I miss my gear

axmea?

I also had the OG Hifonics amps from Zed Audio prior to my ARTs. These amps were beastly! Met Steve Mantz who made HiFonics in his old large mfring facility in Simi and after he moved to a smaller scale spot in Simi - very close to Fast Intentions.
He built mid range performance amps like Alphasoniks and Planet Audio's but I did not like 'em. He was selling them directly to me straight out of his facility. Most likely refurbs but they lasted. They were just OK on the SQ.Put it in my kids car and has since been sold. Surprised they still run.

I have not had the opportunity to play around with Orion's HCCA's they had a great reputation then.

Thanks for bringing back the golden days of car audio.
Arizona, CA, WA, and Florida were the hotbed for car audio R&D back then.

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Tigger

I loved my PPI 1800.2 and Art amps. Best stuff out there along with the McIntosh gear. Hell, i love McIntosh even for home audio! While the subs were not so old school, nothing replicates the sound of a single JL 10-W7 And one person mentioned the MBQuart components. I had those for a hot minute. Great sounding stuff! I miss it too!

madwi

Damn did I want a McIntosh amp so bad!

370z_Roadster

What saddens me is that some of the Iconic names have been bought/sold and quality/performance has gone down hill in the name of greater profits for the investors. I bought some MB Quart components a few years ago and the tweeters would attenuate when reaching close to 50w RMS. Switched to Infinity Reference on the last couple of builds and they are now my fave "bang for the buck".

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2011 Nissan 370z Roadster 7AT Brilliant Silver
2014 Silverado CC 4x4 LTZ Diamond White TriCoat

axmea?

Integration of electronics and pure economics brought us to where we are now. Car mfrs made it difficult for respectable electronic mfrs to make money on aftermarket car audio. It was simply part of an evolution.

My speaker roster consisted of MBQuart, JL Audio, Rockford Fostgate, MMATs, Infinity. I had a company car when I worked at Toys R Us and I put in 6x9's on the kick panels and a JL 12" on Clarion gear. Fun little thing of a basic set up. I spent a lot of money on this sh_t. Now I have a Bose.

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