In only its second year of existence, Hybrid Audio Technologies and Team Hybrids competitors once again dominate the organized car audio competition scene with wins and placements at five different organization’s national and world finals events.

"I am extremely excited for our Hybrids team” exclaims Scott Buwalda, founder and managing director of Hybrid Audio Technologies, LLC, and former three-time expert world champion.  “At the 2005 International Auto Sound Challenge Association (IASCA^®) world finals, we produced two world championship victories.  We backed up last year’s successes in the 2006 season with national and world championship victories and placements in the European Mobile Multimedia Association (EMMA^®), Mobile Autosound Competition Association (MECA^®), United States Autosound Competition International (USACi^®), and of course in IASCA^® as well (including IASCA – UK).  What takes years for some manufacturers to achieve, if ever at all, we were able to achieve in 2005 after only being officially organized for less than three months, and now again in 2006."

Team Hybrids, the official competition team of Hybrid Audio Technologies, consisted of eleven members in the 2006 season.  National and/or world championship trophies were earned by John Paul in the IASCA – UK competition format, Dave Lechner in the USACi format, and Andy Jones in the MECA competition format.  Team Hybrids would especially like to recognize John Paul, Dave Lechner, and Andy Jones for their achievements in addition to winning their world championship trophies: John Paul went on to win the season’s EMMA point championship, winning second place at the EMMA championships, and won every show but one in the IASCA – UK event series in 2006; Dave Lechner won USACi World Finals best of show honors; Andy Jones won 13 events this year and was nominated “most improved” several times in 2006 MECA season.  In addition to the championships achieved, Team Hybrids also had several top placements, including several championship runners-up, as follows: Asher Noll (2^nd place, Rookie, IASCA world finals), Jason Pellino (2^nd place, Street Amateur, IASCA world finals), Richard Paladino (2^nd place, MECA world finals), Rick Sellers (2^nd place, Intermediate Pro, USACi world finals), Team Hybrids Project 240 demo vehicle (3^rd place, Ultimate Pro, IASCA world finals), Chris Kemp (3^rd place, Ultimate Pro, IASCA – UK finals), Cameron Wilkinson (4^th place, Semi-Pro, IASCA world finals), and John Marsh (5^th place, Ultimate Pro, IASCA world finals. 

Officially established in July 2005, Hybrid Audio Technologies, LLC is a high-end car audio speaker and electronics manufacturer that is currently engaged in the development of high-end car audio speaker systems.  Hybrid Audio Technologies is based out of Atlanta, Georgia, and is currently developing and distributing its first in a series of high-end line of speakers, known collectively as the Legatia™ series.  As the company continues to grow, international distributors and dealers will be announced after the 2007 Consumer Electronics Show.  For more information about protected dealer territories, or available distributorship territories, or for more information about Hybrid Audio Technologies, please contact Scott Buwalda at sbuwalda@hybrid-audio.com, or via the website www.hybrid-audio.com.