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Magazine nr:1 // April 2010
Custom Motor Show Sveriges största bilmässa, Vi visar det bästa från samtliga hallar
Zpirit Lukas kooz kniper peoples choise igen
w o h S r o t o Custom M & AMICOM two big show
CARS N AUDIO 1
you the best from s in April - we bring
both exhibitions
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Editorial EDITOR: ROGER EDVINSSON
Cars´n Audio part 1 Cars´n Audio is a project that I have been working on for the past four years. In Sweden there have not been a single caraudio magazine available during the last eight years. Importing magazines on other languages was the solution, but I wanted to read about my local competitions and cars also. The first idea was to publish a magazine in Sweden, but i wanted the best of both worlds so I turn my head towards my big international network in EMMA and dBDragRacing. The vision was to collect articles from all over the world and put them together in a unique magazine. Cars´n Audio was born, and after month of work we are finally getting started. This first magazine is created together with our friends in Germany, Finland, Italy and South Africa. And many more countries are asking about how they can be a part of our organisation. We are publishing a free multilingual online magazine for all you readers, no mater where you are.
The Summer is almost here
Easter means 4 days of caraudio competition in Jonkoping - Sweden. Friday night was terrible after I got a little touch of food poisoning. On Saturday I slowly walked back up towards the exhibition area and it struck me that this was no ordinary Saturday. On this small local road I was passed by hundreds of cars, some of them more then once and in common for all these cars was that I could here music playing from almost every single one of them. It just struck me how important music is while driving. Car manufacturers spend a ton of cash on development and integration of “sound systems” in new cars, but they newer reach even close in sound quality what a €1000 aftermarket system are able to preform. We who work with caraudio and knows the potential don’t hesitate to cut some interior parts in pieces, all in our brand new car, just to try out some ideas and tho reach the perfect install. But how to convince Mr Johansson that with small efforts he will have amazing sound in his car, compered to the day before? We will try our best to spread the word of car audio and support our local specialists and distributors. To show the extraordinary competence and knowledge found on a car audio competition. Our close connection to both EMMA (European Mobile Media Association) and dBDRA ( dBDragRacing Association) will give you the best of the two worlds.
Se you this summer...
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Contakt Cars’n Audio Publishing Group AB Hagvägen 44 194 40 Upplands Väsby Sweden Tel: +4687101932 Mobile: +46706650787
Audio for life
Editors:
SWEDEN: Roger Edvinsson E-Mail: roger.edvinsson@carsnaudio.com
Editors:
Italy: Massimiliano Buttaro
Editors:
Finland: Mika Lirkki
Editors:
Germany: Annette Hartung
Competition Partners
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031-84 00 60 WWW.DLS.SE
Projekt - Touran Cars´n Audio has bought a VW Touran that we are going to transform to a mobile test-bench. The rebuild of the car has started and all modification will be published online in small buildguides. Door panels, Dash, A-pillars and the trunk are all going to be medicated so we easy can change products for tests, No more studio test, we preform them “in-car” The first tests starts during week 16 when we put seven 4-channel amplifiers on trial. We will also be the first magazine to put the new Amega/Transmission Audio Quadra ribbon on test.
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Swedish Finals 2010 20.000
spectators
International Open
judge teams
international competition
EMMA Sound Quality - ESPL - EMMA Racing - dBDragRacing - BassRace - Psychlone Registration to: re@bilstereoforbundet.se
Enoch Thulins Airport - Vall책kra - Helsingborg
Sponsors:
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Custom Motor Show are for many people the
start of the new season. All of the car builders from all over Scandinavia are pushing hard during the winter to have the cars ready at the Easter show in Sweden. 80.558 visitors during four days visited this Swedish version of SEMA and had the best opportunity to se cars from different styles. Performance cars, styling, tuning and of course car audio. 250 companies and over 800 cars were located in the 34000m2 exhibitionhalls.
Mobile Media
Since the early nineties the Easter has been associated with caraudio competitions at the ELMIA show. 2010 was no exception and in exhibition hall A Swedish Caraudio association arranged competitions during all four days. A total of 77 competitors competed in all the different formats under the rules of EMMA and dBDragRacing.
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World record in dBDragRacing
One of the highlights of the show was Patrik Tunhedens world record in dBDragRacing Super Street 1-2. Patrik beat the old record twice and the new record is 161.5dB, the products were from Audiopipe and Digital Designs. We say a big CONGRATULATIONS to Patrik for a great score and god luck in the chase for new records.
are the undrivable “plastic rockets” with questionable design and now we see hard-core race cars with engines shining like stars and producing 7-800 horsepower. Looking at the caraudio trends in one corner you find lo priced, good sounding installs, and in the other corner cars with subwoofers instead of backseat and a amplifiers and batteries instead of a trunk.
Trends
Photographers:
During our walk around the exhibition we noticed the racing trend of a lot of exhibitors. Gone 99
Björn Gregnert Mikael Bjerlin
World class Custom Cars
Some of the best cars in the world was presented in the VIP-Booth. The Impression, Hemisfear, The French Connection and The Egyptian that are well known in the custom car industry. The details on there cars are just outstanding, EMMAs installjudge Patrik Johannesson just gave up after studying The Impression by Chip Foose Design. His comment was: �I give up... This car are flawless�
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BLIB is one of the oldest caraudio specialists in Sweden. In there booth you could find three Honda CRX with products from JL Audio and Kenwood. All three cars ha equipment from the lower price segment and showed the visitors the importance of a good install. We will be back with to visit Michael and Kim at the shop and to report from one of there Wednesday evening competitions.
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On top:
Andreas Berntssons car is a masterpiece in efficiency. 178.8 dB with ”only” 11000W is just crazy. In total there are now eight SPL Dynamics D7 amplifiers in the cars, this gives Andreas about 80000W to play with. Technical problems during the weekend didn’t reveal the full potential of the car, but we have been promised a demonstration later this summer. Keep your eyes open for a full report on the car.
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Patrik Tunheden have just like Andreas a Renault 4 that have been modified into a SPL machine. The difference is that Patrik has kept the “OEM” look om his car and competes in dBDragRacing Super Street Amplifiers from Audiopipe and subwoofers from Digital Designs. 161.6dB decibel was not only his personal best... ITS A WORLD RECORD..
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Custom Motor Show was one again host for the first Swedish dBDragRacing 3X competition. 39 competitors in dBDragRacing and 41 in BassRace is not bad and we look forward to the first international competition in May. The results can be found in the link below:
RESULTS
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EMMA are the largest car audio association i Europe. With over 30 countries working togheter world wide with a mutual rulebook.
Sound Quality
SQ is the fundamental base in EMMAs organisation, Sweden has long lasting tradition in this competition format and some of our best cars was on display at the ELMIA show. left:
Daniel Hedberg - New Beetle up
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Patrik Person - Notchback We have booked a photographer to bring Puttes amazing Pioneer VW to justice. Article are in progress. down
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Kristian Fjällens Kicker Saab and Alexander Wöhrs ”Puntoserati”
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Want more show pictures? www.carsnaudio.com opens up the online galley in May
RESULTS All results can be found on:
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In the exhibition booth
of Ljudia we found Erik Jarls Nissan S13 Widebody. In total he has used part from seven different car models when be build his ”MANIAC”. The car is a real Multimedia bomb and all his products are from Ljudia. Follow Erik online:
“MANIAC”
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In a �secret� booth on prime location Lukas Koos did comeback with his new creation Zpirit. It was not a suprice that the reward was the Peoples Choice trophy. We never got a chace to study the car but hopefully Lukas brings the cars to its right element - The EMMA Racing competition track - during the summer.
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Reine Gustavsson from Team Ljudstudion has designed his BMW M3 completely after the EMMA Racing rules. After his 2:nd place at Swedish Finals 2009 the car has been upgraded to the next level, The install and SQ was spot on target already -09, but it was not loud enough, now that part is tuned right and i don’t loose important points in the SPL-lane, Reine explains. The system from Focal, Mutant and Pioneer will really be a challenge for his rivals. The install of the front system was something that visitors could not understand the concept behind. Reine answers that its new concept that minimize reflexes and makes a perfect smooth sound. Does it Work?? We will find out this summer. 23
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Audio Import unveiled Henrik Ă…bergs Focus RS.
Tons of Multimedia from SPL Dynamics and a brutal paintwork. Next modification on this car is the engine, and Henrik is not afraid to bring the car to its right element - The Racetrack. 25
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R o b i n F r e d r i k s s o n - H o n da C i v i c
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p o p u la r b r and f o r styling and t u ning .
t r ans f o r m e d th e r e r id e s to f u ll b lood m u lti m e dia m ac hin e s .
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R e a l C a r - S k y l i n e R34 J ac o b A l m q v i s t - V o lvo 244DL
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Swedish CarAudio Competition Association Presents: International Calender 2010 April: 23-25 24 24-25 24-25 May: 1-2 1-2 8 8 8 8 21-23 29-30 29 JUNE: 5-6 5-6 5-6 10-12 12 13 19 26-27 26
Denmark Norway Romania Ukraine
Fredericia Drammen Drobet Zaporojie
Sweden Italy Finland Germany Norway Slovenia Norway Sweden Finland
Mariestad Pordenone
Germany Germany Romania Norway Finland Italy Finland Germany Slovenia
Oscherslebe Saarbr체cken Brasov Mo i Rana Kemora
Swedish Sponsors:
Brynhallen V책lerbanan Sundsvall Helsinki
Neumarkt
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s w e N y r t Indus A mega Quadra Ribbon T
his new ribbon is designed by bo bengtsson at transmission audio and distributed though mikael forsberg at amega car audio sweden. quadra car audio ribbons are delivered in matched pairs and comes in an aluminum casing, complete with matching transformers. minimum power requirements is 20watts at 4 ohm. suitable for active crossover at 1khz or higher. more info att: www.amega.se (swedish language only)
A lpine IVA-D511R 7� A
in dash reciever fram lpine with all the extra that makes your life in the car simple. a brand new graphic interface, digital time correction, 7-band graphic eq, 5-band parametric eq and high pass filter. compatible with navigation module, Imprint ready and bluetooth by module.
more info att: www.alpine.com
Latest News
find the latest news from the industry at our newsblogg on our homepage. www.carsnaudio.com
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Cars´n Audio went down to AMICOM to have a look at the international EMMA kick off. Almost 100 cars was preregistered and we looked forward to listen and explore the elite of European car audio competitions.
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AMICOM is the new big exhibition in Europe for car manufacturers, mobile media and accessories. Almost all caraudio manufacturers were present and together with 20 car manufacturers the show had a lot to offer. Text: Roger Edvinsson Annette Hartung Photo: Per SĂśder Sean Blignaut Annette Hartung
Who would have expected one year ago that the
EMMA 2010 Season Kick Off should attract 90000 visitors just over the first 2 days? The desire for some upwind for the Sound Off Scene was also a driving force, to choose the Saxon Metropolis Leipzig with its famous Car Exhibitions AMI/ AMITEC and their brand new mobile media exhibition format AMICOM for a new venue of the EMMA Kick Off. And what a premier!! 57 car audio exhibitioners , thrilling stage show, a round-the-clock-live installation, professional workshops, a highly motivated judge team, buzzing VIP celebrities and a great Saturday Night Party the international EMMA competitors started in Leipzig into a powerful, promising 2010 season.
Internation
About 80 participants and their vehicles from 13 European EMMA nations travelled with their visually and acoustically impressive mobile media installations to Leipzig in order to receive their system check based on the EMMA rulebook. This array of sound, show & shine on four wheels was also an impressive highlight to the AMI/AMITEC/AMCIOM visitors so their presentation at competition area became a highly frequented hot spot during the weekend. While the EMMA competitors launched their season under the ears and eyes of the EMMA judge team, the exhibition audience enjoyed the effort to experience how real enthusiasts marvel their sound systems and celebrate the capacity of their installations. Cars´, Audio got the opportunity to listen to over 20 cars together with EMMA:s headjudge Reinier Wolf. The quality of the cars is unbelievable high, and don’t miss out on the opportunity to listen to these cars when there’s a competition nearby. In the end when the two crazy car dealers Jörg and Dragan started their show program at the award giving ceremony on Sunday, they truly shook the hall and did a great job to celebrate a crisp season opener together with competitors, the EMMA team and thousands of excited visitors. The competition results can be found at:
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DLS Revolution is without a doubt one of the most exiting projects out there right now. The car is absolutely INSANE and our colleagues from Cars´n Audio Finland will bring us the full story behind the car later this summer. This car has to be seen and heard. Check there calender on there homepage and do not miss this car. Follow there work on the REVOLUTION site.
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Clarion Beetle This New Beetle showed off the new products from Clarion. The new DVD VZ709E together with speakers from the Ultra series, APX amplifiers and two SW3012 subwoofers gave os a nice demonstration and invited audience to the booth. The brilliant craftsmanship was at the same hi level both on the cars modifications and on the caraudioinstall. Read more about the products on:
www.clarion.com
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JVC:s booth was covered with news. A nice multimedia newcomer is the AVX-830 dubble-din DVD receiver. We will receive one shortly for a in-depth test.
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Nice demo vehicles from Rockford Fosgate, Hifonics och Mac Audio. Rally Champion Armin Schwarz signed EMMA judge shirts and chatted with show presenter and EMMA academy lecturer Gernot about all facets of sound on four wheels and other motorized pleasure.
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fans were not to be disappointed on the show in the Audi booth. The pressure around the brand new RS5 and the second version of the E-tron were massive. The both cars are equipped with a hi-grade Bang & Olufsen system, we will try to get a “testdrive” of this state of the art caraudio system and challenge it with the EMMA SQ disc. Can it challenge a regular EMMA Experienced system? On display they also had Timo Scheiders 2010 DTM A4, the car that he will use to defend his championship and secure his third in a row. But can he beat Mattias Ekström in his RedBull A4? The A1 was presented in as many as 8 different models. To the left you can se the ”Competition Kit Legends” version.
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Want more show pictures? www.carsnaudio.com opens up the online galley in May
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David Archer & Peter Taylors cars was just a small part of the enormous Pioneer booth. Fantastic installs and top of the line sound is the trademark of Team Pioneer.
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DEX-P99RS
How good is this reciever? We install it in the testlab,
and give you the results
Andreas EBerntsson
he won his first uropean championship back in 1996 his latest creation is probably the most brutal car the SPL lanes has ever seen. Follow cars´n audio into the secret garage of berntsson.
7 amplifiers in our testlab 4-channel
amplifiers battle for glory.
is always the most expensive the best or will we have a surprise?
Cars´n Audio world wide
we give you a presentation of our international
P roject Touran T
partners
he build of the project continues. and a new floor shall be installed. the dashboard, Problems are there to be
Batteries in the trunk New speaker pods on solved.
furthermore: • • • • • •
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product news new monoblock from zachry in focus news from emma and dbdrag we covers ljudbyggaren springbreak comp. and also the emma competition at ljudia audiograph powercube! how does it work.
Cars´n Audio Publishing Group Sweden Roger Edvinsson - CEO
roger.edvinsson@carsnaudio.com
www.carsnaudio.com