As a lot you know the ABTEC Petone Showroom has been open for 2 years now, but to be honest it feels like it only opened a couple of months ago. So in celebration to this milestone (And the fact ABTEC just turned 22 years old!) I thought I’d write up a little update on how the shop has grown and been updated in the last year. So much has happened over what feels like such a small amount of time that I better start somewhat from the beginning, so lets start with the Showroom! But before talk about the...
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...
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...
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...
