favourite for Sound Quality out of the EVO’s! In 2007 the Mitsubishi EVO X became available to the public and Ashley was lucky enough to get his grubby little hands on the first one available to the NZ public making it the...
What is the difference between SQ (Sound Quality) and SPL (Sound Pressure Levels) ? What is better? And what do you as a music lover prefer? These are questions I get asked all the time and in the end of the day it all comes down to personal preference. In this blog I am going to try explain it as well as I possibly can and also give my own personal opinion on this subject! First of all, SQ (Sound Quality) is about having clarity and fidelity while being able to hear every single frequency of the song nice and clear....
Back in mid 2000 Ashley ‘Mad Bass’ Burrell brought a new company vehicle, this vehicle was a Isuzu Wizard. The Wizard spent many a year doing everything from daily duties, driving rep’s around to hauling audio equipment around NZ. After 6 years of work duties Ashley thought it would be good to give the Wizard a bit of an overhaul, including a full SPL audio install, some sign-writing and the biggest wheels they could find at the time! First thing on the cards was getting it sign written and getting the biggest set of chrome wheels available, I’m personally not a fan...
Usually doing an install on an Audi isn’t such a big thing as our Tech’s do install’s on European cars almost on a daily basis, but when a regular customer that is MAD on Digital Designs comes in with his Audi RS4 Avant I just knew this was going to be something special. Just to give to some info on this customer without dropping names, he has been a loyal customer of ABTEC for about three and a bit years, with install’s ranging from alarm and audio in his numerous courier vans to decking out his past Holden Commodore (That happened to have...
As Ashley ‘Mad Bass’ Burrell does on occasion, he flew up to Auckland for the 2012 Speedshow at the ASB Grounds in Greenlane. And why wouldn’t he, the combination of Hot-Rods, stunt driving and a good atmosphere it covers most grounds for most Carshow fans! We at ABTEC have been supporting and running the Carshows site for seven years now and are looking forward to the next seven years of Carshows too! Here are a few of my favourite photos from the show, enjoy! There is just something about old school muscle cars that I love and this show had a lot,...
Last week after a long discussion with Ashley Burrell a decision was made to change the look of the Lower Hutt Showroom a touch. This meant not only taking the Digital Designs DD-Z18-D1.5 out of the the Pajero (ABTEC1), but it also meant that we had to carpet it so it didn’t look out of place next to all the other carpeted boxes. Once the Z18 and 9512‘s boxes were all carpeted, it was time to drive them over to Lower Hutt. When we arrived Ashley soon realised he had forgot his keys, lucky for us Darryl Burrell wasn’t to far away. While...
