For all the NOOBIE What's the best brand questions
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Bronze Member Username: Shadow1290Post Number: 38 Registered: Jul-05 | http://p079.ezboard.com/fcaraudiotalkfrm27.showMessage?topicID=48.topic This is by far hte best sight i've ever seen for considering what brand for what componet. Also was compiled by a very knowlidgeable person trusst me (he is a "professor" of sound) |
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Gold Member Username: InvainMichigan United States Post Number: 3196 Registered: Aug-04 | The person that wrote that list is Glasswolf, lol. |
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Bronze Member Username: Shadow1290Post Number: 41 Registered: Jul-05 | really |
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Silver Member Username: LowdoseSt. Louis, Mo Post Number: 114 Registered: Apr-05 | Yeh for sure good info there keep that bumped up. |
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Bronze Member Username: Kaos15thPhoenix, Arizona USA Post Number: 90 Registered: Mar-05 | WTF? a/d/s is highly recomended And i tought the a/d/s/10"sub RS10 or something like that i have was crap ill hook it up when i get a 10" box and see how it sounds and are they for spl or sq. |
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Gold Member Username: InvainMichigan United States Post Number: 3199 Registered: Aug-04 | Plz don't bump it forever, there will be hundreds of pointless posts. If you want to read that list, and many other helpful guides, visit www.caraudiocentral.net |
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Silver Member Username: Audiobass10Cape Coral, FL United States Post Number: 181 Registered: Jul-05 | "If you want to read that list, and many other helpful guides, visit www.caraudiocentral.net" I highly suggest becoming a member here to anyone looking to learn some things about car audio. There are many helpful stickies and threads compiled in the site. |
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Gold Member Username: GlasswolfWisteria, Lane USA Post Number: 8253 Registered: Dec-03 | a/d/s when it was a separate company made reference level gear. they went through a couple of buyouts and during that time, they had a lot of problems. Now they're owned by DEI, and are pretty decent stuff. Their amplifiers are solid. A lot of how good it is will depend on when it was made. |
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Silver Member Username: Eclipse2005Vicenza, Vicenza Italy Post Number: 167 Registered: Dec-04 | do u find Audio Development in the states? that's good, it's made here in my town in italy. :-) |
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Silver Member Username: Sploosh56Ohio Post Number: 742 Registered: May-04 | my dad has a pair of old a/d/s speakers in our living room. for only using asingle 8" woofer and a 3/4" soft dome tweet they sound amazing. get very loud as well. he bout them when he graduated high school and he's about 43 so not only do they still sound amazing but they have lasted a long time. maybe i'll get them someday  lol |
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Gold Member Username: GlasswolfWisteria, Lane USA Post Number: 8271 Registered: Dec-03 | only Italian company for car audio I'm very familiar with off hand is Sinfoni. |
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Bronze Member Username: Shadow1290Post Number: 49 Registered: Jul-05 | hey glasswolf did you really compile this list like joe smoe said??? just curious |
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Gold Member Username: GlasswolfWisteria, Lane USA Post Number: 8287 Registered: Dec-03 | yeah. we moved from exboard though. it's hosted on our own server now at caraudiocentral.net the list gets updated every so often, when someone thinks of it, but it's been updated enough times now that the credit really goes to most of the admins ar CAC as well. Not just myself. |
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Bronze Member Username: Shadow1290Post Number: 53 Registered: Jul-05 | k thanx |
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Silver Member Username: PhuktupbassheadScottsdale, Arizona United State... Post Number: 119 Registered: May-05 | Josh Miller: I went to the address you listed in the very beginning... but I can't find the list ANYWHERE! Maybe you know a better way for me to get it? |
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Bronze Member Username: Bigred2069Post Number: 51 Registered: May-05 | is that Xtant amps or subs or what? |
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Silver Member Username: Alias747MN Post Number: 521 Registered: Apr-05 | I think that is just for the amps unless it states in parenthasis that it is something different. |
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Silver Member Username: PhuktupbassheadScottsdale, Arizona United State... Post Number: 130 Registered: May-05 | Alias747: Do YOU know how I can obtain the list mentioned in the beginning of this thread? Please, bro. I really could use that list! |
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Silver Member Username: Alias747MN Post Number: 525 Registered: Apr-05 | Oh, the link doesn't work for you or something? Well i'll just copy and paste it for you then: This is the infamous Good, Bad, and Ugly list. These are some pretty generalized groupings and also very subjective. We've simply based our experiences with the products whether they are direct installs, personal property or extensive research. You should always physically listen to a product before purchase because you are the one who will determine whether or not an item "sounds good" or not. This topic, while being controversial, is simply a generalized guide meant for beginners in the hobby. Many brands specialize in certain items, ie. better amplifiers than speakers, better mids than subs, etc... Also almost all manufacturers offer entry level products as well as high quality lines. As I stated before, this is a GENERALIZED guide. It is your responsiblity to research and audition every brand before you purchase anything. Good luck with your decisions. We've broken this section into 4 catagories: 1: Bad 2: Questionable 3: Good 4: Highly Recommended Bad American HiFi (Rockwood) American Pro Audiovox Automobile Becker Boss DHD JDL Jensen Kenwood (speakers) Kole Kraco Kronik LA Sound Legacy MA Audio Optimus (Radio Shack) Planet Audio (Boss, by any other name) Power Acoustik Profile Pyle Pyramid Rockwood SAS Bazooka (amplifiers) Sherwood Sony (anything by Sony) Sound Storm Sparkomatic SPL Audio Thump Ultimate Sounds Visonik Volfenhag Questionable Alpine (lower model speakers) Autotek Audiobahn Blaupunkt Aiwa Crunch Elemental Designs (eD) Hifonics Hollywood Kenwood (amplifiers, head units) Kicker Solobaric (L5, L7, Solo-X square subs) Lanzar Lightning Audio Matsui MTX (subs) Onyx Mobile Audio Panasonic Phoenix Gold (ask on specific models) Pioneer (amplifiers and speakers) Precision Power (PPI) (newer non-US made amplifiers) Rockford Fosgate (current products) SAS Bazooka (all products) Good Alpine (amplifiers, Type-R speakers and subs) Altec Lansing Alumapro Ample Audio Audio Development Avionixx Boston Acoustics Cadence (current amplifier products) Cerwin Vega (subs) Clarion (head units) Coustic Crossfire Crystal Directed (DEI) Earthquake Eaton Helix Illusion Infinity JBL (amplifiers) JVC Digifine Kicker (amplifiers & Comp/CompVR subwoofers) Lunar Memphis Audio MTX (amplifiers) Phoenix Gold (some models) Polk Audio Rockford Fosgate (some models) Soundstream USAcoustics Highly Recommended a/d/s Adire Alpine (head units, signal processors) Arc Audio Audax Audio Control Brax Butler Audio CD Technologies (CDT) Diamond Audio Digital Designs (DD) DLS DynAudio Eclipse (Fujitsu Ten) Esoteric Audio Focal Harrison Labs Image Dynamics (ID) Infinity Kappa/Kappa Perfect components JL Audio (subs, XR components, slash series amps) KEF Kar components Kove Luxman MB Quart McIntosh Laboratories MMATS Morel Nakamichi (tape transports) Ohio Alternator Orion OZ Audio Pioneer Premiere (head units) Precision Power (PPI) (Art series amps, old) Rainbow Resonant Engineering (RE) Rockford Fosgate (older 1980s and 1990s models) Sinfoni Streetwirez Stinger Treo US Amps Wrangler Alternators Xtant Zapco |
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Gold Member Username: GlasswolfWisteria, Lane USA Post Number: 8471 Registered: Dec-03 | to get that list, up to date, go to: www.caraudiocentral.net subscribe to teh forum (required to read the FAQ section) then go to FAQ and Guides forum and read the recommended companies thread. we had to lock the FAQ section from web click references because people kept plagerizing teh list on other boards and sites without permission or credit given. |
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biff Unregistered guest | Question for GlassWolf and Isaac, Which Phoenix gold models and good and which are questionable?? What do you guys think of the older tantrum line?? What do you guys think of mb quart subs..old and new (premium line)?? |
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Silver Member Username: PhuktupbassheadScottsdale, Arizona United State... Post Number: 155 Registered: May-05 | thanks, Glasswolf... I'll check it out! |
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