{"id":889,"date":"2012-04-27T12:27:40","date_gmt":"2012-04-27T00:27:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.abtec.co.nz\/blog\/?p=889"},"modified":"2015-06-25T13:03:09","modified_gmt":"2015-06-25T01:03:09","slug":"abtecs-new-ddz18d1-5-m4a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abtec.co.nz\/blog\/abtecs-new-ddz18d1-5-m4a\/","title":{"rendered":"ABTEC’s New DDZ18D1.5 & M4A"},"content":{"rendered":"

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When I was told we were getting a Digital Designs Z18<\/a><\/strong> for the back of the trusty old Pajero I was\u00a0overwhelmed with excitement, so much excitement that all I wanted to do is go and tell people like what a 5 year would do when he gets a new Tonka Tow-Truck for his birthday!<\/p>\n

The only thing with this was that I was sworn to secrecy and wasn’t allowed to tell anybody, and anyone that knows me well would know this was very hard for me to do!<\/p>\n

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After a couple of weeks of\u00a0manufacturing and shipping there was a knock on our door, at first I didn’t really take notice till I saw that it was FedEx on our cameras. At this moment that child-like excitement started rushing through my blood again and I b-lined towards the door unfortunately\u00a0bowling over our MD with all 90kg’s of my fury!<\/p>\n

After opening the box that encased the Z18<\/strong> like a child on Christmas day, we managed to have some quiet time and appreciate the motor that drives the Z18<\/strong>. And what a beautiful driver it is!<\/p>\n

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At this stage I thought it was about time we got this beast out of its cage! So I jumped right in to lift it out, for some reason it didn’t like me getting my grubby fingers on it so the Z18<\/strong> decided to bite them on the way out causing me to be not only the first person to touch a Z18<\/strong> in New Zealand but also the first to bleed all over one too!<\/p>\n

After a spoonful of harden-up juice and too-much company time standing there\u00a0glaring at the Z18<\/strong> like a possum hypnotised by a cars head-lights, I moved out of the way so our MD could take some more photos. I must say, it looks good in the photos but they don’t do the workmanship justice tho. The handmade workmanship is nothing short of PERFECT!<\/p>\n

Before I forget to mention it. If you think that a $8999 RRP sub-woofer wouldn’t sell very well, I am glad to say that you would be very wrong as our Z18<\/strong> is the 67th one built in 2012 and over 500 have been sold worldwide!<\/p>\n

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Now onto the Digital Designs M4a<\/a><\/strong>. Like the Z18<\/strong> I did expect the M4a<\/strong> to be quite weighty and\u00a0sizeable, what I didn’t expect was that the box housing it was going to be one foot wide and four foot long!<\/p>\n

This got us replanning the layout inside the Pajero as the space we allocated for the M4a<\/strong> just wasn’t going to cut it. Lucky for us the box design we are using for the Z18<\/strong> will allow us to place the M4a further back from where we\u00a0originally\u00a0planned.<\/p>\n

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One thing I must say about Digital Designs<\/a><\/strong> amplifiers is that I love how simplistic they look and the way they preform is far beyond there RMS ratings that is for sure! I am personally excited and can’t wait to hear this set-up once it is fully installed and run in. I am pretty sure the rest of the ABTEC<\/a><\/strong> Team feels the same way and can’t wait to SPL it!<\/p>\n

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This time round I thought I’d close this off with a link to the ABTEC Facebook<\/strong> Like Page<\/strong><\/a>. Feel free to “like” us on Facebook.<\/p>\n

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