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CALIFORNIA CAR EVENTS

California Car Events, Automobile Shows, Races

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California car shows and events largely go uncounted in the massive list of California event lists, but they actually fill the roster as some of the biggest, most popular gatherings, and their numbers are staggering. If you take a single event such as the Donut Derelicts weekly meet in Huntington Beach, that's 52 events per year, alone! Add to that other such meets throughout the state of California and you have a whopping calendar that most would be hard-pressed to maintain accurately. From the beach classic car shows such as the annual Surf City Woody Car Show in Santa Cruz to the to the big LA Auto show held each Winter in Los Angeles, or the Pismo Beach Classic in June, car lovers seem to never get their fill of beautiful bodies, shiny engines that purr or hum, and leather interiors of colors ranging from pale blue to cherry red.

Events / - Trains, Planes & Automobiles - Cars

city	event	phone / web	month
Anaheim	Orange County Auto Show	orangecountyautoshow.com	Oct
Arcata	Kinetic Sculpture Race	kineticsculpturerace.org	May
Buena Park	Silverado Days Car Show	silveradodays.com	October
Capitola	Capitola Rod & Custom Classic Car Show	capitolachamber.com	May
Corning	May Madness Show, Shine & Cruise Car Show	corningchamber.org	May
Colusa	Farm Show, The (tractors, trucks, etc.)	thefarmshow.com	February
Encinitas	Wavecrest Woodies Weekend	encinitas101.com	September
Fairfield	Fairfield Summerfest Car Show	ntsba.org	June
Galt	Galt Old Car Festival	galthistory.org	September
Huntington Beach	Concours d'Elegance	hbconcours.org	June
Huntington Beach	Donut Derelicts	web page	Saturdays
Huntington Beach	Wavecrest Woody Meet		March
Lakeport	Annual Car Roundup	lakeportchamber.com	May
Lakeport	Kulture Shock Car Show	kultureshockcarshow.com	June
Long Beach	Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach	gplb.com	April
Los Angeles	LA Auto Show	laautoshow.com	November
Oakley	Oakley Almond Fest Car Show	oakleychamber.com	Sept
Palm Springs	Palm Springs Car Classic	palmspringscarclassic.com	April
Pismo Beach	Pismo Beach Classic Car Show	thepismobeachclassic.com	June
Ridgecrest	April Fools Car Show	ridgecrestchamber.com	April
San Jose	San Jose Grand Prix	sanjosegrandprix.com	July
Santa Cruz	Surf City Classic Woodies on the Wharf	ci.santa-cruz.ca.us	June
Seal Beach	Classic Car Show	sealbeachchamber.org	April
Sausalito	Classic Car Show	sausalitoclassiccarshow.com	October
Sonoma	IRL Grand Prix of Sonoma	infineonraceway.com	August
Weaverville	Car Show - Street Rodders	trinitycounty.com	August
Westminster	Westminster 4 Square	westmin4sq.org	September
Yountville	Father's Day Invitational Auto Show	vmarketplace.com	June

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

How do subwoofers affect your Home Theater experience? What is a subwoofer, anyway?

Subwoofers are becoming more and more crucial to the home theater experience. When you go to the movie theater, you marvel not only at the images projected on the screen, but the sounds emanating around you. What really grabs you, though, is the sound you actually feel; the deep bass that shakes you up and gets you right in the gut.

A specialized speaker, known as a subwoofer, is responsible for this experience. The subwoofer is designed only to reproduce the lowest of audible frequencies.

With the popularity of home theater sound systems resulting in specialized speakers for center channel dialogue, main soundtracks, and surround effects, the need for a speaker to reproduce just the deep bass portion of a movie soundtrack is all the more important. Although these subwoofers are not quite as "thunderous" as the subwoofers employed at the local movie theater, these unique loudspeakers can still shake the house down or annoy the downstairs neighbors in your apartment or condo complex.

Subwoofers come in two basic types, Passive and Powered.

Passive Subwoofers

Passive subwoofers are powered by an external amplifier, in the same fashion as other speakers in your system. The important consideration here is that since extreme bass needs more power to reproduce low frequency sounds, your amplifier or receiver needs to be able to output enough power to sustain bass effects in the subwoofer without draining the amp. How much power depends on the requirements of the speaker and the size of the room (and how much bass you can stomach!).

Powered Subwoofers

To solve the problem of inadequate power or other characteristics that may be lacking in a receiver or amplifier, powered subwoofers are self-contained speaker/amplifier configurations in which the characteristics of the amplifier and sub woofer are optimally matched.

As a side benefit, all a powered subwoofer needs is a line output from an amplifier. This arrangement takes a lot of the power load away from the amp/receiver and allows the amp/receiver to power the mid-range and tweeters more easily.

Additional Subwoofer Characteristics

Additional subwoofer design variations include Front-firing , and Down-firing, and the use of Ports or Passive Radiators.

Front-firing subwoofers employ a speaker mounted so that it radiates the sound from the side or front of the subwoofer enclosure. Down-firing subwoofers employ a speaker that is mounted so that it radiates downward, towards the floor. In addition, some enclosures employ an additional port, which forces out more air, increasing bass response in a more efficient manner than sealed enclosures. Another type of enclosure utilizes a Passive Radiator in addition to the speaker, instead of a port, to increase efficiency and preciseness. Passive radiators can either be speakers with the voice coil removed, or a flat diaphragm.

Aerielle i2i Folding Portable Speakers

I have reviewed Aerielle’s i2i products before, such as the i2i Stream, that allows sharing tunes from your iPod or other MP3 Player to any other PMP Portable Media Player. It appears that i2i is expanding their MP3 Player accessories with the i2i Folding Portable Speakers.

It was the shape, design, and functionality that sold me. As you can see from the photo, the Folding Portable Speakers have a base station in the middle. What you can’t see is that these speakers can literally pull out, and you can put your iPod in a very convenient place. Those semi-circular shapes are designed to lean against the iPod and hold it in there.

Unfortunately, it is not an iPod dock, so abandon any hopes for charging your favorite Apple MP3 player there. As for the power of the speakers, you will need four AAA batteries that are placed underneath the station. By the way, these AAA batteries are actually included.

All you need to plug in the 3.5mm headphone jack into the headphone jack of the iPod or any other MP3 player, and then turn the speakers on. Turning the speakers off will preserve the battery life. Unfortunately, the 4 AAA batteries are only good enough for about five hours worth of playing time, so you might want to get four rechargeable AAAs if you want this particular product.

The i2i Folding Portable Speakers can also work on a laptop, and they work rather well. The sound quality is a lot bigger than you would think for something the size of a sponge. The size works to its advantage, and it is designed to fit into an ordinary pocket.

The Folding Portable Speakers come with a pouch for some easy portability. They also come with a 3.5 to 2.5 mm adapter for those tiny headphone jacks that you can find on cellular phones. I tried using the adapter on my cellular phone to play a Windows Media file, and it didn’t quite work. The signal kept going bad with terrible feedback.

I was not able to find the i2i Folding Portable Speakers on the i2i website. This was pretty strange, because they seem to be designed to work with the i2i Stream. In short, you could stream the music from your MP3 Player into these portable speakers with the Stream.

NEW PIONEER INDASH

Pioneer Electronics is a big name in car and home theater products. The company had announced its latest in-car navigation device called the AVIC-Z110BT. The top-of-the-line in-dash navigation system allows simulations map and route guidance.

The unit allows users to control and iPod or iPhone and a Bluetooth enabled cell phone at the same time. Traffic, weather, and local information are provided via MSN Direct tuner integration. The large 7-inch touchscreen is motorized and has CD and DVD playback capability.

The navigation device features simulated highway signs that appear when drivers get near turns for better directional awareness at intersections. The device also allows drivers to input their fuel price and mileage numbers for their vehicle allowing the device to calculate the lowest cost routers to take on a trip. The DVD feature can also send video to optional rear seat monitors. The unit is set to launch in July for $1,600.

Via Pioneer

LOOKING FOR A SUBWOOFER (BEFORE YOU BUY)

Subwoofers are becoming more and more crucial to the home theater experience. When you go to the movie theater, you marvel not only at the images projected on the screen, but the sounds emanating around you. What really grabs you, though, is the sound you actually feel; the deep bass that shakes you up and gets you right in the gut.

A specialized speaker, known as a subwoofer, is responsible for this experience. The subwoofer is designed only to reproduce the lowest of audible frequencies.

Passive Subwoofers

Passive subwoofers are powered by an external amplifier, in the same fashion as other speakers in your system. The important consideration here is that since extreme bass needs more power to reproduce low frequency sounds, your amplifier or receiver needs to be able to output enough power to sustain bass effects in the subwoofer without draining the amp. How much power depends on the requirements of the speaker and the size of the room (and how much bass you can stomach!).

Powered Subwoofers

To solve the problem of inadequate power or other characteristics that may be lacking in a receiver or amplifier, powered subwoofers are self-contained speaker/amplifier units in which the characteristics of the amplifier and sub woofer are optimally matched.

As a side benefit, all a powered subwoofer needs is a line output from a receiver. This arrangement takes a lot of the power load away from the amp/receiver and allows the amp/receiver to power the mid-range and tweeters more easily.

Front-Firing and Down-Firing Subwoofers

Front-firing subwoofers employ a speaker mounted so that it radiates the sound from the side or front of the subwoofer enclosure.

Down-firing subwoofers employ a speaker that is mounted so that it radiates downward, towards the floor.

Ports and Passive Radiators

Some subwoofer enclosures also employ an additional port, which forces out more air, increasing bass response in a more efficient manner than sealed enclosures.

Another type of enclosure utilizes a Passive Radiator in addition to the speaker, instead of a port, to increase efficiency and preciseness. Passive radiators can either be speakers with the voice coil removed, or a flat diaphragm.

Crossovers

The crossover is an electronic circuit that routes all frequencies below that point to the subwoofer; all frequencies above that point are reproduced the main, center, and surround speakers. Typically, a good subwoofer has a "crossover" frequency of about 100hz.

Gone is the need for those large 3-Way speaker systems with 12" or 15" woofers. Smaller satellite speakers, optimized for mid-and-high frequencies, take up much less space and are now common in many home theater systems.

Deep Bass is Non-Directional

In addition, since the deep-bass frequencies reproduced by the subwoofers are non-directional (as frequencies that are at or below the threshold of hearing). It is very difficult for our ears to actually pin-point the direction in which the sound is coming. That is why we can only sense that an earthquake seems to be all around us, rather from coming from a particular direction.

Subwoofer Placement

As a result of the non-directional sound that is reproduced by the subwoofer, it can be placed anywhere in the room. However, optimum results depend on room size, floor type, furnishings, and wall construction. Typically, best placement for a subwoofer is in the front of the room, just to the left or right of the main speakers, or in a front corner of the room.

The Bottom Line

Depsite all of the technical specifications and design factors of subwoofers, the type of subwoofer you choose for your system depends on the characteristics of the room and your own preferences. When you go to a dealer, take a favorite DVD and/or CD that has a lot of bass information and listen to how the bass sounds through various subwoofers.

THE NEW FERRARI F430

Only 11 Ferrari F430 “CALAVERA ” (Skull in Spanish) from Unique Sportscars and NOVITEC ROSSO will be made. At the heart of the CALAVERA lies the NOVITEC ROSSO twin-supercharger engine in its latest evolutionary stage. The special collaboration created a unique 707-horsepower sports car that sprints from 0 to 62 mph in only 3.5 seconds and has a top speed of 216 mph.

Like all other body components the NOVITEC ROSSO front spoiler was developed in the wind tunnel. It is attached to the underside of the production front apron. It lends the F430 an even more aggressive frontal appearance and reduces lift on the front axle. Knud Tiroch belongs to Europe`s finest Airbrush artists and is responsible for creating the exclusive designs on chassis and interior. Three-piece, 20-inch NOVITEC ROSSO NF3 double-spoke wheels and Pirelli high-performance tires round out the exterior modifications.

The finishing touch is given through its interior, where the CALAVERA design and theme continues with embroidered seats and a modified, extended middle console, leaving room for conventional functions and extensions like the new generation Apple iPod.