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Whats the general opinions on Cadence Amps?

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Old Jul 30, 2004 | 02:23 PM
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As it says, I am checkign them out, and really like their looks. Are the bang for the buck? Decent quality?

Anyone with experience please give me some info, thanks
Old Jul 30, 2004 | 07:20 PM
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Huge bang for the buck, fantastic sound quality on all models.

I've personally used the Q and Z series amps, and a close friend of mine has both an A7HC and an A4.

The A series has higher-end preamp stage, than the Z, which in turn has better features than the Q...
...But as far as the amplification stage goes, even the Q series have fantastic sound quality, and way more headroom than any other amp that I've used in it's price range.
A Q3000 used to power one of Cadence's entry-level component set speakers (a US6.5 set) made the damn things loud enough to cause ear pain... and clean all the way up. It really was impressive.

I used to have a hook-up on Cadence, but they've since employed all the dirty birds like "Net Enforcers" and the like to crack down on non-authorized sales...
The last lead I know of is this site here:
http://usacaraudio.com/CADENCE.htm
I don't know if they are leveraging their religious ties or what, but those prices are very close to dealer cost.

Hope that helps.
Old Jul 30, 2004 | 10:02 PM
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Don't know about they NEW lines but the Z and A series were great. Also the older ones were made by Zed Audio and were monsters. I thin the A4 or A2(if it exists) had problems but not sure if they eventualy fixed it up.
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