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Power Master Alternators Mean MUSCLE!

This just in: Blade ICE are to be the distributor of mad-end alternators made especially for the SPL market. As used on the MTX 2 x 22 inch Jackhammer pickup) and here's the full SP...

Powermaster Motorsports is the leader in high performance OEM replacement alternators and starters for…     Read more

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Diamonds are a Boy’s Best Friend?

Those nice people at Diamond Audio showed all their latest products at the recent CES in Las Vegas. Well the good news is that AVHQ, their UK distributor has taken delivery of it all, and are ready to give Talk Audio the low down on the new gems from Diamond!HexProFirst…     Read more

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JBL Offer New GTO Woofers

Sniffed out and extracted from the aether, TA can tell you that JBL have new versions of their GTO woofers out and have this to say about them…  JBL, a Harman International company and maker of high-performance professional audio systems and audio systems for homes and cars, have announced a…     Read more

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NEWS Update for Sound Off Competitors

IASCA UK have just announced an additional show to finish off their Sound Off Season.Following the success of the first two shows and rounds One & Two of IASCA UK's sound off season at C.A.R. EXPO 2008 and LM Audio in Aylesbury, the IASCA UK finals will be held at…     Read more

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Audison’s Amps Are A World First

FOUR – the distributors of Audison, Hertz other top end Elettromedia equipment want you to know about the Audison LRx 5.1k and LRx 3.1k ABD amplifiers. (5.1K £900.00 and 3.1K £800.00)They represent a world first in high end car amplifier design. As you may or may not know, amplifiers come…     Read more

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TravelPilot 300 For Less Stress On The Road

Blaupunkt's new Personal Navigation Device is far cleverer than most - here's what they want you to know about it...In addition to high-speed route calculation and reliable route guidance, the new TravelPilot 300 by Blaupunkt is also equipped with a Bluetooth interface to accommodate mobile phone and entertainment functions.The new TravelPilot…     Read more

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Power Master Alternators Mean MUSCLE!

08.05.2008

This just in: Blade ICE are to be the distributor of mad-end alternators made especially for the SPL market. As used on the MTX 2 x 22 inch Jackhammer pickup)…     Readmore

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Car Audio Security Open Day

09.05.2008

In these times of greater challenges for mobile electronics dealers, Adam Rayner visits one who keeps things cooking. It’s the lads Dahn Heefrow way…. The first one of these open…     Readmore

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Car Audio Security Open Day

09.05.2008

In these times of greater challenges for mobile electronics dealers, Adam Rayner visits one who keeps things cooking. It’s the lads Dahn Heefrow way…. The first one of these open…     Readmore

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Panasonic’s New CD Decks

06.03.2008

At the time of writing, we are privileged to have three new Panasonic CD tuner decks that haven’t even made it onto Panasonic’s own website yet! We have the CQ-RX200N…     Readmore

This Week
Monday, 05 May 2008

There I was sat having a Sunday cogitate like you do when as usual, I jumped like a startled gazelle when my phone vibed my leg. It was the Guru webmaster simply telling me to go log onto here - with a big smiley grinning. As you can see it was to announce "GO!" We have leaped into a new whole version of magazine design.

Greater access, greater speed of publishing from my fat self. More access points, embedded video, bits that MOVE! Gosh I'm so excited I could just pee!

Seriously though folks, welcome to the new Talk Audio Magazine. It is a short week but I have a pile of amps to crank through still and I will also hook up the Clarion DXZ 388RUSB deck to have a go on it with the test rig installed in my desk. Do go read some stuff you might have missed once it moved onto the second pages in the old system. I heartily recommend Hammer Your Brains Out and Tequilas in Red Square. Plus we have a huge article from Martyn Williams (Ed Unit himself) to publish. It's all go!

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Alpine’s Cute Fiat 500 Cup

Alpine Europe’s latest demo car is an easy one to get into exhibition halls and to put onto trailers, although will not be much good at crossing continents as it…     Read more

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Hanging Out With The Big Nobs

If you look in the Talk Audio margins, you’ll see logos for the three main competition formats that exist within mobile electronics in the UK. They are the International Auto…     Read more

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Tequilas in Red Square

Back to the time when car audio became not just a hobby but a passion for many. Sound-Offs were starting to happen all around Europe. In his first article for…     Read more

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It's unwise to pay too little..

After finding this item on sale on the internet and learning that some people were actually buying these, we at Talk Audio thought it imperative to check this impossible sounding…     Read more

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Rare Breed Factory Trip

As regular readers will know, Pioneer graciously flew my Fat Self all the way to Las Vegas for the SEMA show (Specialty {sic} Equipment Manufacturers’ Association – the car aftermarket…     Read more

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Grand Component Jamboree

Welcome to a monster group test! In response to TA Forum traffic, we present 6.5 inch two-ways. In these times of commoditisation of the 12V industry (now there’s a word…     Read more

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Rare Breeds

As well as some real mainstreamers, the dudes at Axis Distribution also deal in some really lovely non-far-Eastern-built rarities. We are talking mad-end audiophilia and some of the most specialised…     Read more

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The Daddies of 12V

Both Kevin O’Byrne and Martyn Williams join Talk Audio. Adam Rayner is honoured by the presence of the Elder Statesmen of 12V journalism...By the God of Total Harmonic Distortion I…     Read more

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Hammer Your Brains Out

A mighty frighteningly heavy bass install with two 22 inch weapons-grade subs. Adam Rayner went to SEMA with Pioneer and met the MTX dual-JackHammered Caddy Escalade pickup truck that has…     Read more

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Kicker Subaru from SEMA

Adam Rayner flew to SEMA in Las Vegas with Pioneer and copped an eyeful of this lovely demo car...I have been jammy enough to have been to Las Vegas a…     Read more

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Equipment Reviews

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Kenwood CarPortal System

15.04.2008

A system to allow integration of aftermarket equipment to embedded factory fit car audio systems so allowing the addition of exterior audio and video sources, whilst retaining full use of…

Double DIN

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Clarion MAX973HD

28.09.2007

A 2-DIN headunit with 7 inch motorised touch screen video panel. It opens to reveal an SD slot as well as a disc mechanism and the front plate of the…

Motorised Screen

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Panasonic CQ-VD5005N

09.10.2007

A single-DIN motorised touch screen DVD receiver with the ability to read MP3 audio and DivX video files as well as play DVD, CD, and VCD. It has an RDS…

Coaxial

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Ground Zero GZRF 6900P

08.04.2008

A pressed steel chassis six by nine from Ground Zero. This is a brand that goes to very high extremes in SPL products for both ends of the audio spectrum…

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Ground Zero Competition Separates

09.05.2008

Whereas the Hybrid Audio Legatia speakers (reviewed here) and the Morel components (reviewed here) are made and sold primarily for active use, (that is with a…

GPS

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Panasonic Strada CN-GP50N

24.01.2008

Strada means street in Italian. This Strada is the CN-GP50N five inch widescreen Personal Navigation Device (PND) with touch screen and voice control, with pan European coverage. Thirty seven countries…