After many months of testing, installing, uninstalling and reinstalling. I finally managed to attend my first Car Audio Australia sound quality competition at Freeway Car Audio Dandenong on Sunday.

I ended up taking first place with a score of 120/150 in the Amatuer Street comp with the entire boot install being put in the day before.

If anyone really wants to demo some nice systems. Come to one of these, even if you just want a look around. There are some unbelievable cars there. And all the systems are top notch. Heaps of Audi's, BMW's, Mercs, Sponsored cars. And some really nice installs.

Also an easy way to see what a good system can be like. All the guys are glad to help you out with anything.

For me it will be back to ripping out the car and doing some tweaking. Next comp is at ShowOff in a month and a half. So still have to work on some phase issues, tighten up my sub bass, screw down my fire extinguisher and do some general tuning. Got a lot out of the judges there, they really know their stuff using nothing but their ears. If anyones stuck for ideas on what to do next or wants some cheap advice, enter ur car and see how you go.

I won me some fancy stuff too :)
Entry level Eclipse headunit rrp$350 and Stinger/Eclipse packs... Ooh and a big arse trophy :)
(Soz crappy pics Digi cam is on holidays for another couple of weeks...)

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Tim

well done tim

/me high fives tim*

vell done

thats sweet dude, good on ya
can i have the wiring kit? just joking mine gets wired this weeknd hopefully
cheers
jaz

nice man, any pics of the setup?

Trav

hehe, pretty good for a last-minute ghetto install huh :P

what are u running now? tell us all!!

good work timmeh

Awesome man! well done!

conrads dude

well done!! i'm planning on taking mine to a SQ comp once i've got it all finished, hopefully it will do well

congrats mate !

next time, let us know cos im about 68% of my boot install done !


lets see some pics of wot u entered !

I don't often visit the Audio section (cos I am an audio noob) but this is great news... well done Tim!! congrats! :D

I know your audio knowledge is respected here... and here is the proof of your efforts... I am sure that trophy is great but I am sure you enjoy the rig more lol ;)

Thats great work. Keep working hard to beat those BMW's and Mercades

Awesome mate.

I'm hoping to join in the SQ comp one day too. Time will come.

well done

magna repreznt

good work mate. ur advice is so much more valuable. hehe

Thanks guys I wrote up a big post last night but the amc server crashed...
Anyway pics will be up when I get some time. Will be hard cos the digicams in thailand for a fortnight.

It's not the most ghetto install it has some neons, glass, vinyl and embossing. But it was just the street class so no points for show.

Will see how long she stays in for anyway.

Would be awesome to see some more Magnas down there.

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Tim

Good stuff! Congrats.

Being a judge for NSW CAASQ I can tell you that it is not always easy chosing the winning car because of such a high level of competition so obvisouly Tim, your car sound must be fantastic! :D:D

I didnt know you judged FHRX... You must really hate first encounter and my disc by now... lol

I can see it's not an easy job. What do you need to go through in the way of qualifications/experience?

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Tim

well done tim... :) u definately seem 2 know ur **** well deserved win... :D post the trophy ;)

You legend!! :D

Well done. :cool:

Well done Tim, and good on you for representing Magnas :) Are we going to see some pics of the prizewinning install?

Most SPL/SQ I have been to , some were Gen 3 Magna's..
For some reasonn they lend themselves to excellent Sound systems...

I am more into recreating that " Night Club Feel" then SQ...
I used to do SPL, But after Burping a Few times my Car started to develope a ton of Squeks and Rattles

The system I had set up in my Mondeo got a Peak of 141.2db SPL from my Two Magnat XTC 1200's..
Not Class winning.. but BLUDDY loud...

congrads! thats ****in awesome!!!

Tim is packing a very impressive front stage... and full sealed doors :bowrofl:

Good work dude, what song / cd did you play? Good to see you got rid of the wiggles lol

Tim is packing a very impressive front stage... and full sealed doors :bowrofl:

Good work dude, what song / cd did you play? Good to see you got rid of the wiggles lol
sclub7!!!! wooohooooo

lol SClub7 rrriggghhhttt.....

Soz guys been very busy at work, will get some piccys up when I get a chance...

They use a master disc to judge all the systems, competitors dont sit in the car at all. The judges use Sheffield Labs "My disc" which is a High Quality recording and has many musical tracks as well as test tracks.
Some unbeleivable recordings on there.

They also use Alpine's First Encounter disc. If anyone wants me to source them a disc PM me. If you want to get into SQ they are a must. Some pretty cool songs on there too. And also a few dangerous ones for your system. 10 Hz tones aren't good for subs... lol so beware.

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Tim

10Hz?

I guess if they hear those, you get points deducted? My subsonic filter on the monoblock takes care of those.... got it set at 18Hz.

10Hz?

I guess if they hear those, you get points deducted? My subsonic filter on the monoblock takes care of those.... got it set at 18Hz.

You can't 'hear' a 10Hz tone........an elephant might though lol

i put my subsonic to around 25 or something...stupid knobs, u never know exactly what it is :roll:

Hmmm i dont think i would win anything then, if there is a comp close enough i may enter, but i think i have more chance in winning a SPL comp with my low 130odd db lol

You can't 'hear' a 10Hz tone........an elephant might though lol

i put my subsonic to around 25 or something...stupid knobs, u never know exactly what it is :roll:

Well at least we know why the PG 1200.1 shuts down every now and then hey eek :P :D

CRAZZZZYY

Congrats man!!

i don't mean to nag...

BUT CAN WE GET SOME FREAKING PICS NOW PLEASE!!!! :rant: :rant: :rant:


:D

Will get crappy camera phone pics up on the weekend of my boring setup...
Here's some other ones to satisfy ur morbid curiosities Eek.
Edit: CAA site is ghey an slow Grr... pics attached
1-Sam's Eclipse car (2nd in Pro Show) Who's that sexy guy on the left? :P
2-Trophy Winners - Richard aka Shiny Car 4th from the right (1st in Pro Show in his Alpha omg sounds amazing)
3-Rockford Demo Car - 2 15's in the back, 4 12,s on the back seat, two sets of coaxials up front... (Go figure) Oh, and a big NOS canister
Also notice the Pimped... Stock Magna in the background with the back wheels dumped by excessively heavy amps, wiring, subboxes and deadening, causing the stylish 4wd style ride height at the front. I swear it's coming into fashion. ;)
4-Mmm Audi TT, with 3 Soundstream Tarantulas.. Dumped Mmm Bling Bling

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Tim

Will get crappy camera phone pics up on the weekend of my boring setup...
Here's some other ones to satisfy ur morbid curiosities Eek.

Sam's Eclipse car (2nd in Pro Show) Who's that sexy guy on the left? :P
http://www.caraudioaustralia.com/gallery/content/CAASQ/VIC%20-%20Freeway%20Car%20Audio%20-%20May%202005/IMG_1094.jpg

Trophy Winners - Richard aka Shiny Car 4th from the right (1st in Pro Show in his Alpha omg sounds amazing)
http://www.caraudioaustralia.com/gallery/content/CAASQ/VIC%20-%20Freeway%20Car%20Audio%20-%20May%202005/100_0808.jpg

Rockford Demo Car - 2 15's in the back, 4 12,s on the back seat, two sets of coaxials up front... (Go figure) Oh, and a big NOS canister
Also notice the Pimped... Stock Magna in the background with the back wheels dumped by excessively heavy amps, wiring, subboxes and deadening, causing the stylish 4wd style ride height at the front. I swear it's coming into fashion. ;)
http://www.caraudioaustralia.com/gallery/content/CAASQ/VIC%20-%20Freeway%20Car%20Audio%20-%20May%202005/IMG_1103.jpg

Mmm Audi TT, with 3 Soundstream Tarantulas.. Dumped Mmm Bling Bling
http://www.caraudioaustralia.com/gallery/content/CAASQ/VIC%20-%20Freeway%20Car%20Audio%20-%20May%202005/100_0793.jpg

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Tim
grr, pics don't...or it could be crappy 'e-mail only' uni computers. that dumped in the rear, high front look is awesome!:D i have a bit of it too lol

grr, pics don't...or it could be crappy 'e-mail only' uni computers. that dumped in the rear, high front look is awesome!:D i have a bit of it too lol

:eh: For shame eek :snooty: No pics. :rant: