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March 9th, 2010
Rainbow Coaxial speakers from L&J Audio, Staffordshire will revolutionise the sound in your car. Many music lovers spend many hours in their car and unless exposed to something better may kid themselves that the sound of their factory fitted equipment is adequate. In most cases this is simply not the case and vast improvements can be experienced for just a little spend. For the price of a pair of tyres for instance, a set of Rainbow Sound Line coaxial speakers installed with appropriate consideration to sound treatment, such as a Skinz system, can bring huge improvements to frequency response and dynamics.
 German manufacturer, Rainbow, has spent many years developing equipment which is matched to the modern motor vehicle. Their passion for good quality sound and the use of leading edge modelling technology almost guarantees improvement. FOUR MASTER L&J Audio works with the finest materials and applies many years of skill and training to improving sound in cars regardless of budget restriction. You may have seen and heard £20K installs which have led you to give up on the dream of in car hi-fi, but this should not be the case. Rainbow coaxial speakers properly installed will offer the greatest benefit to those with standard gear in the car. The SL range is efficient which means they will run perfectly well straight from the factory fitted source unit without the need for external amplifiers, yet they are built with upgrade in mind and when you do become hooked on an upgrade path, will allow you to add amps and subs to add further fun to the music.
With crossover circuits hidden inside the speakers, these factory replacement speakers feature silk dome tweeters which offer beautifully rounded treble which makes listening less hard work and provides musicality and precision which will punch through the road noise and enable you to listen at lower volume levels thus reducing distortion and creating an easy to listen to experience.
Visit L&J Audio now and ask for a demonstration fo Rainbow Sound Line Coaxials or call 01543 468321 for information on how Rainbow and FOUR MASTERS can help you.
Tags: in car sound improvement, rainbow car stereo, Rainbow coaxial speakers
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March 2nd, 2010
Visit SPL Monsters at Surrey Car Radio and discover the most outrageous amplifier yet from Italian manufacturer, Hertz. As FOUR MASTER, Surrey Car Radio is well placed to advise you regarding all things bass, and full range for that matter! The product we focus on here is the MP15K Unlimited amplifier. This monstrous stereo amplifier can deliver 6100 Watts RMS in to two 1 Ohm loads or it can be bridged to drive a ball-busting 15,500 Watts RMS when powered with 18 Volts DC. Featuring no less than 20 X 190 Amp Impulse response MOSFETS in the output stage and 8 toroidal transformers in the power supply, you can guess that this isn’t built for vehicles where low weight is an overriding requirement! 
If 15,500 Watts is a bit lightweight, The MP15K comes with six robust brackets and an interconnect system called SPL stack which allows multiple amps to be stacked and bridged together offering up to 45 Kwatts. Measuring a whopping 323 X 830 X 68.5 mm and a suspension lowering 25.5 Kg in weight, the Hertz MP15K is not for the shy or the easily scared. Lo-pass and hi-pass filters help to keep all of this raw energy under control while the outputs can be configured in bridged, stereo by-pass or L+R mix mode, there is no getting away from the blatantly over the top credentials of this substantial package. However, given the pedigree of Hertz, you would expect some subtle refinement and this it delivers by way of the well balanced and musical sound, this marks the difference between the Hertz SPL Monster range and other manufacturers product which go for power alone. Don’t forget when shopping for extreme bass, distortion stifles sound. Hertz is well known for delivering low distortion power, it was obvious with the HP range of amplifiers and many of the sound design principles behind that highly successful range have been further developed to ensure that the MP15K is as musical as it is powerful as it is huge!
Take a trip to SCR today or call 01784 420563 to see this extraordinary product
Tags: Car hi-fi system, huge bass, in car amplifier, monoblock amplifier
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March 1st, 2010
Rainbow car amplifiers from Audio Concepts in Cardiff sort out your sound and your style. German Car hi-fi manufacturer Rainbow has long been considered one of the finest European car stereo brands. World renowned for producing very high quality reference speakers, Rainbow produces products to suit all pockets.
iPaul is an amplifier project which was undertaken as a tribute to the manufacturer’s founder, Paul Jelko and has already built a reputation for living up to the name. Rainbow and the iPaul amplifier have always aimed to provide the best quality equipment possible without breaking the bank.iPaul manages this with a range of just three amplifiers although, with a choice of finishes available, this effectively brings the range to six models. 2-Channel and 4-Channel Class A/B full range amplifiers achieve superb sound quality. and with many built-in features to look after cooling and protection, they have proved to be extremely reliable even in the harsh automotive environment. A Class D mono block completes the range. Capable of delivering gutsy yet musical bass tones, once more the extraordinary attention to detail in terms of functionality and design mean this amp will pump all day and night!
But Rainbow iPaul is not all about performance. The styling of these products is unique and provides a futuristic high gloss sheen to any install. Available in either black or white from stock, Rainbow also offers a custom finish of the consumers choice. Send the guys at Rainbow a high quality image and they will have your amplifier made with your design on it.
As a FOUR MASTER, Audio Concepts is able to design and build and awesome hi-fi system and either hide everything away, or make it look a million dollars! with many years of experience in house an da reputation which brings many manufacturers to their workshops to build their demo cars, you can be certain that you Will get the best treatment possible.
To receive the best advice about the Rainbow iPaul and other exceptional products, don’t delay, call 0292 070 7275 today!
Tags: car amplifiers, custom car amplifiers, German Car hi-fi, great car stereo
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February 25th, 2010
  Audison Connection Keeps Norwich In Car Entertainment wired. When installing good quality in-car entertainment, care should be taken with cables and wires. All cables and wires add resistance to a signal path and this induces loss of signal and distortion. Whilst you can never completely eliminate these two audio enemies, a FOUR MASTER installer will always recommend ways in which you can minimise them. After all, you may have just spent a considerable amount of money purchasing good quality equipment and to compromise its performance by introducing signal loss and distortion could be considered barmy! Ferarri owners do not put 12″ wheels and top boxes on their new motors but, this is a useful analogy for using sub-standard wires cables and connectors.
Audison Connection consists of three different ranges of cables; First, Best and Sonus all of which have increasing levels of sophistication and technologies to minimise our audio enemies. Audison is owned by Italian design house and manufacturer Elettromedia. With a long heritage in professional audio and mobile electronics, Elettromedia has optimised each range for quality as well as “workability” FOUR MASTER Installers are faced with enough challenges when installing audio into a car. Cable runs often need to be packed into restricted space and curve radius’s need to be quite sharp. For this reason, Audison Connection cables use a unique arrangement of twisted strand technology and hyper flexible coverings to ensure cables can fit into these tight spaces easily. Similarly power distribution blocks and fuse holders are manufactured from low resistance materials and engineered for ease of install as well as aesthetics. A complete install requires a lot of cable and a lack of attention to its quality will seriously affect performance.
Visit Norwich In Car Entertainment (NICE) and discuss your cable and connection needs, if it is worth doing correctly it is worth doing with Audison Connection. Call 01603 666876 today or visit NICE.
Tags: car fuse distribution blocks, Car hi-fi cables, car stereo interconnects, hi-fi connectors
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February 5th, 2010
You can get to see Hertz SPL Show on show at L&J Audio, Staffordshire right now. This gorgeous range of subwoofers have reinvented the category, so much so, that manufacturer Elettromedia has abandoned the word subwoofer in favour of the more descriptive “Sound Pressure Generator” to differentiate these stunning products from run-of-the-mill subwoofers.
FOUR MASTER showcase store L&J Audio specializes in bass centric products having themselves built many competition winning SPL cars. Always on the look out for bigger, better, louder and more beautiful bass products, L&J must be absolutely delighted with the Hertz SPL Show range. Consisting of Sound Pressure Generators; SX 250D, SX 300D and SX 380D (250mm, 300mm and 380mm respectively) each one capable of shaking the ground when driven with a suitable amplifier and installed with FOUR MASTER know how.
Each product features a triple stacked magnet motor assembly and dual 2 Ohm voice coils. The moving assembly is designed for linear performance over extraordinary excursion ensuring maximum air movement without distortion. A dual spider design and four layer voice coil wound on an extended aluminium former also assists with tonal accuracy at high level. With this amount of powerful movement, a great deal of design effort has gone into making the chassis as rigid as possible. The sheer forces involved required some new thinking on basket design as well as with heat dissipation. From the aluminium coil former to the vented backplate, as much effort has gone into dissipating heat as generating movement. But of course, at this level it is not only the performance that impresses but also the beautifully modelled design attributes which will lead to the visual impact of an installation utilising SPL Show – As the name suggests, they are as much for show as for another purpose.
If you like bass, a trip to L&J Audio is a must. Call on 01543 468321 to make sure they haven’t sold out!
Tags: bass, L&J Audio, sound pressure generator, SPL, subwoofers
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February 3rd, 2010
Audiocar Equipment Ltd strikes a chord with cables for car hi-fi. The Chord Cable Company is recognised around the world for excellence in low signal and speaker cables in all sorts of applications. But less is known about its extensive line-up of car stereo products. FOUR MASTERS have unique and exclusive access to Chord’s extensive knowledge and superlative products.
Chord’s signal cable line up consists of five different grades of RCA they are; Crimson, Cobra, Chameleon, Chorus and Anthem each offering benefits to sound through a mix of leading edge innovation as well as the application of existing technology. Crimson features multi strand oxygen free copper conductors with a low density polyethylene dielectric all contained within floating lapped shielding inside a vibration damping PVC covering and terminated with gold-plated RCA connectors. The send and return paths are perfectly matched to avoid any distortion or loss from adjacent cables or internal eddy currents. In contrast, the mouth wateringly expensive Anthem signal cables use a silver plated multi strand signal conductor a silver plated combined shielding system and Teflon insulation inside and out, terminated with ultra low mass silver plated non-compression RCA’s.
Speakers cable is equally highly spec’d and also consists of a number of ranges to suit your performance requirements. Known as; Leyline, Carnival, Odyssey and Epic. Chord also produces a whole range of HDMI cables plus three grades of digital and optical cables. It is a measure of Chord’s desire to lead that even the lowly 3.5mm cable has been given the Chord treatment.
Much has been made of the black art of cables and there affect on audio signals. Chord have taken this on the chin in the past, along with many other manufacturers and have to concede that in the past there have been products which claimed to improve sound but, in analysis offer little or no advantage. Chord are proud to be able to demonstrate the difference their cable has on sound, their technicians are so dedicated to the cause that some can even tell which brand of cable is being used in a system!
Visit FOUR MASTER Audiocar Equipment and treat yourself to audio excellence from source to ears. Call: 020 8418 8918
Tags: Car hi-fi cables, Car stereo, excellent car audio, signal purity
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February 1st, 2010
Audison Connection, quality car hi-fi cables from The ICE House, Staffordshire are a must have accessory for anyone wanting hi-fi sound in there car. The automotive environment is extremely harsh on low level audio signals. Amplifiers are generally mounted some distance away from the source unit requiring a considerable length of cable to join the two together. A cable carrying low level signal has to be screened in order to reject electro magnetically induced interference from adjacent cables which may be carrying far higher level signal and voltage changes to the vehicle’s systems. It is equally important that long runs of cable and the point of connection are made as loss free as possible. Any resistance will affect signal purity and therefore, overall system performance.
Italian car hi-fi thoroughbreds , Audison has, over some years, developed some of the finest performing and useful accessories and cables for those investing in good quality equipment. After all, their reputation as a hi-fi amplifier and speaker manufacturer is at stake here. It is natural to blame a component with a high price tag if things do not sound quite as they should but, poor performance is just as likely to be caused by poor connections or lossy cable so by taking care of both elements, Audison can be confident that you will get the full potential from the product.
With three distinctly different quality ranges available, Audison Connection provides every cable, connector and fuse/power distribution accessory a top installer needs to ensure close to perfect performance at all times and with excellent design implicit, you will find that your installer will enjoy working with these products. Some cables are hard on the hands and need a good deal of strength in order to get any visible cable layout to look good, but with specially developed coatings and unique strand arrangement, these issues are completely catered for.
So, to get the best from your system, contact FOUR MASTER, The ICE House in Staffordshire. Click here or call 01782 574900 today!
Tags: Car hi-fi cables, car hi-fi installation, connection, power distribution blocks
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January 25th, 2010
Brian Car Sounds Security (BCSS), Coulsdon makes Massive with tiny Nano car amplifiers. American manfacturers of Car stereo Hi-fi amplifiers, Massive have broken new ground with a range of high powered amplifiers called Nano. Topping the range is a 2000 Watt RMS mono block which will drive into 1 Ohm and comes in a tiny package measuring just 5.5″ X 13.4″ and just 2.1″ high.
With FOUR MASTER credentials, the team at BCSS can build a big bass system without using up all the space in your car. As small cars become the only viable option, particularly as a first car, size really is important and Massive provides a range of class A/B and class D amps offering the flexibility to build a huge sound from a small space. A specially crafted Raven Black, aluminium heat sink and the use of micro technology is the secret to this staggering performance/size ratio. The ability to link multiple amplifeirs in line or to stack them means amazing power to multiple channels can esily be accommodated under a seat or behind a removable panel in the side of your luggage compartment.
If showing off your system is important the Massive Nano range will pass muster. The smart, sleek black case features a classy Massive badge on top with a high power blue LED offering additional style notes. The range consists of 5 amplifiers including: N2 monoblock (800 Watts RMS into 1 ohm), N3 monoblock (1400 Watts RMS into 1 ohm), N4 monoblock (2000 Watts RMS into 1 ohm) and the Nx4 4-channel (4 X 100 Watts into 4 Ohms).
So, if you have a car, live in Surrey and space really matters, you need to head down to FOUR MASTER BCSS and get the system of your dreams.
Contact Brian Car Sound Security on 0208 645 0655 or click here to find out how to get there.
Tags: car amplifiers, Car hi-fi, Car stereo, light weight car audio, sub bass
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January 21st, 2010
The brand new show-stopping Hertz SPL Show SX300 stocked by FOUR MASTER, Accutek in Hampshire is well worth checking out. Designed in the Hertz tradition, this ground shaker is built to provide system builders with bundles of bass whilst looking drop-dead gorgeous. Designed for competition and extreme SPL performance, the SPL Show SX300 is described by Hertz as an “Acoustic Pressure Generator”. The SX300 is a 12″ dual 2 ohm voice coil subwoofer with an exceptionally light, four layer voice coil assembly on a 40mm aluminium former offering exceptionally rapid excursion resulting in more air movement and extreme efficiency.
The unique dual spider design ensures extreme control and linear movement of the cone even during maximum cone excursion conditions. This results in incredibly accurate and surprisingly musical reproduction of sub frequencies with very low distortion. A triple magnet assembly also aids with accuracy under high SPL conditions and the unique back vented spider support system, consisting of vertical holes which drive air directly over the voice coil ensuring effective coolong without discenible compression.
Despite the technology on board, these subs add attractive styling to any installation whether mounted cone or magnet facing outwards. Accutek has competed in UK rounds of the European Mobile Media Association’s sound-off format and are well placed to help their customers build class winning SPL or SQ systems. Coupling Accutek’s skills with this state of the art subwoofer should help propel them to the forefront of the growing number of FOUR MASTER competiton car builders.
See the Hertz SPL Show range at Accutek in Winchester, Hampshire and check out what they can do, or click here to find your local FOUR MASTER
Tags: Car hi-fi, Car stereo, Hertz Subwoofer, SPL Show
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January 16th, 2010
Source Sounds, Sheffield expert installer of Audison Bit One. The Audison Bit One is the most sophisticated car audio specific digital audio processor on the market today. Designed by Italian audio officianado’s Elettromedia, the product is hailed as the ultimate work around for installing external audio equipment to standard fit CD Tuners.
Car manufacturers these days are going to extraordinary lengths to optimise the performance of, in some cases, extremely ordinary factory fitted components. In some luxury cars, the CD Tuner electronics contains tricky sound algorithms which boost or cut certain frequencies at different listening levels and the traditional technique of simply converting the level of the speaker output of a factory fit product and feeding it into a decent amplifier is no longer an option. This is where the Bit One comes into its own as it can undo all that internal trickery and leave you with a flat response from the head unit at all volume levels.
Source Sounds Sheffiled were one of the first UK companies to get there hands on this revolutionary product and so stole a march on other specialists. Due to their dedicated time and effort in taming what can be a very sophisticated beast, they, along with other FOUR MASTERS, are now able to offer this superb solution and use it for post installation tweaks.
 The Audison Bit One makes a perfect acompaniment to any high end amplifiers and speakers, in particular the Audison Thesis products launched last year. Source Sounds is renowned for building class leading competition cars and with the Bit One in their armoury are set to have a great 2010 competition season. You can meet Source sounds at this year’s unique Car Audio show Auto Sound and Style at Stoneleigh park near Coventry on March 7th and 8th.
Call Source Sounds, Sheffield on 0114 257 1550 or call in and find out more! Take one of these with you just in case!
Tags: Bit One, Digital Signal Processor, elettromedia, Replacement car stereo
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