12-Volt News
Small Sound-Off With Car Show Gets Newspaper Coverage
Wednesday, 30 March 2011 00:00 | Written by Terry A. Miller
I was reading the a local news website this past Sunday and a headline about "Sound-off Competitors" caught my eye. You rarely ever see an article about sound-offs in a local paper, mainly because the demographic that reads the newspaper is quite older than the average sound-off enthusiast. Aside from the lack of attention to sound and installation quality, the article was actually a pretty good write-up of what the sound-off event was. Strange that the article appeared two weeks after the show, but coverage is good for a hobby that gets very little press in the general media. Of course, the comments the article has received are not exactly flattering. But this is the same perception issues the car audio industry has been dealing with since the 1980s. Be sure to checkout the photos and the video with the article! Here's the link: Sound-Off Article On Newspaper Website MECA Takes Part In Best SBN Show In Years
Tuesday, 29 March 2011 18:55 | Written by MECA
This was the best SBN in several years, as far as overall attendance, especially spectators. MECA had 53 vehicles for SQL and SPL contests. Jessie Johnson (Gorilla Audio) from IL won the Sound Pressure League Best of Show. Craig Butler from GA won the Sound Pressure Best of Show with 179.7 dB in X2. Mikey Pilato won the Park & Pound Best of Show with 135.7 dB in DB5. Robert Hilton (Audison/Hertz/JL Audio) from GA won the Sound Quality League Best of Show. Steve Cook (Audio X/Incriminator/Zapco) from AL won the Sound Quality Best of Show with 84.3 points in Modex. Chad Romano from FL won the Install Best of Show with 76 points in Modified Install. Rob Rice (Car Toys) from OK had the highest score in SQ2+ with 172 points. SQL Judges Vinny Taylor (TN), David Hogan (AL), and Justin Polk (FL) received many compliments on their good work in the lanes. Thanks to Jose from Beyma for helping to sponsor the awards. Thanks to Paul and the SBN crew for including MECA in the event and putting on a great show! Thanks to the Competitors who were great to work with and impressed the Judge Team with outstanding performances in the lanes. Events Being Added Everyday
Wednesday, 16 March 2011 20:54 | Written by Terry A. Miller
We're just getting started adding events for the 2011 sound-off season, but the good news is we are adding events everyday! If you are involved with putting on a sound-off event, be sure to add it to our event schedule! Just click "Add Entry" from the event schedule page and fill out the form. It's easy and only takes a minute of your time. Best of all, it's absolutely FREE to list events! So add your events and be sure to check back regularly to the new events added. Good luck! | TAM A New Look For AudioSports!
Saturday, 12 March 2011 21:39 | Written by Terry A. Miller
After relaunching the AudioSportsUSA website a while back, I put it on the back burner so I could pay more attention to other projects that pay the bills. But sound-off competitors kept coming back to the site and using the event schedule links. The poll I had setup overwhelmingly showed the main thing competitors want is one easy place to find sound-off events for all sanctioning bodies and even non-sanctioned events. Now in 2011, I've decided to take an event listing script I setup and use at my day job and tweak it to be an easy to use sound-off event schedule. I encourage all event coordinators to add all of their sound-off events to the schedule. These show listings are offered free of charge and I hope you'll find it useful. As this project has no corporate financial backing or sponsorship, your support is deeply appreciated and is what will keep this site alive. | TAM |