TAMPA, Fla. (October 3, 2023) – DOW Technologies, the leading independently owned technology distributor, has expanded its partnership with KICKER as the new authorized distributor in Florida. This agreement expands DOW’s distribution of KICKER in the Southeast.

DOW currently distributes KICKER in Alabama, Georgia, and Tennessee. KICKER inventory will now be stocked in DOW’s Atlanta and Tampa locations for quick shipping and convenient pickup available to authorized dealers. KICKER’s products are already available for Florida dealers to order on DOW’s website.

The addition of KICKER strengthens DOW’s 12Volt audio lineup in Florida. DOW has a wide selection of speakers, subwoofers and amplifiers from well-known and sought after 12Volt brands including KICKER, Sony, Alpine, Triton, Arc Audio and more. In addition, KICKER’s product lineup provides another high-performance option for dealers in Florida’s large marine, powersports and motorcycle market.

“This is a great opportunity for us to build our relationship with DOW and get KICKER products out to their large customer base in Florida,” stated Lori Boyer, southeast regional sales manager for KICKER. “We appreciate the way DOW supports us as a partner and their strong industry presence. It will keep KICKER top of mind for dealers in Florida.”

“We are very excited to expand our partnership with KICKER in Florida,” commented senior vice president Dave Elkin. “KICKER is a great brand that dealers desire, so this is a natural fit that enhances the great line of products that we offer our customers.”

To learn more about DOW Technologies, please visit www.dowtechnologies.com or call 1.800.627.2900.

ONTARIO CA (10.03.23) Paragon Sales & Marketing hosted an advanced audio training class on Sunday, October 1st, in the company’s Ontario location.

Under than name of SoundFix, Wayne Smedile-Paragon Sales & Marketing, Joseph Norton-Musway Tech Support & training along with Justin Zazzi-Harman Audio Engineer conducted the event.

“We wanted to offer an opportunity for industry members to take a deep dive into aspects of audio fundamentals. Sunday’s class was a hands on interactive application of using EQ filters. Attendees were required to bring their own laptop to perform the applications. This 3-hour class was narrow in focus, but provided the dozen people who attended with an experience they can apply every time they are making Equalizer adjustments” Smedile related.

Norton offered “The session dove into how to apply different filters using less bands of EQ. Everyone has heard of Q but not so many fully understand how to properly implement it. I admit that I used to just throw in Q adjustments to see if it would help but didn’t really know what the result would be until after applying it. This workshop showed attendees what the result would be before it was actually applied to the DSP.”

“Cliff Johnson, with Reus Systems in Orange CA, is definitely an industry veteran and it was terrific to see him at the training. When it comes to appreciating great sound it never gets to old” Smedile added.

Justin Zazzi spent time around the room observing attendees as they were applying various adjustments.

“This was a trial event to gauge the interest in the community on learning the foundations of tuning broken down into smaller segments. Based on the results we believe we will be doing more of these sessions in the near future” Smedile concluded.

Look for future SoundFix classes on the Facebook group (coming soon.)  These are live, in person events open to the public, sound competitors, and audio industry professionals.

For more visit paragonsalesreps.com

DIAMOND BAR, Calif. (Oct. 2, 2023) – Single-day tickets for SEMA Fest, a full-throttle festival that fuses motorsports, music, and car culture, are now available at www.semafest.com. Taking place November 3-4 at the Las Vegas Festival Grounds, SEMA Fest is hosted by the Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA), producers of the SEMA Show, the world’s leading automotive trade show held annually in Las Vegas.

SEMA Fest brings together some of the biggest names in music across the gamut of rock, hip-hop, and pop and the hottest automotive brands and their enthusiasts in a large-scale festival format. In addition to the world-class music programming, the event will feature a full slate of immersive automotive lifestyle events, a consumer marketplace, world-class drifting, motorsports competitions, freestyle motocross, BMX demos, and more.

“The SEMA Show and SEMA Fest are two separate events that help maintain the integrity of the SEMA Show that makes it a must-attend event for automotive professionals,” said SEMA President & CEO Mike Spagnola. “SEMA Fest enables automotive enthusiasts and music fans to be a part of the SEMA Show experience through a one-of-a-kind festival that promotes the automotive lifestyle.”

The daily SEMA Fest musical lineup:

Friday, November 3 • Incubus• Wiz Khalifa• Third Eye Blind• Bush• Ludacris• Chase Matthew• Rome & Duddy• Ayron Jones• Bones UK• Starcrawler• Paper Idol

Saturday, November 4• Imagine Dragons• AJR• Walk The Moon• The Struts• Badflower• Meg Meyers• Dead Sara• renforshort• Brooke Alex• Hot Crazy• Good Boy Daisy• The Foxies

SEMA Fest is open to the public and is part of SEMA Week, which kicks off with the 2023 SEMA Show on October 31-November 3 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. For more information, visit www.semafest.com or www.semashow.com.

SHREVEPORT LA (09.30.23)  WTF…Win This Friday. Builds_By_Paul  won the Maximum Power prize on the 12volt Spin-To-Win Wheel 239 on Friday morning, September 29th.

The 12volt Spin-to-Win Wheel was created to bring an element of fun to the 12volt industry. The weekly 12volt Spin-To-Win Wheel is now spinning in Year 5.

The 12volt Spin-To-Win Wheel rolled for 239th time on Friday morning September 29th. The Wheel landed on the Maximum Power space and the Builds_By_Paul slip was drawn from the jar. An Instagram post of the winning slip was posted. A video of the wheel spin was also posted.

We reached out to the lucky winning retailer in Litchfield AZ to let them know a Maximum Power 4 AWG Amp Kit prize will be headed their way. We sent an Instagram message to Paul Cabinatan with the super news.

Spinning out a winner each Friday, a lucky 12volt retailer can win a cool prize and top brands receive visibility across the marketplace.

12volt brands with a space on the 12volt Spin-To-Win Wheel include Kicker, NavAtlas, SiriusXM, PowerBass, CRUX, JBL, AlloyGator, Kenwood, JVC, SD Lighting, Nakamichi, Alphasonik, Race Sport Lighting and Maximum Power. 12volt News $100. cash awards have spaces on the 12volt Spin-To-Wheel for the winning 12volt retailer.

Past winners of the 12volt Spin-To-Win include…Stereo & Video Center-Tyler TX, The Outlaw Garage-Franklin TN, Exotic Sounds-West Palm Beach FL, Endless Possibilities-Aurora IL., Go Auto Sound in Union City NJ, Al&Ed’s South Bay CA, No Limitz Car Audio in Upland CA, Neil’s Specialty-Eureka CA, Sturgess Customs-Lexington SC, Audio By Art-San Antonio TX, SMS Car Audio in Marreo LA and Sweet Wheelz in Mississauga Ontario Canada, Cartronics in Biscayne FL, The CarAudio Shop in St Louis MO, Exotic Sounds in West Palm Beach FL, High North Customs in Grand Prairie Alberta Canada and AMS Audio in Bakersfield CA, Team QRT in Abbeyville LA and California Sound in Fontana CA and Jackie Cooper Electronics, Oklahoma City OK, MARS Audio-Orlando FL, All American Audio in Nutley NJ, Proline Car Stereo in Brooklyn NY, Custom Shop Miami, Tunes and Tint in Lakeland FL, Mobile Concepts Inc in Mokena IL, Seismic Auto Sound in Concord CA, Brooklyn Car Audio in Brooklyn NY, Audio Solutions in Florence MS, Enhanced Customs in Largo FL, Rayco Auto Clinic, Audio Design in San Jose CA, Go Bass Mode in Florida, Avenue Sound in Freeport NY, Audio Plus in Riverview FL, Stereo Zone in Whittier CA, In-Phase Car Audio in Omaha NE, AutoLife Group, N&H Electronics, SK Customs, Land & Sea, The Audio One, NC Custom Shop,Tint World Orlando, Ricky Smith’s Audio, VIP Custom Woks, Mobile Audio Concepts, Audio Lad, Sound Sensations, Dave’s Stereo, Stereo Design, Badlands Customs, Custom Audio-Erie PA, Voltz Autosports-Bridgeport CT, Infinity Sound and Security-Kissimmee, Autosport Plus-Canton OH, Stereo City Pros in Carmichael CA, Devine Concepts in Naples FL, The Sound Shop in Indian Trail NC, Extreme Performance Audio in Fresno CA, Audio Depot in Arlington TX, Audio Security in Houston TX, Earmark Car Audio and Marine in Lewisville TX, Audio Jam in Bear DE, Stereo City Ontario, Ontario CA, Audio By Art, San Antonio TX, Code Zero Customs in Tulsa OK, Ken’s Car Tunes in Mobile AL, Soundz Plus in Naperville IL, Markland Designs in Lithonia GA, Electronics Plus in Salinas CA, Xtreme Autosports in Santa Clarita CA, Superior Audio Sounds in San Angelo TX, Model Electronics in Ramsey NJ, Texas Dreamz Customs in Spring TX, Wired Electronics in Linden NJ and Intense Car Audio in OKC, OK, Underground Auto in Sarasota FL, Car Toys Tulsa in Tulsa OK,  Real Audio in Erie PA, Go Autosound in Union NJ, DFM Stereo in Ukiah CA, Impact Tint and Audio in Tyler TX, Mobile Sound Systems in Arlington TX, Redline Audio and Performance In Spindale NC, Car Audio Land in San Diego CA, Audio X Custom Car Audio in Florence AL, River Oaks Car Stereo in Houston TX, American Radio Orlando in Sanford FL, Illustrious Customs in Woodbridge VA, Remote Start Pros in Lawrence MA, HiPro Audio in Victoria TX, AudioPlanetNY in Huntington Station NY, Endless Possibilities in Aurora IL, Audio Finesse in Santa Monica, Drive Customs in San Luis Obispo CA, Custom Works, Noblesville IN, AtoZ Detail in West Haven CT, Cars 843 in Charleston SC, CarTunes Atlanta in Atlanta GA, Mobile Concepts in Garwood NJ, Duke’s Car Stereo in Flint MI, Infinity Auto Sound, King Car Audio in Norwalk CT, PopTronics in Baltimore MD, Sanford Sound in Sanford ME,  Angelvip2474 in Draper UT, Dynamic Car Audio in Baltimore MD, Hi-Pro Audio in Victoria TX, Car Stereo Max in Houston, Pro Audio Center in Richland MS, Rhodes Off-Roads in Farmington MO, Model Electronics in Ramsey NJ, Class A Sounds in Athens OH. Just Audio Video in North Providence RI, CT_Custom in Philadelphia, Audio Solutions in Florence MS and The Audio Shop RC in Rapid City SD, DG Motorsportz in High Point NC, ST Mobile in Texarkana TX, AR Custom OC in Orange CA, Temecula Mobile Sound in Temecula CA,  Unique Auto Sound in Lindenhurst NY, D’s Garage in Corona CA and DS2 Mobile Solutionz in Tomball TX, C G Car Audio in Kissimmee FL, California Audio in West Valley City UT and The Action Audio Store in Wethersfield CT, Eclipse Car Audio in Vancouver WA, Electronics Depot Car Audio in Altamonte Springs FL. Car Audio Garage in Pearland TX, Pinnacle Autosound in Lake City FL, J H Audio in Bowling Green VA, The Car Audio Shop StL in High Ridge MO, Anthonys Car Stereo in North Highlands CA, Flynn Audio in Middleton WI, Living Loud Car Audio in Pelham AL, Trail Star Audio in Minnesota, On The Spot Audio in Pennsauken NJ, Animated Car Audio in Essex MD, West Coast Car Audio in Citrus Heights CA, Modified Auto Sound in East Alton IL, Star Car Audio in Hermiston OR, VapeNAudio in Clovis CA, SoundWorks in Millersville MD Eclipse Car Audio in Vancouver WA, J A Custom Audio in Houston TX Jose Electronics in North Hills CA,  Sound Proof Car Stereo in Douglasville GA, Auto Additions in Springfield IL, Elite Car Audio in Hollywood CA, Masters Car Stereo in Greenville SC, Audio Plus in Eden NC, Seismic AutoSound in Novato CA, Car Audio Addicts in Pittsburgh PA and AudioKing Tinting in Yakima WA, Arias Tint and Alarms in Duncanville TX, Odeh Car Audio in Gadsden AL, 12volt Specialist in Newark DE, Cutting Edge Audio in San Diego CA, Southern Auto Fab in Lafayette LA, California Sound in Fontana CA, Big Boyz Toyz in Florence SC, 740 Audio in Athens OH and 12volt Outfitters in Hollywood FL., High Quality Auto Sound, Lawrence MA, Custom Car Stereo SC in Spartanburg SC, Zier Box in Dallas TX, Maximum in Manville NJ, Audio Car Stereo in Miami FL, Mach 1 Audio in Washington MO, Doren Car Stereo in Queens Village NY, Side-x-Side Audio in South Charleston WV, Sound Concept in Nanuet NY, Pda Road Gear in Littleton CO and A-Plus Audio and Tinting  Newington CT, Audio Electronics in Indianapolis IN, Tint and Sound in Frederick MD, Tint World Wilmington DE, VIP Autoworks in Mentor OH, All Out Audio in Killeen TX, Yong’s Audio in Indianapolis IN, Custom Audio Concepts in Lima OH, Clear Vibrations in Quakertown PA, The Outlaw Garage in Columbia TN, Xpert Car Audio in Layton UT, No Doubt Window Tint in Ardmore OK, San Diego Car Stereo in San Diego CA, Smart Audio in Lawrence MA, Car Audio One in Chula Vista CA, Audio Excellence in Orlando FL, Ultimate Sounds 1 in Wilmington NC, King Kong Custom Audio in Albuquerque NM. Manny’s Customs in Stockton CA, OD Car Audio in Pasco WA, Car Tunes on Line in Largo FL, INOV8 Audio in Houston TX, Kartel Mobile Electronics in Waterbury CT, Pro Auto Sound in Hialeah FL Mobile AVC in Brunswick ME, Fabulous Auto Alarms in Passaic NJ, Jimmy_Sound_System in Lawrence MA, American Audio Concepts in Houston TX, Arias Tint and Alarm in Duncanville TX, Big Papas Car Audio in Cincinnati OH, Houston Audio Lab in Houston TX, 901 Sound in Memphis TN, Kurtz Car Stereo in Traverse City MI, Sound By Stephen, Music In Motion in Alsip IL, Current Automotive Design in Sparta NJ, Prestige Sounds in Pompano Beach FL, Mobile AVC in Brunswick ME, Telza Audio in Columbia SC, Limelight Automotive in Webster NY, Victory Lap Auto Restyling East Moline IL and Unique Audio VA in Lorton VA.

Congratulations to all.

WTF… Where’s The Fun……On the next spin of the 12volt Spin-To-Win Wheel… on Friday, October 6th.

VACAVILLE, CA (09.29.23) – The 2023 West Coast Finale event, titled “2023 WCA Finals, EMMA California State Finals, IASCA CA/NV Last Chance Points” was held on Saturday, September 23 – Sunday, September 24 at ADi – Aegis Distribution Inc. in Vacaville, California. 26 unique competitors from Arizona, California and Nevada participated in the three organizations to compete for the “Best Sounding Vehicle” or BSV title exclusive to Sound Quality events officiated by Papasin Sound. With a three organization weighted average, competitors could see how their vehicle ranked among the other competitors. Mark Bruno was crowned the first West Coast Finale Regional BSV winner. Acrylic laser cut awards such as the BSV trophy sponsored and created by ADi, the host of the event.

In their inaugural year, Papasin Sound set out to provide the car audio community with high caliber experiences at car audio events. Papasin Sound’s mission statement states their primary focus is putting community first to bring car audio enthusiasts together and providing what the car audio community needs to thrive and grow. Their approach is to work closely with competition orgs, audio manufacturers, retail shops, teams, and individuals while emphasizing that each plays a vital role for a thriving car audio community and industry. The 2023 West Coast Finale event included three orgs: West Coast Audiophiles (WCA), EMMA USA, and IASCA as well as support and sponsorship by 12 volt manufacturers: ARC Audio, Morel America, TRU Technology, and U.S. Acoustics. Each manufacturer brought to the event unique contributions that are meaningful and inspirational to the car audio community.

ARC Audio is WCA’s sponsor for the John Fisher Champion’s Cup, a perpetual cup that is awarded to the highest scoring vehicle at WCA’s annual finale event. The cup is a tribute to John Fisher who passed away in 2017. He was one of the original members of WCA (when it was a team) and was also on Team ARC Audio. John won multiple World Championships across multiple orgs. ARC Audio’s sound quality team captain Brian Mitchell (who traveled with John to several of the World Championship runs) has been a staple presence in the Sound Quality community. What better way is there than for ARC Audio to be the sponsor for this special WCA perpetual champion’s cup John’s honor.

Morel America has been a tremendous supporter of Papasin Sound for the entire 2023 sound quality competition season. For the 2023 West Coast Finale event, they sponsored three Morel Hogtalare (MSRP ~$549 each) speakers for the Top 10 for the Best Sounding Vehicle.  The intent was for two to be bundled together so that the prize winner can run them in stereo. So one competitor in the top 10 took a pair home and another took one. https://www.morelhifi.com/product/hogtalare

In addition Casey and Natasha Thorson of Morel America has helped Papasin Sound throughout this season by sponsoring the East Coast Audiophiles (ECA) launch event back in June 2023. Morel America will be the ECA sponsor for the Michael Silverman Champion’s Cup, a perpetual cup that will be awarded to the highest scoring vehicle at ECA’s annual finale event. The cup is a tribute to Michael Silverman who passed away in 2020.

For the majority of the 2023 season, TRU Technology has sponsored most of the WCA events by providing cash prize for the BSV (Best Sounding Vehicle). Whether they were large multi-org events, or smaller ones, TRU did so to help encourage competitors to join all the formats irrespective of organization. John Yi of TRU helped cement relationships and contributed to the SQ community. For 2023 West Coast Finale event, a TRU Technology L8-S line conditioner (https://www.trutechnology.com/line-8-v2) and $500 were among the top 10 prizes offered by TRU.

Mike and Lanna Nicholls of U.S. Acoustics have supported the California car audio community for years. For the 2023 season, U.S. Acoustics commitment to the SQ community was no different as they provided cash prize to the most improved competitor at several WCA shows including the 2023 West Coast Finale event as a way to encourage competitors to continually strive for excellence. Also provided by U.S. Acoustics was a U.S. Acoustics Barbara Ann amplifer as one of the top 10 prizes. https://usacousticsca.com/barbara-ann-4-channel-amplifier

WCA, a Papasin Sound SQ competition format, was judged by two West Coast and two East Coast judges. Nick Adams and Fred Lynch were the West Coast judges. Cassie Hall and Mike Myers were the East Coast judges. This offered competitors feedback from a wider variety of judges from different regions and a competition scoring using a four judge average. The WCA SQ competition format was designed to be complementary to other premier internationally recognized Sound Quality organizations such as EMMA and IASCA. By partnering with these organizations, this helps competitors to get points to qualify for the various orgs while also helping to provide additional feedback to prepare the competitors for competition in all orgs. The EMMA USA format was judged by Linda Kobayashi and IASCA format was judged by Richard Papasin. For the 2024 season, Papasin Sound is planning to expand to include Mobile Audio Sound Quality (MASQ) as part of their sound quality competition offerings.

The two day event was the first of its kind to offer West Coast sound quality competitors a larger scale event that offered multi-org formats and top to bottom down ranking determined by 6 judges’ scoring and feedback. Papasin Sound is working to provide the same kind of high caliber experience to the East Coast with East Coast Audiophiles (ECA). In the 2024 season, both WCA and ECA will be running simultaneously with a culmination to respective regional and season finale events similar to the 2023 West Coast Finale event.

For more from Papasin Sound, WCA, ECA, EMMA USA, and IASCA
https://www.facebook.com/papasinsound
https://www.facebook.com/mrspapasin
https://www.facebook.com/groups/westcoastaudiophiles
https://www.facebook.com/groups/eastcoastaudiophiles
https://www.facebook.com/emmausaorg
https://iasca.com/

JOLIET, IL (09.25.23) – Endless Possibilities Auto is a very proactive 12volt retailer that definitely understands the value of exhibiting and connecting at consumer events. On Sunday, September 24th, the Endless Possibilities Auto Team made the short 20 mile trip from their Aurora location to participate at the SubieFest Midwest 2023 event at the Route 66 Raceway in Joliet, IL.

Cesar Marungo, Endless Possibilities Auto owner, offered, “At the store we like Subarus. In fact 4 of us own various Subaru models. We have quite a number of customers who are happy with the upgrades we have made to their Subarus. We had great results at last year’s SubieFest so it was a no-brainer for us to get a booth again this year and plan the short trip to Joliet. We loaded our vehicles with our tent, gear to display and sell at the event then hit the road early Sunday morning. Having Chris Reavis on site again, this year with his Subaru, was really a big plus.”

The Route 66 Raceway was packed with vendors, Subaru owners and importantly a large turnout of enthusiasts on a sunny Sunday for the SubieFest Midwest 2023 event.
Continuing Marungo related “This year’s SubieFest was not quite as busy as last year. At this year’s SubieFest though we met with quite a few people who said they remembered coming by our booth last year. It’s also so great to see our customers enjoying their Subarus, with systems we installed at the store, at the Route 66 Raceway.”

“There is quite a community of Subaru owners in our area. Being able to show our demo vehicles at the event was terrific. This year Tech Seminars were added and we did a 25 minute session ‘Enhancing Your Entertainment System’. We had about 20 people as we talked about audio, OEM integration and safety upgrades. In addition, as the remote start season is on the way, we highlighted that category along with radar detectors and LED lighting. Through the day I think we had meaningful conversations with a couple hundred people under our tent and in our demos. We sold quite a bit of the product that we took to the event and handed out a ton of fliers and Alpine lit” Marungo added.

Reavis offered, “Cesar and Endless Possibilities Auto have had two successful Alpine Experience events at their store this year and it was very rewarding to be able to give back by supporting their efforts and again in 2023 at the SubieFest Midwest event. There were 4 Subarus loaded with Alpine set for demos… including two showcasing the new Optim8. Working together at this event is what a great business relationship is all about.”

“At Endless Possibilities Auto we are expecting to see in-store traffic and sales from SubieFest 2023. During this event we added about 300 new social media followers from our product raffle entries. We are definitely looking forward to SubieFest 2024” Marungo concluded.

Visit endlesspossibilitiesauto.com and @endlesspossibilitiesauto for more.