Autofest 2009

 

The Biggest Indoor / Outdoor Automotive Show for miles is just around the corner!!

Autofest 2009 is set for August 1st and 2nd at the Choctaw Casino Event Center in Durant, Oklahoma. Autofest 2009 will consist of a Car and Truck show as well as Motorcycles and ATV's. Classics, Anitques, Muscle Cars and Tuners will be on hand to showcase their rides and their skills in getting them to this level. A Car Stereo Competition as well as a "Burn out", and a "Car Hopping" showdown is also planned.

An Old fashion "Swap Meet" and Auction to be held as well.

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•                                Meet Special Guest
•             The World's Most Famous Sound-off Competitor

                                                        

                                                         Alma Gates
                                    Team Gates / Team JBL
                           2005 MECA SQL World Champion

                       Meet Alma Gates Saturday and Sunday

Discuss it in the Forums: Autofest 2009 Thread

2008 MECA Rookie of the Year / World Champion – Robert Petty of Team SoundDomain

By: Ben Vollmer - Team SoundDomain / Car Audio Nationals

Robert Petty is one of the more technical team members of Team SoundDomain in 2008. Scratch that. Robert is THE technical team member of Team SoundDomain in 2008. His background in electrical engineering has helped out many of us on the team and paid off for him. You can see his install complete with his kids helping with his install on the SoundDomain forums.

He won despite his Alpine Head unit failing in the lanes and having to wait to cool down. With a full compliment of Zapco amps, a Morel front stage, and Image Dynamics subwoofers, his Do-It-Yourself install performed awesomely.

I know I personally am excited to see what he has in store for the 2009 Competition Season. In 2008 he won the following awards:

• 2008 Rookie of the Year
• 2008 Alabama State Champion
• 2008 MECA Amateur World Champion

He placed in the Top Ten at every top 30 round he attended.

He was the highest scoring member of MECA in the Amateur Class with a high score of 57.70 which is an awesome score. Robert also went undefeated In MECA, which included the following shows:

• 4th Annual AL Sound-off Trail Kick-off Party
• Audio X Nationals
• 2nd Annual HiFi Buys Summer Nationals
• 4th Annual Thunder On The Mountain
• Elite Summer Nationals
• Alabama Sound-off Trail
• Georgia Soundfest - State Finals
• Alabama Soundfest - State Finals

Congrats Robert!

Hybrid Audio Trade -In / Trade - Up Program

By: Ben Vollmer - Team SoundDomain / Car Audio Nationals

Hybrid Audio Technologies is pleased to announce that, for a limited time, you will receive a guaranteed 60% of the original value of your present Hybrid Audio Technologies speakers or speaker component system, irrespective of age, when you trade-up to new Hybrid Audio Technologies speakers or component system.

Hybrid Audio Technologies is now offering a trade-up program with for their existing customers and a trade-in program for their competitor's products, according to Scott Buwalda, the company founder.

"To the best of my knowledge, Hybrid Audio Technologies is the only car stereo manufacturer that guarantees the value of their product," said Scott Buwalda, founder of Hybrid Audio Technologies LLC. "We have just launched our trade-in-and-trade-up initiative that provide, among other things, a mechanism to buy back and trade up Hybrid Audio Technologies products."

Hybrid Audio Technologies is not only making the trade-up program available to dealers and consumers, but they are also offering to buy their competitor's products in their trade-in program.

"We are positioned to buy our competitor's products in our trade-in program and offer a considerable trade-in value for non-Hybrid audio product," Buwalda added. "This offer will be extended to consumers, as well as dealers that have old stock on their shelves that they can't sell."

David Edwards, marketing manager for Hybrid Audio Technologies noted that "the market has changed and we as an industry must be willing to show value to our customers; Hybrid Audio Technologies is going to lead by example by not only guaranteeing the value of our products, but also by offering to give a solid trade-in value for our competitor's products."

For details on the trade-in-and-trade-up program, please visit the Hybrid Audio website.

Audison BitOne is now shipping!

By: Ben Vollmer Team SoundDomain / Car Audio Nationals

Sean got some great pictures of this unit at Spring Break Nationals and was able to pass on some information on this processor. (Click here for more information from Sean) From everybody I have spoken with, this is probably the most anticipated Integration / Processing Pieces out this year.  (And unlike the other one we have been drooling over, this one is shipping now.)

Well, last week the BitOne Pieces started shipping to your local Audison Dealers! Here is one of the Official new pictures of the unit.  So head on down to your local Audison dealer to audition and purchase one!

Dave Edwards of Team Hybrid's Perfect Season

By: Ben Vollmer, Car Audio Nationals / Team SoundDomain

David Edwards of Virginia goes undefeated in his first year of competing in the MECA organization using front-stage speakers from Hybrid Audio Technologies.

Dave's car was one of my favorite cars to listen to at MECA Finals. His center was so strong, I kept looking for the center channel in his Camry! (There wasn't one)

It doesn’t happen very often that a competitor wins every show he attends in a season, but Dave did it. His 2006 Toyota Camry picked up first in eleven shows, including the MECA ModEx Finals Championship, and seven “Best of Show” awards throughout the year as well. What makes this achievement even more unreal is that Edwards accomplished this great feat in his first year of competing, with a “DIY” installation, in the highly-contested ModEx class in MECA.

Dave used the Legatia L631-3 component set, which includes the L6 midbass in the front doors, Legatia L3 midrange in the factory dashboard locations, and the Legatia L1 in custom-fabricated a-pillars. This great sound quality was achieved using almost all of the OEM speaker-mounting locations.

I am looking forward to seeing what Dave Edwards has up his sleeve next year for the Camry.  Congrats to Dave on his Perfect Season and winning MECA's ModEx class!