A lot of people spend a massive amount of time and money building their Car Audio Systems to get the perfect (perfection is really subjective though) sound only to find a new rattle when upgrading to bigger/better equipment. I personally have come across this issue myself in several cars I have owned, on some cars it was just a minor bit of road noise and slight number plate rattles but since my systems have gotten bigger the rattles grew and so did the annoyances of it! There are three main uses for Sound Deadening, these three uses are: Increasing Sound...
By now a lot of your are aware that we have now established ourselves at our NEW location at 49 Hutt Road, Petone, Lower Hutt. Some people still haven’t since I still get phone calls in regards to the old location. This is just a small update to let everybody know where we are now located and what the team has been up to of late! Our commitment to you … Our aim, very simply, is to satisfy all our customers so they will want to choose us again and maybe even recommend us to their friends. We only select...
When it comes modern day Head-Units with built in NAV (Navigation) there used to be only couple of options, this would either be the over the top Head-Units that would cost an arm and a leg or some cheap Chinese option with no warranty and/or way to update the NAV software. This is where Philips has stepped in to fill the void in the NAV market, not only are they very functional but they are also priced right at the mid-bottom of the Double-Din Bluetooth market making them a very good option. The display on the Philips CED1800BTK is a...
As a lot of you know Ashley ‘MADBASS’ Burrell and myself have been doing SPL testing for the last five weeks in search of the 155dB+ with reliability, well it didn’t start as this but it surely ended that way. Well it started as clamp testing so we could find where our SPL system was the most efficient so we could help do the same for a good friends car with a similar set-up, with this we not only tested the amplifiers to find where they were making the most power but also where they were netting the best result...
The Parrot Asteroid Smart has been on the market for a couple of months now but I have only had time to get familiar with lately, usually when a Head-Unit with so many features is released I’d have one in the shop and be testing/reviewing it straight away but in this instance this one slipped past me. Out of the box it looks like a very simple Head-Unit with a 6.2″ Touch Screen but as soon as it fires up you realise there is much more to it! The first reaction of the Sound Quality of the Parrot Asteroid Smart...
The Sony CDX-GT320MP is one of Sony’s newer entry level Head Units, it is the direct replacement of the CDX-GT310MP with similar functions and the same old trusty controls that features on all of Sony’s CDX-GT Series Head Units. Features Slot-In CD/MP3/WMA/Tuner player Frontal Aux-In Digital Clarity Tuner S-MOSFET Output Power: 52W x 4 Pre-Out: Rear/Sub switchable Preset FM18 / AM12 General Pre Out Output Level (V): 2 Pre Out Impedance (ohms): 220 Maximum Output Power (4ohms, 1kHz) (W): 52 Dimensions (W x H x D): 178 x 50 x 177mm Mounting Dimensions (W x H x D): 182 x...
The Digital Designs DD-CXS6x9 CXS Series 6×9’s are one of the most amazing sounding mid-range 6×9 speakers I have ever heard. The sound that comes out of these speakers are just as crystal clear as the DD-CS6.5’s but have a touch more bottom end, so much bottom end that the first comparator board we put them in had slight flex in the back panel! SPECIFICATIONS Cutout diameter: 6.0″ x 8.6″ / 15.24 x 21.84 cm Frequency response: 40Hz-25kHz Mounting depth: 2.4″ / 6.1 cm Power handling: 60/200 Sensitivity: 91 dB Shipping weight: 8 lbs / 3.63 kg Tweeter coil diameter:...
The Abtec Audio Lounge has been in full play for four months now so I thought I’d take some time and do a little write up on what has been added to it, during this time it has gone through a couple of changes including getting a full 3D Projector and also two new couches to accommodate more people while we have movies playing. The upgrade of the Audio Lounge was a interesting one as I personally thought it was all done and finished, but I soon realised that Ashley wasn’t one hundred percent happy with visual side of the...
Alpine has never been know for big changes in the way their products looked so when I first saw the Alpine CDE-141E I wasn’t to sure about it, at first it was like it had lost that old Alpine character but after using it for awhile I realised was for the best as it has made the trusty Alpine Head Unit very easy to use. The Alpine CDE-141E’s design is slightly different to the norm of Alpine Head Units with its lack of blue-buttons but in saying that it is a nice subtle change and very functional too, after using the...
Being the middle of the year it was time for yet another ABTEC dB Drag Soundoff & Sounds Alive Winter Event, this time round it was at our NEW Shop in Petone making it a far better site for parking but also having enough room to move around in the workshop while the event was running. Yet again the regular competitors have been stepping up their game with some very impressive upgrade’s and even some of newer people in the scene have been fully rebuilding with almost everybody beating their own personal bests! As we all started to setup it was...
