{"id":6233,"date":"2016-01-30T07:56:25","date_gmt":"2016-01-29T18:56:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/abtec.co.nz\/blog\/?p=6233"},"modified":"2016-02-03T08:01:51","modified_gmt":"2016-02-02T19:01:51","slug":"v-4-rotary-spl-sounds-alive-sound-off-auckland-nationals-january-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abtec.co.nz\/blog\/v-4-rotary-spl-sounds-alive-sound-off-auckland-nationals-january-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"V 4 &#038; Rotary SPL &#038; Sounds Alive Sound Off Auckland Nationals January 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Arriving at the venue just after 7am, I knew the day was going to be a scorcher and I was not wrong!<\/p>\n<p>With the Gazebo, PA gear, PC, and lanes now setup I went through to check out the cars, and number, and mark the mic placement. Looking at the setups people had it was also going to be a very<strong> LOUD<\/strong> day\u2026 again I was not wrong!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/abtec.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_1791.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6236 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/abtec.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_1791-300x130.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_1791\" width=\"300\" height=\"130\" srcset=\"https:\/\/abtec.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_1791-300x130.jpg 300w, https:\/\/abtec.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_1791-1024x443.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/abtec.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_1791-500x216.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The day ran like a well-oiled machine with competitors and crowd working well together to help competitors to and from the lanes.<br \/>\nThe days temperatures played a big part for a couple competitors causing amplifiers to go into thermal protection more than once over the day as they \u2018demo\u2019d\u2019 their vehicles to the crowd, and pulled crowds in from far and wide.<\/p>\n<p>My personal stand out competitors of the day had to be:<\/p>\n<p>Firstly <strong>Shane Handcock<\/strong> in his Nissan Stagea wagon, with his Dual DC 18s powered by dual behemoth DC 7.5K amplifiers achieving a gut-wrenching 155.7dB somewhere in the mid 30Hz range! And going on to take out 3 standard classes, <strong>AND<\/strong> the <strong>TOP DOG<\/strong> award for the most dominant competitor of the day.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/abtec.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_19811.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6238 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/abtec.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_19811-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_1981\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/abtec.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_19811-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/abtec.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_19811-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/abtec.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_19811-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/abtec.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_19811.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Secondly I would be amiss by not making mention of<strong> Anthony Latu<\/strong> and is beast of a Toyota Corolla also featuring two 18s, this time in a 4<sup>th<\/sup> Order wall, blasting out a 154.2dB in Extreme Bass Battle, and then coming back for the Extreme Bassheads NZ class to throw out a <strong>STAGGERING<\/strong> 30 Second running average of 152.7dB. Not only Did he blast out some awesome figures, he also blasted out some ear shattering demos drawing the crowds with his crazy roof mounted speaker enclosure!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/abtec.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_2061.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6239 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/abtec.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_2061-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2061\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/abtec.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_2061-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/abtec.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_2061-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/abtec.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_2061-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/abtec.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_2061.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>HUGE<\/strong> Congratulations to all those that competed, and thank you for helping us, the organisers, put on another amazing event this year!<\/p>\n<p>A grateful thankyou to all those that helped make the day the smooth running event it was!<\/p>\n<p>A most heartfelt thankyou to the amazing sponsors and supporters of NZ dBDrag and these events! Digital Designs NZ, Abtec NZ, Directed New Zealand, and personally, Ashley Burrell, without your continued support of these events, they just simply would not be!<\/p>\n<p>To all that could not make the day, you missed an amazing day of bass, music, and friendship! Please, be sure to be at the next NZ dBDrag event in association with <strong>4 &amp; Rotary New Zealand!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/abtec.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_2244.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6240 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/abtec.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_2244-300x144.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2244\" width=\"300\" height=\"144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/abtec.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_2244-300x144.jpg 300w, https:\/\/abtec.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_2244-1024x490.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/abtec.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_2244-500x240.jpg 500w, https:\/\/abtec.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_2244.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Links of interest:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">Major Sponsor:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\"><a style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.abtec.co.nz\/\"><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">http:\/\/www.abtec.co.nz\/<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">The home of dBDrag NZ<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\"><a style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dbdrag.co.nz\/\"><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">http:\/\/www.dbdrag.co.nz<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">National dBDrag NZ Results<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\"><a style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dbdrag.co.nz\/national_results.html\"><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">http:\/\/www.dbdrag.co.nz\/national_results.html<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">National Top 10<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\"><a style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dbdrag.co.nz\/top10_results.html\"><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">http:\/\/www.dbdrag.co.nz\/top10_results.html<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"font-style: inherit;\">Aaron \u201cOUTLWD\u201d Bublitz<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arriving at the venue just after 7am, I knew the day was going to be a scorcher and I was not wrong! 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