Η ALPINE επίσημα Νο1 στο CarAudio της CES 2006

[Giovanni Dimitropoulos]

Alpine Takes Top Honors In Virtual Competition Between Mobile Electronics Manufacturers’ Demo Vehicles from CES 2006.

Flint, MI (PRWEB) March 10, 2006 -- CarStereo.com's visitors handed a first place victory to Alpine in their CES 2006 Vehicle Competition. In this special edition of its Online Car Audio Competition (OCAC), CarStereo.com displayed the mobile electronics manufacturers' demo vehicles that they photographed on the show floor at CES in January. The site's members then voted on the vehicles, ranking them each 1 thru 10. The contest generated over 170,000 views of these vehicles and included some very unique 360 degree virtual tours of the cars' interiors. The photo galleries of these vehicles are still on display at http://www.CarStereo.com.

The winning car from Alpine was their 2004 BMW 645. This incredible vehicle was created by installers Steve Brown and Gary Bell of Alpine of America, with help from Glenn Swackhamer of Alpine of Canada.

A close second place goes to Metra Electronics for their 1994 Honda Civic. This unique vehicle was designed and created by Jeremy Carlson with Mike Brechue, Scott Palmieri, Chris Crisali, Frank Paolillo, Tom Reece, Zahid "Z" Siddiqi, and Brent McCall.

A surprising third place goes to JL Audio for their "Clean Sweep" 2005 Subaru Legacy GT Wagon. "At first glance this car looked a bit out of place at CES with all the glamorous and extreme installation and design work", says Dan Morris of CarStereo.com. "But it's a great sounding car and the system takes up no space that you could use for passengers or cargo." This system was installed by Manville Smith, Gary Martin, Bill Hamze, Franklin Rodriguez.

In addition to voting on the vehicles, CarStereo.com visitors were treated to a display of the top manufacturers' models from CES. These girls are also an important part of the show as they represent their brands. Lacy Awalt from dbDrive was overwhelmingly voted the Hottest Model at CES. Second place goes to AudioPipe's Nicole Hagman and third place goes to Michelle Anderson, model for Bassforms. Congratulations to all the winners and thanks to all the manufacturers and models for participating.

CarStereo.com has over 40,000 members and over 1,200 active OCAC competitors. The OCAC allows car audio enthusiasts and professionals to compete online for trophies and prizes. At the same time, it showcases the car audio systems and the installers to millions of online visitors world-wide.

 

[Giovanni Dimitropoulos]

Company:
Alpine

Vehicle:
2004 BMW 645,

Installer:
Steve Brown & Gary Bell of Alpine of America, with help from Glenn Swackhamer of Alpine of Canada

Equipment:
ALPINE PRODUCTS
PDX-1.1000 MONO AMPLIFIER 10
PDX-4.150 4-CHANNEL AMPLIFIER 2
PDX-2.150 2-CHANNEL AMPLIFIER 1
PKG-1000 REAR SEAT ENTERTAINMENT PACKAGE (monitor only) 7
DVA-5210 DVD PLAYER 1
NVE-N872A DVD NAVIGATION SYSTEM 1
KCE-422i FULL SPEED CONNECTION FOR IPOD 1
VPA-B222 VEHICLE HUB PRO OEM INTEGRATION SYSTEM 1
PXA-H701 DIGITAL PROCESSOR 1
SPX-107R 4" COMPONENT 2-WAY SPEAKER SET 3.5 pairs
SPX-17MB MID-BASS KIT 2
SWX-1242D 12-INCH SUBWOOFER 4

OTHER PRODUCTS/SERVICES
PAINT HOUSE OF KOLOR BLACK BASE & CLAEARCOAT
PAINT SUPPLIER COAST AIRBRUSH
COLOR SANDING KEVIN BROWN & JASON ROSE FROM MEGUIAR'S
WHEELS BOYD CODDINGTON CUSTOM-MADE WHEELS: 24" X 10"/FRONT, 26" X 13"/REAR
TIRES FALKEN ZiEX S/TZ
BRAKES BREMBO BRAKE KITS FOR FRONT & REAR
WIRING MONSTER CABLE
AIRBRUSH NOAH
LASER CUT LOGOS PRECISION GRILLS
UPHOLSTERY MOTOSTYLE


Description:
The Sinister 6 is topless, headless and mysterious. It has an aggressive silhouette, a rotating center drive seat, motorized top, a joystick instead of a steering wheel, custom paint scheme, and a dash that consists of five video monitors -- but no head unit! And it still has a full multi-channel audio system.

Είναι παλαβοί εκεί στην ALPINE!!!!! :shock: :roll:

Θέλετε να δείτε και φωτογραφίες του τέρατος??? :roll:

 

[Giovanni Dimitropoulos]

ΤΟ ΤΕΡΑΣ!!!!



Δείτε περισσότερα εδώ:

http://www.carstereo.com/ces_view.cfm?profile_id=10

 

[Giovanni Dimitropoulos]

& το επίσημο Press Release της ALPINE......

ALPINE UNCLOAKS 2006 SHOW CAR

'Sinister 6' BMW 645i is Topless, Headless and Mysterious

TORRANCE, Calif., Jan. 5, 2006 - Alpine Electronics of America, Inc. today unveiled its new show car at the 2006 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES). The car, which started life as a convertible BMW 645i, was transformed into an indistinguishable, yet fascinating, visual and audio masterpiece.

Designed and built by Alpine's Advanced Application R & D team of Steve Brown and Gary Bell, with help by Glenn Swackhamer from Alpine of Canada, the Sinister 6 carries on the tradition of show-stopping vehicles emanating from Alpine's North American headquarters in Torrance, Calif.

The Sinister 6's silhouette, motorization and paint scheme give the car mysterious undertones. The striking shape of the car was created entirely by hand, using none of the BMW's stock bodywork. The front, rear, and sides of the Sinister 6 are shaped from fiberglass to give the car a low, mean, aggressive appearance. More than 9 inches were added to the width of the body to accommodate the huge Boyd Coddington wheels and massive Brembo brakes.

Upon further inspection, it becomes obvious that the inside of the Sinister 6 is just as highly customized as the exterior. The car is a roadster, meaning there is no roof to interrupt the flowing lines of the body, so it's easy to get a good look at the interior. The single seat is located in the center of the car, and it is housed in a 5-foot-wide circular fiberglass enclosure. Behind the seat enclosure is a large window through which nine PDX series amplifiers are located, including eight PDX-1.1000's and one PDX-4.150. Another obvious omission is a steering wheel, but that's no problem because the Sinister 6 is steered electrically via a joystick to the right of the driver's seat.

The next question is the most obvious one: how is it possible to get inside this outrageous vehicle to enjoy the huge Alpine multimedia system? The answer is as simple as the touch of a button, which sends a command to simultaneously slide the top of the car back 27 inches and rotates the center seat 90 degrees counterclockwise. The seat's rotation exposes an opening in the front of the seat housing to allow a single lucky passenger to get inside for a heavy dose of multimedia nirvana. A surprise is revealed in the seat's open position - a PDX-2.150 amplifier, a PDX-4.150 amplifier, and an iPod® nano are all built into a secret compartment behind the driver's seat. Another touch of the remote button rotates the seat back to driving position and slides the top forward, at which point the Sinister 6 is locked and loaded.

The Sinister 6 is not just steel and fiberglass eye candy - it also houses a complete Alpine multi-channel audio, video and navigation system. A look at the car's interior raises the question, "Where is the dash?" The dash was actually removed and custom-built around five 10-inch monitors from the Alpine PKG-1000 rear-seat entertainment package. These five screens are protected by a curved piece of smoked plexiglass to create a smooth, continuous look. The screens display DVD entertainment from the DVA-5210 DVD player, navigation from the NVE-N872A DVD navigation system, or footage from the rear view cameras on each side of the car.

Even with these modifications, the Sinister 6 has only begun to rear its foreboding head - or lack thereof. There is no head unit in this car. Instead, the new Alpine Vehicle Hub Pro (VPA-B222) OEM integration system is used as the controller for the car's system. The Vehicle Hub Pro unit is a hide-away box that brings Ai-NET inputs, an AM/FM tuner, a dedicated navigation input, a Full Speed™ Connection for iPod® input, and powerful tuning capabilities into OEM systems. The sources are controlled by a wired rotary commander, called an orb, which comes with the Vehicle Hub Pro unit. The orb is installed on the left side of the driver's seat, and the output from the Vehicle Hub Pro also is displayed on the five-monitor array in the dash.

Despite being headless, the Sinister 6 still has a full multi-channel audio system. A PXA-H701 digital processor brings Dolby®, Dolby Pro Logic® II and DTS® decoding into the mix. The circular seat houses SPX-107R speakers for the front channels in a midrange - tweeter - midrange (MTM) configuration. Two SPX-17MB mid-bass kits reinforce the bottom end of the front sound stage from their enclosures on each side of the driver's seat. The center channel, which consists of half of an SPX-107R component system, is located in the dash flanking the five 10-inch monitors. One last set of SPX-107R's is housed behind the driver's seat to round out the multi-channel sound experience.

Of course, a car like this wouldn't be complete without a serious subwoofer system, and the Sinister 6 delivers. Four SWX-1242D 12-inch subwoofers, each powered by two PDX-1.1000 amplifiers, are mounted under the tail section of the car where they are loaded at the ground for maximum impact. The sub enclosure is vented, with the massive port exiting right behind the driver's head. The Sinister 6 is heard long before it is seen with 8000 watts of clean PDX bass power. Other unique modifications include two 10-inch monitors from the PKG-1000 installed in place of taillights, and mesh grilles with laser-cut Alpine logos on the front, sides and back of the car, made by Precision Grills.

Custom airbrush art by Noah sets the tone for the car's dark and mysterious look, sprayed over House of Kolor black base. Color sanding and detailing of the House of Kolor clearcoat was supplied by Kevin Brown and Jason Rose from Meguiar's. Coast Airbrush supplied the House of Kolor products in addition to many related supplies. Custom-made Boyd Coddington wheels measuring a massive 24 inches x 10 inches in front and 26 inches x13 inches in the rear are wrapped with Falken ZiEX S/TZ tires and give the car an aggressive look. Brembo brake kits are used in the front and rear. Monster Cable wiring is used exclusively throughout the Alpine system.

"The Sinister 6 uses Alpine's new OEM integration product with Alpine monitors to control the entire audio, video and navigation system," said Stephen Witt, Alpine's vice president of Marketing. "This vehicle underscores the flexibility of Alpine's new product direction with our OEM integration strategy. In essence, we are defining a new kind of automotive system that does not use a traditional head unit."

The Sinister 6 will be on display at trade and consumer events throughout 2006.

About Alpine Electronics
Alpine Electronics is the world's leading automotive consumer electronics system supplier and an ISO certified corporation. Alpine specializes in an integrated platform concept for mobile multimedia with premium components for digital audio/video media playback, digital broadcast reception, and satellite linked navigation. With research and development facilities in Asia, Europe and the U.S., Alpine is the global leader for mobile sound systems and in-vehicle navigation for both after-market and OEM factory installations. Alpine Electronics is a consolidated subsidiary of Alps Electric Co., Ltd., one of the world's premier manufacturers of electronic components for computer, communications and car electronics equipment. Visit www.alpine-usa.com to learn more about Alpine products or to find an authorized retailer.


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