As far double-dins go you would usually get two of these three things (Good Price/Quality/Lots of Options) which limits most people to buying a product that they would be half-happy with, Pioneer’s solution to this is the Pioneer FH-X755BT. Now you can have a quality unit with lots of options at a very good price point! As with most Pioneer Head-Unit’s the display is simple yet effective with enough information displayed without becoming cluttered. There is the option of changing the illumination of the buttons/controls separate to the display to give you that custom feel, also with the controls based around...

Usually when I do a review on a product I will run it in one of the work vehicles for a week or two testing out different settings and getting a general feeling of how it functions, sometimes I even push the items to its limits. Writing a product review on the Digital Designs M4a is slightly different in this case since I have been running two in ABTEC3 for about a year now and have used them for everything from SPL, Ground-Pounding to just playing Ordinary Everyday Music. The build quality of the M4a is just flawless, not just...

If you are looking for an entry level bargain basement CD player, you have come to the wrong place here. One of the latest editions to the Sony stable is the feature packed mid priced MEX GS600BT Smart-phone Integration With more and more manufacturers jumping on-board with smart-phone connectivity and integration it was only natural that Sony would also jump in head first and supply not only iPhone integration but ALSO Android integration via the iPhone and Androids “Sony App Remote”. The Sony App Remote opens up a new level of interactivity between the GS600BT and your chosen Smart-phone, not only can...

Let the brilliant double DIN 6.1″ touch screen of the Sony XAV-64BT display entertains and informs you with an easy-to-use, advanced response interface sure to please. Pop in a DVD and turn your car into a mobile movie theatre  keeping everyone quieted down on long road trips. Quickly connect, charge and control your iPod, iPhone or music player via front USB 1-wire input. Gesture command and on-screen touch buttons make everything easier to control and separate audio and video power supply circuits provide added clarity. Connect your iPhone or iPod Touch via the optional RC-202IPV cable to playback video and audio...

Best standmounter £400-£800, Awards 2013. Simply brilliant Tested at £800 Our Verdict: 5 Stars Best standmounter £400-£800, Awards 2013. Simply brilliant For: Transparency, impressive resolution excellent bass for size fine build and finish Against: Demanding of partnering equipment In our experience, Anniversary products tend to be either high-end mega-money statements to show just what the company is capable of, or distinctly retro to show where it started. KEF’s new LS50 is neither. The marketing blurb goes on about connections to the fabled BBC LS3/5a mini monitor (which used KEF drive units), but the fact is that there’s little technical substance to link the...

I though I’d start the year off a little different with a Product Review, your most likely sitting there thinking “whats so different about that?” or “You do Product Reviews all the time!”. Well this time round I will writing the Product Review as I run the Sub-Woofer in and as the SoundQubed Sub-Woofers are new to ABTEC and I am actually very interested how it will sound when it is run in! Out of the box I must say the SQ HDC318-D1 surely looks the part, the weave of the Cone is just thing of beauty and I keep...

As the year has been going by we have seen quite a few upgrades in Head-Unit models and with no exceptions when it come to Pioneer either, in the last couple month’s they have released over four NEW upgraded Head-Units including the DEH-4450BT being superseded by the NEW Pioneer DEH-X6550BT. The display is very functional and easy to read just like the DEH-4450BT was but this time round you have the option of changing both the display and key button illumination. With 210,000 x 210,000 colour combinations to choose from, it has to be more than enough colours for even the most...

In today’s age of digital music formats (MP3, WMA, etc.) the need for CD-Mech Head-Units seems to be dropping everywhere, this seems to be happening so fast that it wouldn’t surprise me if CD’s were obsolete in the next 5 years or even less. Pioneer have made the MVH Series of Head-Units with this in mind, making them capable of playing most if not nearly every audio format available via the USB/iPod, AUX and Bluetooth functions on the NEW MVH-355BT. As usual with Pioneer the display is simple but very functional making it easy to read both at day and night,...

Sometimes when you put a Single-Din Head-Unit into a car it can still look slightly odd or even out of place even though you have the correct fitting kit, but at the same time can’t justify having a Double-Din DVD Player at the extra cost can become a little annoying. Sony have solved this problem by releasing a Double-Din Head-Unit with more features than you could shake a stick at and at a very affordable price, this Head-Unit is the Sony WX-GT80UI. When I first saw the WX-GT80UI I thought this is a very appealing Head-Unit to the eyes, it has that...

Its not very often that I get excited about an accessory for a Head-Unit but just yesterday I found a small black box next to the messy pile of paper I call a desk, this little black box had Digital Designs’ New DD logo on it which straight away grabbed my attention. At this moment my curiosity had taken over so I had to find out what this little unit was, to my surprise it was a Bluetooth Audio Receiver! The Digital Designs DD-S-LINK is a very cool little unit and it made perfect sense to why Digital Designs would add a Bluetooth Audio...