Center in Birmingham, Alabama, from October 12th and 13th, 2024. IASCA’s west coast satellite location for the 2024 World Finals SPL competition will take place at the Pavilion at the Oregon State Fairgrounds on September 29th, 2024.
Sound Quality competition will take place in the East Hall of the B.J.C.C. along with EMMA USA and MASQ, and SPL competition will take place with ISPLL in the North Hall. Set up October 11th with competition taking place on the 12th and 13th.“With the success of the venues from our 2023 Finals, returning to Birmingham made perfect sense.“ said IASCA President Travis Chin. “The venue offers so much more and the response we received from the competitors was so positive, we negotiated for 2024 right away and came to an agreement. Additionally, the venue for our satellite location was also looking forward to our return and we were able to finalize plans with them almost immediately.”
More major IASCA events being planned for 2024
Chin went on to add “2023 was such a successful year, we have been approached by other major automotive and audio related events to host IASCA events at their shows. We are in negotiations with them currently and announcements will be made throughout the course of the 2024 season. Stay tuned!”
Finals pre-registration info and more will be posted in the coming weeks.
For more information on IASCA Worldwide and the 2024 IASCA World Finals, visit iasca.com or contact President Travis Chin at [email protected]. Information on the Birmingham Jefferson Convention Center can be found at https://www.bjcc.org/.
With close to 175 entries, IASCA Worldwide conducted its annual World Finals at the Birmingham Jefferson Convention Center this past October 14th and 15th, 2023. ISPLL, MASQ and EMMA joined IASCA Worldwide at the facility to host their events as well, bringing the total entries to almost 300.
IASCA Worldwide would like to thank its trophy sponsors for this year’s event, which include Italia Hi-Fi (https://italia-hifi.com/), JL Audio (jlaudio.com), Mobile Toys Inc (https://www.facebook.com/mobiletoysincBCS/), Sundown Audio (https://www.sundownaudio.com/) and XS Power (https://4xspower.com/).
On the sound quality front, over 50 competitors competed for the top spot in their respective classes, as well as the coveted Triple Crown Award. In the 1 seat Triple Crown, Jeffrey Hald emerged victorious with a score of 75.5% and in the 2 seat Triple Crown, Brian Mitchell once again took top honors. IASCA Worldwide also invited Sound Quality Champion and owner of Mobile Soundstage Engineering Mark Eldridge to conduct sound quality training seminars for competitors and Judges alike. Two reference systems were set up to teach advanced audio and how to make car audio systems sound their absolute best. “It has been several years since I have had the opportunity to be at the end of year finals event, and it is a very refreshing time for me!” said Eldridge “I listened to more car audio systems in two days than I have in a long time!”
World Champions were crowned in both Sound Quality and SPL. The SPL portion of Finals was held in two locations; BJCC and the Oregon State Fair and Expo Center in Salem, Oregon on October 1st. Competition was fierce at both locations and 13 SPL World Records were broken over both weekends in both IdBL and Bass Boxing. IASCA would like to thank the Salem sponsors; Crystal Audio Solutions, DC Audio, R/C Plus, All Clear Audio & Glass, Northwest Lithium, Divine Heating & Cooling, Kamilche Dental Center, Legion of Boom and Team Sundown Audio.
Of course, none of this year’s event would have been possible without the hard work of the Judging staff. IASCA Would like to thank the following people for their dedication to making the event such a great success; Harry Kimura (SQ), Keith Turner (SQ), Scott Welch (SQ), Mike Myers (SQ), Jeremy Price (SQ), Andrea Paulson (SQ), Sammy Vega (SQ), Justin Silva (SQ), Shazad Rahaman (SQ), Kyle Mohammed (SPL), Scott Sinde (SPL), Ray Pimley (SPL), Joey Perry (SPL), Christle Perry (SPL), Mike Astin (SPL), Jen Astin (SPL), Jeremy Taylor (SPL), Frankie Smith (SPL), Salvador Vargas (SPL), and Drew Chin.
Along with World Finals event, IASCA Worldwide launched its inaugural 2024 event, which kicks off IASCA’s 35th year of bringing competition to the car audio community.
“I’m very excited to be at the helm of the longest running car audio competition organization in existence, now celebrating its 35th year of bringing car audio competition to the world” said Travis Chin, President of IASCA Worldwide “Every day, we raise the bar in competition making it exciting for everyone in car audio, whatever their passion is, sound quality or SPL. We have a lot of exciting plans for 2024!
For more information on IASCA Worldwide and the 2023 IASCA World Finals, visit iasca.com or contact President Travis Chin at [email protected].
IASCA Worldwide has set the date and location for the 2023 IASCA World Finals for both SPL and Sound Quality. The event will take place at the Birmingham Jefferson Convention Center in Birmingham, Alabama, from October 13th to the 15th, 2023.
Sound Quality competition will take place in the East Hall along with EMMA and MASQ and SPL competition will take place with ISPLL in the North Hall. Set up October 13th with competition taking place on the 14th and 15th.
“After several months of research and discussions with multiple venues, we’ve decided on a venue that is more than just a venue.” said IASCA President Travis Chin. “In the recent past, we were focusing on just the facility, where competitors came for only the event and nothing else. Now we have a venue where you can find a restaurant or a park across the street, all within walking distance.”
The venue features two hotels connected to the Convention Center in a newly developed area, with a recently added City Walk. All is directly across the street from the Uptown Entertainment District of Birmingham. The Uptown District features seven great restaurants, a family owned coffee shop and a traditional English Pub. The restaurants include Mexican food, a Brazilian Steakhouse, a Pizza House and two Grill and Bar restaurants.
Other amenities in the area include Top Golf only 2 blocks away and a short distance to downtown Birmingham. There are also several hotels just a few blocks away.
“We’re very excited to host our Finals event with EMMA, MASQ and ISPLL at this venue.” Chin continued to say “Now there’s more than just the event to take in.”
Pre-registration for Finals, hotel info and more will be posted in the coming weeks.
For more information on IASCA Worldwide and the 2023 IASCA World Finals, visit iasca.com or contact President Travis Chin at [email protected]. Information on the Birmingham Jefferson Convention Center can be found at https://www.bjcc.org/.
IASCA Worldwide hosted the first of its kind Advanced Sound Quality Training Seminar for 11 top IASCA SQ Judges on March 11, 2023 at Mobile Soundstage Engineering in Bixby, Oklahoma. IASCA’s Advisory Group selected specific experienced Judges to attend the seminar by invitation only.
The training was conducted by IASCA President Travis Chin and IASCA World Finals Champion Harry Kimura at another multiple IASCA World Finals Champion, Mark Eldridge’s, facility. Travis Chin presented IASCA’s mission and goals for the future, Harry Kimura reviewed recording differences, Judges’ conduct and rules changes while Mark Eldridge provided the systems, his NASCAR Cup Car and system, and invaluable experience and knowledge to the participants.
The training focused on many factors in sound quality listening and judging, going far beyond the basics of traditional IASCA Sound Quality Judges’ Training seminars. Multiple reference systems from the MSE facility were utilized in the training to highlight the differences between variable listening experiences. The systems have the ability to “inject” errors into the playback that mimic common issues in the competition lanes, allowing Judges to hear the difference. Even the multiple IASCA Championship winning NASCAR Cup Car built by Mark Eldridge was dialed in for in car demos.
IASCA also approved new sound quality judging material for competition, that will replace the current IASCA Sound Quality Reference CD next season.
“Having this level of advanced training has been in the works for the past couple years now.” said IASCA President Travis Chin. “Harry Kimura’s and Mark Eldridge’s knowledge, experience and history with IASCA was extremely beneficial to the group and using Mark’s facility worked perfectly to achieve our goal. IASCA Worldwide endorses these Advanced Sound Quality courses for anyone, individual, competitor or Judge, who wants to learn more about true sound quality; these courses are invaluable!”
“After visiting MSE last year, I realized that this would be the ideal place to have an IASCA Judges Training, with the availability of multiple external reference sound systems, Mark’s NASCAR Cup Car system and live instruments.” said IASCA Judge Harry Kimura. “As an IASCA Judge since 1994, I can vouch that it’s a complete evaluation environment for Judges! Well trained Judges are one of the highest valued assets for any sanctioning organization as it maintains the highest levels of integrity within an organization.” Kimura continued to say “IASCA has made a commitment to ensuring that their training is second to none and with that, integrity is ensured.”
“I was approached by IASCA President and top IASCA Judge Harry Kimura last year regarding the project.” said MSE President Mark Eldridge. “It was an amazing day; we put together a full day of listening, discussion and demonstrations. I know there have been IASCA Judges Trainings in the past, but nothing at this level. I loved every minute of it and look forward to the next seminar!”
With the success of this seminar, plans are to make this training an annual invitation only event.
For more information on IASCA Worldwide and the Advanced Sound Quality Training seminar, visit iasca.com or contact President Travis Chin at [email protected]. For more information on Mobile Soundstage Engineering, contact Mark Eldridge at [email protected].
IASCA Worldwide has chosen a date and West Coast location for SPL competitors unable to attend the main SPL location for the 2023 IASCA World Finals.
The IASCA World Finals West Coast satellite event will take place on October 1st in the Pavilion at the Oregon State Fair and Expo Center in Salem, Oregon. The venue offers 50% more space than last year’s event allowing for more vehicles and better traffic flow throughout the event.
“With the increase in West Coast membership and the desire to attend a West Coast Finals event, finding a larger venue to accommodate was very important to meet the needs of our West Coast members.” said IASCA President Travis Chin. “The Pavilion at the Oregon State Fair and Expo Center was an ideal choice to meet those needs.”
The IASCA World Finals East Coast date and location will be announced in the very near future.
“We’re working on a combined East Coast Finals event with EMMA, MASQ and ISPLL.” Chin continued to say “I believe it’ll be one of the strongest Finals events in recent history!”
West Coast satellite location competitors will be able to pick up their pre-registration packets and set up on September 30th.
IASCA Worldwide creates a new SPL format called ‘Demo Boxing’. Based on the popular IASCA Bass Boxing rules, Demo Boxing comprises of two classes; Wall and No Wall. Competition determines the top two qualifiers in each class who battle against each other in a final 90 second round to generate the highest average SPL over that time frame. The highest average 90 second score will be the Event Champion.
“Demo Boxing is a simple and fun format designed to allow competitors to show off their systems to an audience and compete for awards and CAP points.” said IASCA President Travis Chin. “As the world of car audio competition evolves, IASCA Worldwide’s goal is to bring positive, challenging and fun competition formats to car audio enthusiasts and competitors and entertainment for all those involved.”
The format offers competitors the option to compete with any or all doors and windows open, whichever works best to increase their average SPL number over the time frame.
Demo Boxing will make its debut at SoundCheck Customs in Lafayette, IN on March 26th, 2023. Subsequent events are scheduled for April 1st, 2023 at Kollars Kallout in Niceville, FL. and Sight & Sound Audio Connections in Centralia, WA on April 16th,2023. For more information on IASCA Worldwide and the IASCA Demo Boxing, visit iasca.com or contact President Travis Chin at [email protected]. For the rules of Demo Boxing, go to https://iasca.com/download/spl/2023-BB-Rules.pdf. For more info on shows, go to https://iasca.com/events/.
With a successful 2022 IASCA season behind us, IASCA President Travis Chin would like to thank all IASCA Members, Sponsors and Judges for their support and participation during the season.
“The 2022 IASCA season was a huge success, certainly a very positive sign over 2021 and since the COVID pandemic. It was great to see many new competitors, as well as veteran competitors, at events across the country.” said Chin “I would like to thank each and every one of them who helped IASCA grow in 2022. The 2022 IASCA World Finals were once again very exciting and did not disappoint.”
The 2022 IASCA World Finals were held at three different venues; for SQ (Sound Quality), the event was held at the Cowan Center in Lebanon, MO. The Judging staff included many long time SQ names that have history through the years, including:
Keith Turner
Harry Kimura
Mike Myers
Justin Silva
Andrea Paulson
Shazad Rahaman
Scott Welch
SPL competition was held in two events, one east coast and one west coast. The East coast event took place at the Farm Bureau Expo in Lebanon, TN and the west coast event at the Linn County Fairgrounds in Albany, OR. Many record scores were set at both events and officiating these competitions included IASCA SPL Judges from across the country, including (judges and support staff):
Scott Sinde
Jeremy Taylor
Ray Pimley
Salvador Vargas
Jose Vargas
Joey Perry
Christle Perry
Tamesha Ledford
“I would also like to thank all IASCA Sponsors at Finals and throughout the year” Chin continued to say “Their support reinforces that car audio competition has great value to our industry and we will continue to bring them and our members first class events throughout the 2023 season.”
“The work hasn’t stopped since Finals ended though.” Chin stated “We’ve been working on the 2023 rules for both SPL and SQ, 2023 World Finals plans are under way and many major events on the 2023 schedule are being finalized, some of which may be announced prior to this press release, including the Surf City Soundoff, Slamology and the Summer Showcase. We will also be conducting Judges Training seminars in the spring, both nationally and internationally. There’s a lot in store for 2023 and I’m looking forward to yet another successful season of IASCA competition!” For more information on IASCA Worldwide, visit iasca.com.
The 2022 IASCA World SPL Finals West Coast location will take place at the Linn County Fair & Expo in Albany, Oregon. The event and is scheduled for October 23rd, 2022.
“The show will be in the Santiam Center at the Linn County Fair and Expo” said IASCA President Travis Chin. “The building has 21,000 square feet of column free space and is ideally suited for our type of event.”
SQ Finals will take place on Oct 8th and 9th, 2022 at the Kenneth E. Cowan Civic Center in Lebanon, Missouri, in conjunction with MECA and EMMA. MASQ has also been incorporated into the SQ Finals on the weekend, bringing four SQ organizations together for an even bigger SQ event.
SPL Finals East will be held on November 12th and 13th, 2022 at the Farm Bureau Exposition Center
Lebanon, Tennessee, minutes away from Nashville, in the main Exhibit Hall boasting 45,000 square feet of room for up to 200 cars.
“This year’s events are competitor focused and we’re getting some really exciting things lined up for the shows” Chin continued to say “Final details are still being worked out regarding logistics and accommodations for each event. We will notify everyone as those details are finalized.”
Invitations for qualified competitors will begin to be sent out via email early September. Qualified competitors must accrue 75 C.A.P. points (Competition Award Points) in their format to qualify for an invitation to their respective event. For those wanting to view their point standings, the list is available on https://iasca.com/downloads/ under CAP. For more information on IASCA Worldwide and the IASCA World Finals, visit iasca.com or contact President Travis Chin at [email protected]. For more information on the Linn County Fair and Expo and the Santiam Center, visit https://www.lcfairexpo.com/services#SantiamCenter.
The 2022 IASCA World Finals will take place in three locations, one for SQ and two for SPL, in conjunction with MECA and EMMA.
“We’re looking forward to working with MECA and EMMA again on hosting combined finals events. Every year, we keep improving what we offer to competitors to give back for supporting the organizations.” said IASCA President Travis Chin.
SQ Finals will take place on Oct 8th and 9th, 2022 at the Kenneth E. Cowan Civic Center in Lebanon, Missouri, in conjunction with MECA and EMMA. The event will be located in the Center’s Exhibition Hall which boasts 34,000 square feet of space to house up to 170 sound quality vehicles.
SPL Finals East will be held on November 12th and 13th, 2022 at the Farm Bureau Exposition Center
Lebanon, Tennessee, minutes away from Nashville, in the main Exhibit Hall boasting 45,000 square feet of room for up to 200 cars.
West Coast IASCA SPL Finals will be held near the end of October, as venues are currently under review. Scores from the West Coast Finals will be combined with scores from the East to determine the World Champions at the SPL Finals East event.
“This year’s events are competitor focused and we’re getting some really exciting things lined up for the shows” Chin continued to say “Final details are still being worked out regarding logistics and accommodations for each event. We will notify everyone as those details are finalized.”
Invitations for qualified competitors will begin to be sent out via email early September. Qualified competitors must accrue 75 C.A.P. points (Competition Award Points) in their format to qualify for an invitation to their respective event. For those wanting to view their point standings, the list is available on https://iasca.com/downloads/ under CAP.
For more information on IASCA Worldwide and the IASCA World Finals, visit iasca.com or contact President Travis Chin at [email protected].
