SOT: amplifier brands?

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my fosgate punch power series that was last repaired in 1992 is still
pushing 1350 watts to my big 12" sub. hooray!!

On 1/31/07, Chris Bennett <scirocco16vr32@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> My Fosgate amp melted down spectacularly when my hatch leaked.  I didn't
> have a full blown class charlie but I hit it with the extinguisher anyway
> as
> I have a vested interest in not becoming a full blown screaming
> alpha.  That
> and the good theme song for that situation, "Say it ain't so" has been
> used
> already, so...
>
> I would go to an audio shop and ask those guys.  I currently have two
> fosgate amps one a NEW one in the scirocco, and a LARGE one for the R.
> However their warranty program sucks and I will NEVER buy another one.  I
> paid like $300ish for this amp and I have sent it back three times and
> they
> keep sending the same friggin one back.  It's shorting a cap, they replace
> the cap and send it back.  They don't figure out why the caps are failing.
> I hook the damn thing up and it blow again immediately.  I marked the
> board--not to mention they do a shitty solder job.  I called them out on
> it
> and they said I was doing it intentionally and that my subs were prolly
> blown.  You know I am not a terribly smart guy... somewhere just above
> that
> peak of the bell curve if I had to guess... but I know how to use a @#$%
> multimeter.  No my subs aren't blown they work just fine with another amp.
> /end rant/
>
> I am fond of Kenwood.  Not the best sound... Not the cheapest but they
> work
> great.  You can get 2 channel kenwood amps--100 watts (50 per channel) for
> like $69 new.  However if you have a good head unit--the can put out in
> the
> neighborhood of 50 watts per channel anyway, so in that case you really
> don't need an amp.
>
> I would be especially careful of buying electronics on ebay.  You get
> generally speaking exactly what you pay for.  If you find a really cheap
> amp
> it will probably sound like a really cheap amp.  Also AMTBF is your friend
> and a very good reason to buy new.  (AMTBF=average mean time between
> failures, think of it as an average life expectancy)  Throwing out
> arbitrary
> numbers here that are NOT real... lets say an amp has an AMTBF of 1000
> hours.  That means that's the average--some last less than 1000 hours some
> last more.  Quality control weeds a good portion out that fail early and
> so
> on.  Now if I am selling on ebay a used amp, and I used this for 800 hours
> but it's shiny and new... how are you going to know how used up it
> is?  80%
> of it's expected life is gone, you buy amp give me good feedback I whined
> said you paid late blah blah blah, yadda yadda.  200 hours later you have
> a
> dead amp that has NO warranty.
>
> Horse lifeless and sufficiently kicked?
>
> Please fwd all opposing views to the round file cabinet.  LOL
>
> Chris
>
>
> On 1/31/07, Jeff Toomasson <area53@validpath.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hey, folks - I'm just putting the finishing touches on my project, and I
> > now
> > need to buy an amplifier. Needs to support four channels. Bass will be
> > taken
> > care of by an Infinity Basslink.
> >
> > The wierd thing is that it seems like all the brands that used to be
> good
> > back
> > when I was really into stereos now suck - Autotek, Soundstream, etc. -
> > that's
> > at least by judging their prices on Ebay.  Fosgate's were great too, but
> I
> > seem
> > to remember them having some problems starting fires??  Conversely, they
> > still
> > seem to be in the mainstream. Alpine still seems to be doing well too.
> >
> > Of course, I'm not trying to win an ICE contest, just trying to get a
> > decent
> > sound when I crank up the volume.   :)
> >
> > Also, it would seem cheaper and more effective to just get two 2-channel
> > amps.
> > Any drawbacks to this on than the draw?
> >
> > Any input is appreciated.
> >
> > Thx, JT
> >
> >
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