{"id":1662,"date":"2012-08-07T15:40:37","date_gmt":"2012-08-07T03:40:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.abtec.co.nz\/blog\/?p=1662"},"modified":"2015-06-27T11:02:37","modified_gmt":"2015-06-26T23:02:37","slug":"our-first-spl-demo-sound-truck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abtec.co.nz\/blog\/our-first-spl-demo-sound-truck\/","title":{"rendered":"Our First SPL Demo Sound Truck!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Back in mid 2000 Ashley ‘Mad Bass’ Burrell<\/a><\/strong> brought\u00a0a new company vehicle, this vehicle was a Isuzu Wizard<\/strong>. The Wizard<\/strong> spent many a year doing everything from daily duties, driving rep’s around to hauling audio equipment around NZ<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

After 6 years of work duties Ashley<\/strong> thought it would be good to give the Wizard<\/strong> a bit of an overhaul, including a full SPL<\/strong> audio install, some sign-writing and the biggest wheels they could find at the time!<\/p>\n

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First thing on the cards was getting it sign written and getting the biggest set of chrome wheels available, I’m\u00a0personally not a fan of chrome wheels but must say I think these wheels actually suit the Wizard<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Next on the cards (no pun intended) was getting the door-cards customised since Isuzu<\/strong> never intended for two set’s of\u00a0components to be installed in the doors.\u00a0This problem was easily fixed with some plywood, fibre glass and a lot of time!<\/p>\n

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Since the Wizard<\/strong> was going to be Ashley’s new Demo Sound Truck<\/strong> there was going to be no need for a boot, so the whole boot was utilised to fit 4 sub-woofers, 4 bridgeable 2-channel amplifiers, 1 bridgeable 4-channel amplifier and an extra battery to help power all the amplifiers!<\/p>\n

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As you can see a lot of fibre-glass was used to make the boot look as tidy as possible, personally I think it looks like it came from the factory this way apart from the colour\u00a0scheme that makes it stand out. Not that standing out is a bad thing, being a demo car it is to be expected!<\/p>\n

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By now you are most likely wondering why the truck has JVC<\/strong> plastered all over it and also is filled to the brim with its products? Well the answer to that is because Ashley<\/strong> at that stage was JVC’s National Sale’s & Marketing Manager<\/strong> and eventually became there Managing Director<\/strong> for NZ<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

So it made perfect sense at the time for them to sponsor the truck. Ashley<\/strong>\u00a0eventually moved on from the JVC<\/strong> product and this truck selling it onto a local Porirua\u00a0resident. I still even see it driving around Porirua once in a while!<\/p>\n

At the time the Demo Truck was capable of doing 145dB<\/strong> in SPL<\/strong> (Sound Pressure Level) tests which was a very\u00a0respectable number back then, today though we are getting 150dB+<\/strong> from 4 entry level Sony<\/strong> sub-woofers & also from single Digital Designs<\/strong> sub-woofers!<\/p>\n

It is amazing how the car-audio game changes over the years and I also can’t wait to see how our current Demo Truck ends up once it is finally finished, which in the last few months has had over 6 different set-ups in it but I will leave that for another blog!<\/p>\n

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