September 24th, 2019 – Daytona Beach, Fla. -- As the 6th annual Unified Car Audio Championship nears, competition organizations IASCA, MECA and dB Drag are proud to announce the major event sponsors:
- Orion Car Audio - 2019 Title sponsor
- ARC Audio - SQ Hall sponsor
- DD Audio - SPL Hall sponsor
- Kicker - Hospitality Suite sponsor
- Incriminator Audio - Badge sponsor
With more than 400 vehicles participating in this year’s event and thousands of spectators, exposure for the sponsors this year will be at an all-time high. The competition will take place in two halls of the KY Exposition Center and will occupy more than 110,000 square feet of indoor space. Local audio retailers are promoting the event in their stores in the Louisville and surrounding areas. All 3 organizations will also have 2020 Season Kick Off open entry events where local and national competitors have an opportunity to compete.
Other supporters of the event feature non-endemic companies like Harley Davidson of Dothan and several booth vendors. Show sponsors include: Pioneer Electronics, Sundown Audio, B2 Audio, Ampere Audio, Resilient Sounds, Lord of Bass, SoundQubed, Deaf Bonce, SounDigital and Limitless Lithium.
T-shirt sponsors include: XS Power, JL Audio, Tru Technology, Hybrid Audio Technologies, Crossfire, Avatar, Ohio Generator, Directronix, DC Audio, Slamology, 12 Volt News, Team Flop Box, Team Aint Loud, Team Imperial and TN Bass Racers.
“Many of our sponsors have been staunch supporters of the Unified Car Audio Championship for years now and we are proud to help gain some exposure for them and their products,” said Moe Sabourin, Director of Operations for IASCA Worldwide. “In turn, their support over the years has been a driving force in the growth car audio competition, from competition teams to Industry Membership support of our organization’s missions. We’re extremely proud to have their support and look forward to a very successful 2019 Car Audio Championship season finale.”
MECA Commissioner Steve Stern said, "Our club and competitors appreciate the support and participation of Arc Audio and Team Arc Audio. We have a solid relationship and understanding that Sound Quality sports promotes the 12 volt industry --- everyone involved --- and creates sales and customer loyalty. It is a pleasure to work with Brian Mitchell, in and out of the lanes. He gets what we're about and is involved in all aspects of our SQL program."
Space at the event is still available. You can contact any of the CAC staff below to be a part of the largest Car Audio Championship event in the country!
Spectator passes are available online at https://iasca.com/store/?model_number=spectatorpass for $10/day or $15/ weekend, or through eventbrite.com.
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Oklahoma City, Okla., July 3, 2018 -- Following the massively successful showing at Scrapin the Coast 2018 in Biloxi, MS late last month, DD Audio is now preparing to represent and demo at The Custom Sounds Texas Heat Wave show, July 20-22nd at the Travis County Expo Center in Austin, Texas. Here are some highlights from the Scrapin trip as well as some previews for Heat Wave.
Scrapin the Coast
Scrapin the Coast made good on its “Wildest Show on the Coast” promise this year for tens of thousands of visitors. As one team member noted, from a high vantage point the pavement disappeared under the sea of people that flowed from one amazing custom vehicle to the next.
One such custom vehicle to get a great deal of attention at this show was none other than the beastly DDKong! It was made abundantly clear from the interest and the comments that word has spread since the uncaging at Slamology: “DDKong is the must see, must hear build” for DD fans.
Speaking of fans, congratulations to Terry Wendell Vickers Jr. who won a Limited DDKong T-Shirt and Camillia Lecuyer who won a pair of DXB 1.1 Wood Earbuds for their participation in the #DDKong social media photo contest.
The Custom Sound Texas Heat Wave
Texas Heat Wave is the demo team’s third show this year and the third stop on the DDKong Tour, but this “Custom Truck, Car, and Audio Event with incorporated Tattoo Expo” is promising to be the hottest show of the summer-- and not just in Fahrenheit. Stunt shows, burnout and hydraulic contests, monster trucks, and much more make this a must visit for DD Audio. Of course, you don’t have to twist anyone’s arm to get the DD demo team to visit Austin. It goes without saying it’s great town known for its eclectic community of artists which makes it an ideal hub for customizers and audio enthusiasts in the southwest. These guys will gladly make the relatively short 400 mile drive down I-35 with DDKong to provide system demos all weekend.
NOTE! Regardless of what DD team member Aaron Trimble tells visitors, demos do not cost four spareribs from Franklin’s BBQ, they are in fact FREE. Attendees, don’t forget to upload a photo or video on social media of the DDKONG, with the hashtag #DDKONG , for chances to win a limited edition DDKONG/SHTNONM shirt and DD Audio Lifestyle gear!
And finally, check out the DDKONG Web Series!
July 20, 2018 -- The soon to be retired D4.90 never let users down. It consistently accomplished its goals of being a compact, easy to install, powerful and reliable little amp. And yet, DD Audio saw the potential for so much more and decided the time for a revision was now. Armed with technology and a plan based on user feedback, they set out to better the already installer and customer approved D4.90.
This month DD Audio is proudly rolling out the D4.90’s replacement and upgrade with the new D4.100. The D4.100 is every bit as versatile and reliable as its predecessor with features such as five-way protection, clipping indicator, heavy duty printed circuit board, 4 gauge set screw power terminals, and 12-gauge set screw speaker terminals. New features include panel mounted RCA inputs and a low voltage indicator. Performance improvements were made to the variable high-pass/low-pass/band-pass crossovers, power supply, and output section. And of course, as with the D4.90, the D4.100 is a marine grade amplifier with versatility and easy installation in-mind.
What really separates the D4.100 from its predecessor is power. The continuous wattage went from 90x4 / 240x2 up to 100x4 / 300x2 @ 4 ohm and from 120x4 to 150x4 @ 2 ohm. What’s more impressive is that DD Audio’s engineers achieved these improvements without sacrificing size. They accomplished this by removing all redundancies and under-utilized components, and focusing on an ultra-efficient design for outstanding performance.
The D4.100 is the now even more perfect little all around multi-channel amp. Ideal for space-constrained installs with enough power to easily drive factory speaker upgrades and beyond.
Wednesday, August 23, 2023 - Oklahoma City, OK - DD AUDIO®, a manufacturer of high-quality mobile audio products is proud to introduce the “f” revision of their venerable 600 Series subwoofers. In the previous “e” revision they got bigger and better; this latest “f” revision received thermal cooling engineering enhancements, making them even more efficient when performing for longer periods of time.
DD AUDIO’s design philosophy is to maximize efficiency first, optimizing power to sound as best as possible. This was the design basis behind their Free Flow Cooling System back in 2000. They introduced cross drilled cooling vents through the pole piece and top plates, gap vents in the voice coil gap and cooling holes in the voice coil. The harder the speaker played, the more air was pumped through the motor. Heat is a byproduct of vigorous play, motivating their engineering to continuously push the boundaries of what is possible.
The 600 Series revision “f” incorporates added thermal transfer, facilitating the movement of heat from heat-generating regions to cooler areas, thereby increasing the thermal movement from the voice coil outward. The collaboration of a freshly machined aluminum cooling tube positioned within the pole vent and a substantially thicker, vented aluminum rear motor heat sink synergistically achieves optimal heat extraction. This enables any sound enthusiast to play louder and longer.
Increased power demands greater Xmax, and the enhanced excursion of the new 600f model meets this requirement. With the top plate increased to 20mm and the voice coil winding lengths extended, coupled with the presence of both motor steel and billet aluminum, more effective heat dissipation from the coil is achieved across all conditions, ultimately optimizing long-term electrical efficiency.
Increased Xmax and excursion necessitated enhancements to the moving system as well. Taller surrounds have been tooled and spider refined to fully optimize the new motor design. The taller surrounds are double-stitched to fiberglass loaded, non-pressed cones and the utilization of double layer, multiple spiders uphold DD tradition of long term durability.
More Xmax and more excursion, combined with a cool as “f”, super edgy heatsink and motor boot designs make these revisions the mother “f” of all revisions!
Oklahoma City, Okla., October 2nd, 2018 -- DD Audio will be helping the 2018 car audio competition season go out with a bang by proudly sponsoring three of the most popular events in the car audio world: USACi Finals, Car Audio Championships and MWSPL Finals.
The first event in this trio will be the United States Autosound Competition International (USACi) Finals taking place Oct. 5-7 in Wichita Falls, TX at the J.S. Bridwell Arena. DD will be sponsoring winners at the USACi event with Second Place Rings and Third Place Trophies.
Along with getting to check out some of the loudest and best sounding systems in the country attendees will get the chance to grab demo from DD KONG and the DD Audio demo team. Next, competitors will be pitted head to head in the DD Audio sponsored SPL Hall at the Car Audio Championship Oct. 13-14 in Louisville, KY at Broadbent Arena. The Car Audio Championship features three sanctioning competition bodies (dB Drag, MECA, IASCA) joining forces to host this world-class event.
Rounding out these awesome events will be the Midwest SPL Finals Oct. 27-28 in Sedalia, MO at the Missouri State Fair Grounds. After competition commences Saturday night, competitors can celebrate this year’s audio accomplishments at the Official MWSPL After Party sponsored by DD Audio. DD KONG will also be on hand demoing for the pleasure of all attending bassheads.
DD Audio would like to thank all the organizations for arranging these events year after year as well as the competitors and spectators who keep the sport alive and growing. They also extend a very big “Good Luck” to the competitors who sacrifice time, money and probably some sanity for their place in history. Get those rings and trophies!