View Poll Results: best amp?
Memphis
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6
3.57%
PPi
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16
9.52%
Mcintosh
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30
17.86%
Zapco
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14
8.33%
Xtant
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12
7.14%
JL audio
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51
30.36%
Kicker
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9
5.36%
Orion
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5
2.98%
P. Gold
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9
5.36%
OTHER (please list)
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34
20.24%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 168. You may not vote on this poll
Best Amplifier: what do you think?
#61
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Depends on what you want and how much you want to spend. It isn't fair to judge a $2K amp with a $500 amp that puts out the same power. I am more into the best buy for the money and I say JL
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I voted for the JL amps as well.
I used to be the biggest Rockford fan. They quit making good amps after the punch 45HD. (About 1992).
Then,
I used to be the biggest Orion fan. HCCA series were phenominal. Then they were bought by Directed and quickly they went to crap. Cheaper components and so on. Death of a great company.
Then,
I used to be a HUGE PPI fan. Then they got bought by Directed. Turned into worthless crap. Death of a great company.
Ugh.
So aside from Directed DESTROYING EVERY good company they buy I think there are about 4-5 good amp brands left.
1. JL Audio
2. Xtant
3. Zapco
4.Soundstream
5.Phoenix Gold
Mike
I used to be the biggest Rockford fan. They quit making good amps after the punch 45HD. (About 1992).
Then,
I used to be the biggest Orion fan. HCCA series were phenominal. Then they were bought by Directed and quickly they went to crap. Cheaper components and so on. Death of a great company.
Then,
I used to be a HUGE PPI fan. Then they got bought by Directed. Turned into worthless crap. Death of a great company.
Ugh.
So aside from Directed DESTROYING EVERY good company they buy I think there are about 4-5 good amp brands left.
1. JL Audio
2. Xtant
3. Zapco
4.Soundstream
5.Phoenix Gold
Mike
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Directed never got their hands on McIntosh. Never will either since Mc is owned by Clarion. Doesn't mean that whenever you drop in a Mc amp, it's a clarion...far from it. Mc owns the patents on their amps and still remains an American company, and their designs are still 100% McIntosh.
A shame that the Orion HCCA amps got bought out. Fantastic stuff when they were in their prime.
Soundstream...just has to use better labor practices and not "cheapen" everything from assembly line up. Soundstream still has one of the HIGHEST FAILURE RATES while IN the factory. Once when they got them working, they worked great.
JL...still have to listen to one of these. Would still love to do a shootout among the top amps. I'll even bring my modded Mc.
Percy
A shame that the Orion HCCA amps got bought out. Fantastic stuff when they were in their prime.
Soundstream...just has to use better labor practices and not "cheapen" everything from assembly line up. Soundstream still has one of the HIGHEST FAILURE RATES while IN the factory. Once when they got them working, they worked great.
JL...still have to listen to one of these. Would still love to do a shootout among the top amps. I'll even bring my modded Mc.
Percy
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JL amps are awesome, so are the new Focal power amps. i'm pretty impressed with the new alpine PDX amps as well. trying to copy JL's RIP system and doing a pretty decent job at it.
xtant is crap now because MTX owns it and just used the name to push their stuff out more. their service has gone down the tubes and their product is pretty down there now as well.
xtant is crap now because MTX owns it and just used the name to push their stuff out more. their service has gone down the tubes and their product is pretty down there now as well.
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im running with a/d/s/ pre directed! i LOVE the a/d/s equipment before they were bought out!!!! clearest sounding stuff i have heard in quite a while.
my system has a a/d/s pq20 for fronts bridged with a/d/s 346cs's in front with a/d/s al5's in the rear and a ppi amp running mono bridged to a a/d/s rs12" sub.
im thinking about using a alpine 7909 head unit but not sure yet
my system has a a/d/s pq20 for fronts bridged with a/d/s 346cs's in front with a/d/s al5's in the rear and a ppi amp running mono bridged to a a/d/s rs12" sub.
im thinking about using a alpine 7909 head unit but not sure yet
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Directed never got their hands on McIntosh. Never will either since Mc is owned by Clarion. Doesn't mean that whenever you drop in a Mc amp, it's a clarion...far from it. Mc owns the patents on their amps and still remains an American company, and their designs are still 100% McIntosh.
A shame that the Orion HCCA amps got bought out. Fantastic stuff when they were in their prime.
Soundstream...just has to use better labor practices and not "cheapen" everything from assembly line up. Soundstream still has one of the HIGHEST FAILURE RATES while IN the factory. Once when they got them working, they worked great.
JL...still have to listen to one of these. Would still love to do a shootout among the top amps. I'll even bring my modded Mc.
Percy
A shame that the Orion HCCA amps got bought out. Fantastic stuff when they were in their prime.
Soundstream...just has to use better labor practices and not "cheapen" everything from assembly line up. Soundstream still has one of the HIGHEST FAILURE RATES while IN the factory. Once when they got them working, they worked great.
JL...still have to listen to one of these. Would still love to do a shootout among the top amps. I'll even bring my modded Mc.
Percy
Also add Focal to the list of high-end amps. Awesome stuff.
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we redesigned the install for the president of Focal's FX35 last week. We amplified his 3 way Utopia Be's with two dual monitors and ran one of the FP1.800 to two 21WX subwoofers. He had two Steg amplifiers running that setup before, and they sounded awesome. His new setup was redamndiculous though.
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I voted for Zapco. Very clean power and very efficient amps. I'm hoping to clean up the sound via my factory speakers by connecting a Zapco i-4500 to all speakers and dedicating one i-2100 to the sub. All gains will be turned down to ensure i don't pop anything.
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