Serial Competition Winner!
The winner of our prize draw is Chris Wood, who lives in Glasgow. He used to compete in a car audio competition format that I ran for a while called EMMA. Here is an edited version of his car audio journey so far.
“My car audio history is a bit bumpy and eventually awesome!
My first enhancement was an active subwoofer from a national chain.
That made the bass feel a lot better, but it was only a stop-gap to the next step.
A good friend gave me a 2-way set for my birthday, as he had recently upgraded to a newer system.
Of course, it was impossible to install this without an amplifier, a dedicated subwoofer, or a proper head-unit, so eventually, I went to a lovely chap named Ron McLean at MF2K and asked to get a system installed.
This was a passive system, with Dual-Mono and Monoblock amplifiers, as well as a proper 10” subwoofer, which I’d bought, and a high-end system with a DAC.
My first audio competition was at Ingliston in Scotland, near Edinburgh.
The event fuelled my interest in car audio even more, and I decided to move from my “passive” system into an “active” system with a processor and amplifiers that I sourced from all around the world.
I eventually replaced the amplifiers and replaced the 2-way speakers with a 3-way system.
I have fond memories of listening to a Peugeot205 with Audison speakers belonging to a judge at a car audio competition. I am looking forward to building a system with these Voce speakers!
In fact, this has really given me the impetus to build a new system, so thank you so much on so many levels.
Oh, I found this picture – both of us in our younger days! (Yikes, Ed.)
Kind regards,
Chris.
Take care, everyone; see you next month.
Carl
Editor