Lets hear it. What got you starting in car audio...then into competing?
Ahhh... 1985... I was in a couple of bands and wanted a deal on a Beta HIFI to record my band with... so I started working weekends at Speaker City with my brother (he was at the A&B Sound offs as the "speaker doctor").... I lusted after his 87' Honda CRX Si with a Yamaha CD Player ! (Cartridge Load!), Dual 15" JBLs (out of studio monitors) and 5.25" Pyle drivers with Audexs on the dash. My first system was in a brand new 88" Honda Civic hatchback -- Pull out Alpine CD, 5.25" Pyle drivers (huge magnets) Alpha-sonik 100w front and 200w sub amp, audex tweets on the dash and 10" pyle driver in a bandpass -- at the time I had the loudest stereo at UBC.
He was my contact at Staub back in the late 80's when I worked for Krazy Eddies up in Vernon. Anything that I did not know, he sure did. What was the name of the install shop.......ahhh yes Installations Only.
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My parents wouldn't let me have the home theatre sub that I bought in college (for my computer) in the house because it was too loud.. so I bought an inverter and hooked it up to the half busted kenwood deck in my sister's car.
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Other than the crappy deck and MEI booster that came in my first car (1977 Dodge Arrow) I had a few tape deck and 6x9 combos that I rebuilt the rear shelf in the couple of VW Rabbits I owned. Then in 1990 I bought my Beetle and loaded it with my first "real" system. It had a Yamaha YCR-420 cassette deck, Cousic AMP100a amplifier, and some real kick butt Yamaha 6x9's. A month later I could finally afford the Coustic 10" subs I wanted. Unfortunately I couldn't afford an amp to run them for another month, but it gave me lots of time to build the box. Soon after I had an Alpine 7618 cassette deck, PPI amps, Rockford subs. It snowballed from there.
As for competition, I have the score sheet from my first comp. It was a Slam Jam in Brooks Alberta. Did O.K. (first in pro class, okay only guy in pro class) and have entered about 5 non IASCA sq comps since.
As for competition, I have the score sheet from my first comp. It was a Slam Jam in Brooks Alberta. Did O.K. (first in pro class, okay only guy in pro class) and have entered about 5 non IASCA sq comps since.
