Week Forty- Eight In Which I Have Been Hooking Folks Up

Regular viewers of old Pimp My Ride shows will know the term ‘to be hooked up with’. It was used to euphemise when the PMR guys had swagged yet more toys to apply to the thrilled and hapless owners’ rides. I tend to use verbs appertaining to theft and stealing when I do it, which is plain wrong, as no company gives stuff away for mere lurve. They may have a social conscience and give money to charities (In fact a LOT of the firms – the big ones I deal with anyway, do so) But they are in the business of selling their electronics, so unless there is good column coverage to go with it, with readers it’d resonate with, I never ask.
But recently, we have had Sabrina Cole and her son, Ethan, who drive around in a tiny StreetKa and have been ‘hooked up’ with Dynamat for the doors, JL Audio speakers for the oval holes (that had a single four hanging on a single screw behind the grilles when she bought it) and a Ground Zero skinny woofer. We will be bringing you a full report with suitably sincere thanks to Celsus and Car Audio Direct for the products and Ultimate Audio in Bromsgrove who are the generous installers. Sab is teenager Ethan’s full time carer as he is autistic. And while crowds and socially intense stuff like riding the bus are stressful, Ethan loves cars as much as any young bloke ever did. He can recall all the details of all the cars he likes and Sabrina has found that music, especially in the car has been beyond mildly therapeutic. Nordoff-Robbins know about that. Go Google.
And just today, it looks likely that I can do it again. This time for an eighteen year old in his own first car, that he has a black box inertial recorder installed within, so the insurer can play Big Brother. It’s a six year old Kia Piccanto and has a simple OEM system inside. By adding the Alpine SWE-815 to the boot and the wee remote up front, we aughta make sure each of the but six thousand miles the lad is allowed to drive on his over-two-grand-insurance (thank god for grandmas!) is filled with better tunes. It won’t be so loud as to addle his brain and make him stall while turning right at the lights (I might be confessing shizzle, here&;) but it will give that ineffable subwoofer-added hike in SQ as well as meatiness that better low tones can bring to your car. Again, full report in due course.
I was at KEF the other day, checking out their new R Series speakers – all £6,650.00 worth of them and asked if they recalled the KEF KAR series of product. I tried my best to get them to allow supply of their awesome Uni-Q drivers to selected car audio installers but to no avail&;
I have another MirrorLink video from Sony and a long set of clips about Pioneer’s new range for 2013 to get sorted, so I had better get weaving.. Oh yes, and that FLAC machine has been delivered. It’s a&;..
Adam Rayner On Line Editor