Its that time again, time for another ABTEC dB Drag Sound off at Unit 1, 4 Railway Avenue, Alicetown, Lower Hutt! Come down and test your cars Sound Pressure Levels to its limits, watch your friends BURP there subs till they pop or drop by to check out the Digital Designs Z18 in action! ABTEC dB Drag Sound Off Sunday June 3rd 2012 Unit 1, 4 Railway Avenue, Alicetown, Lower Hutt Official dB Drag Event Abtec’s Railway Ave Soundoff is back on again. Great prizes to be won and only $10 entry fee for competitors (Payable on the day) Starts...
Simple, effective, affordable GPS location with the new AVS GPS locator and alert devices AVS Car Security have just released the all new AVS GPS tracking range which we can combine with an AVS car alarm for a complete security package. These GPS devices can also be used on their own to protect and monitor bikes, boats, machinery or other assets. So what are the options? We reckon the most popular way to go for your own car (whether that be the family station wagon or a performance or classic car) will be with an AVS GPS locator and alert...
Abtec NZ gunning for db record… Last Saturday on the 12th we decided to prep ABTEC3 for an upcoming event we will be running in the near future and do a couple of SPL test’s while we were at it. Soon after arriving I found myself having a conversation with our MD about setting up the 10’s again with no change of gear as I was convinced it has a good 150db in this setup. After a good half an hour of putting all the same gear back in from the 149.9db run we did at the V 4 & Rotary North Island...
Ok this Blog isn’t written about myself getting a Mitsubishi EVO IX as a demo car but about when Ashley Burrell our MD brought one for himself. I understand as a man and as a car enthusiast you can’t really put a price on happiness and this must be obtained by your doings in life but I’m pretty sure driving around in a EVO IX must of put a smile on Ashley’s face on a daily basis, as I know I would be smiling every time I left the driveway if I owned one! The Mitsubishi EVO’s were designed as a...
As the search goes on for SPL results over the 150dB mark we have been trying our different box designs in different cars in our fleet, so far the box that has been the most successful is the one with the four JBL GTO1214 SVC subs in it. Lawrence has tried SPL test’s with every box available in our arsenal and after many close results the decision was made to stick with the four JBL 12″s and throw more power at it. So out with the Digital Designs M3a and in with a Digital Designs M4a and the 5200w RMS it produces!...
Earlier on in the year we started playing around with SPL (Sound Pressure Levels) box designs. Researching, designing, building and testing them until our ears almost bleed at times and then we came across one design we were happy with. This design was used in the states and produced some MASSIVE SPL numbers in a little Honda CRX, we duplicated this design and with this box and four entry level 10″ Sony Subs we managed a 149.9dB in ABTEC3. You can read all about that HERE Since this design worked so well on four entry level 10’s we thought why...
When I was told we were getting a Digital Designs Z18 for the back of the trusty old Pajero I was overwhelmed with excitement, so much excitement that all I wanted to do is go and tell people like what a 5 year would do when he gets a new Tonka Tow-Truck for his birthday! The only thing with this was that I was sworn to secrecy and wasn’t allowed to tell anybody, and anyone that knows me well would know this was very hard for me to do! After a couple of weeks of manufacturing and shipping there was a knock...
In late June/July 2011 ABTEC opened its Showroom/Workshop at Unit 1, 4 Railway Avenue, Alicetown, Lower Hutt. Increasing the range of services provided to the public and also a place where people can visit to talk face-to-face about future installations/products or just general advise about there existing car audio set ups. Opening the Showroom/Workshop also meant taking on more staff and also shuffling existing staff around to accommodate the extra work load. So Darryl and Dennis moved from Head-Office to the Hutt Workshop, Lawrence came on-board and eventually George became part of the team. With the addition of Lawrence on-board, this meant not only...
The Whangamata Beach Hop has been going for about 12 years now and has grown from a 6,000 person Rock and Roll 1-day Festival to a 100,000+ (Estimated) person Festival. This is ABTEC‘s and Carshows second year of hosting the photos for the festival on behalf of SONY NZ. And we are very happy to do so, because who doesn’t like Old School Muscle cars! I could write up on how amazing “The Hop” is because I have attended three of them myself in the last ten years but will leave that for the people over at Beach Hop. I...
A lot of people ask “What does ABTEC Gives You BOOM BOOM! mean?” Well when I get asked that I would answer with “ABTEC can supply you with all your Car Audio Bass needs”. Be it one 6.5″ subwoofer to give your music that little more depth to the tone or four 18″ subwoofers that make your bones shake! Ashley Burrell from word go has been “MAD About Bass!” , he was telling me just the other day about when he started in this industry back in 1982 he used to play his music so loud in his “1982 Mitsubishi...
