February 2008 - Posts

• Does anybody remember their first system?

  Back before I knew what imaging was, what staging meant or anything else, I knew I wanted realistic sound. My first system reminds me of my first car. It had moments when it was awesome, but there were some moments you wished the stupid thing would just work. But then again, you probably have a soft spot for both your first car and your first system. My first "real" car was an 1985 Audi 4000, which lived for over 320k miles despite my abuses to it. And it had no less than a half dozen totally different installs finally ending up with one I was proud of. (And strangely enough for some people, my amps in my current Audi are the same amps in this one's final system.) The first install was done in my parents driveway in a weekend with NO clue how to do it. I am scared one day somebody will find pictures of the head unit wiring job I did. So what was your first system? Mine was: 2 Pyle Drivers (The Ones with the Gold Lettering...) 1 AutoTek Mean Machine 100. (A 100 Watt Amp!!!!) 1 Panasonic Head Unit 1 Pair of Boston Acoustic Speakers. Posted Feb 26 2008, 08:25 AM by admin with no comments Filed under: Car Audio

• Easter Eggs in Audio Gear

  Easter Eggs have been around for years. I can remember my friend Mike and I playing a flight simulator game in Excel and watching a volcano in Windows 9x. There is even a whole website devoted to Easter Eggs in DVD’s, CD’s and Software. http://www.eeggs.com/ One of the ones I just had a laugh about was in the Latest Apple Keyboard Update. Something tells me Mr. Jobs would LOVE to find this engineer and put him out of a job. :-)   Over the years, there was a thread on the old Phoenix Gold Forums that highlighted some “easter eggs” on car audio circuit boards. (Which is now disbanded and was reformed by a number of PG Fans at www.PhoenixPhorum.com) While digging through an old Hard Drive the other day, I found these images. Rumor has it some of them are engineering samples, early production runs, etc... But some of them where in Production pieces. Do you have any easter eggs for Car Audio? This is a PPI DCX. This is an unknown to me Rockford-Fosgate Board This is a Phoenix Gold Ti 800.1 Amplifier. Posted Feb 22 2008, 08:46 AM by admin with no comments Filed under: PPI, Rockford Fosgate, Phoenix Gold, Car Audio

• The World's Greatest Music Collection - Got a Spare $3M

  I don't, but if I did, this would be right behind the purchase of sports car my big old backside would fit into.... :-)  The World's Greatest Music Collection - eBay (item 140206309501 end time Feb-21-08 06:00:00 PST) Posted Feb 18 2008, 10:46 PM by admin with no comments Filed under: Off Topic

• Prize Monies for Preliminary Events - What do you prefer?

  In talking with Terry Floyd this afternoon, we are trying to figure out the best way to make sure that the preliminary events go as smooth as possible. We have a set budget.... $500.00 per preliminary event... So would you rather one prize for the highest score in both One and Two Seat classes or two prizes, one for each class?  So it would be: $500.00 awarded for the highest SQ Score for the highest overall score in both the One and Two Seat Classes. $250.00 awarded to the highest SQ Score in the One Seat and $250.00 awarded for highest SQ Score in the Two Seat Class. What do you prefer? Posted Feb 12 2008, 09:00 PM by admin with no comments Filed under: Trophies, CAN

• Audio Tracks from Car Audio Nationals II CD

  After listening for a LONG time to the CD, trying to find the actual tracks has been a pain in the backside. :-) (You can get about 2-4 of of them, but some of them are a little more obscure.) Here is a list of the tracks from the CAN II CD which Alpine published in 1988. I am going to try and work out the CD's that they were gotten from so you can listen to some of this music as this CD is no longer available from anybody. (I have a copy of a copy.... I have yet to see an original copy...)   Artist Track Name Duration Cincinnati Pops Orchestra 20th Century Fox Fanfare 0:24 Jennifer Warnes Bird On A Wire 4:43 David Benoit Just Can't Stop Lovin' You 4:55 Jennifer Warnes Famous Blue Raincoat 5:34 David Benoit Re Bach 4:41   The Juggler Billy Cobham 4:57 Full Swing September Rain 3:40 Duke Ellington Orchestra Take The A Train 5:38 Glen Miller Orchestra Little Brown Jug 3:11 Angel Romero Cavatina 3:11 Don Dorsey Mixed Bagatelles 2:58 Dave Gruisin New Hampshire Hornpipe 2:24 Boston Symphony Orchestra The Four Seasons 3:15 Cincinnati Pops Orchestra Fugue In D Minor 5:46 Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Requiem 6:22 Cincinnati Pops Orchestra The Planet Krypton 1:37   Broad Band Pink Noise 4:21   Installation Sine Sweep 1:27   1 KHz Reference Tone - 0db Level 0:39   Zero Data - No Recorded Audio 1:30 Posted Feb 11 2008, 01:42 PM by admin with 1 comment(s) Filed under: CAN