View Poll Results: What's your favourite amp brand(s)?
Alpine
13
25.00%
Rockford Fosgate
22
42.31%
Pioneer
3
5.77%
Kenwood
1
1.92%
Sony
2
3.85%
MTX
3
5.77%
Kicker
7
13.46%
Memphis
10
19.23%
US Amps
4
7.69%
Soundstream
4
7.69%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 52. You may not vote on this poll
What's your favourite Amplifier brand?
50 Watt CAFz'r
Joined: Oct 2008
Posts: 70
Oh yea, I know, the old Rodek stuff rocked. ... 2250 was it?
And the old school Orion, I always loved the HCCAs and SX series.
I had a nice set of old school PPIs that came with a fox I had bought, art series.. LOL, sold them for $35, all 4. LOL
My wife ran 2 Rockford Amps in her car. She sold it, and the person we know is still running the system. 6 years strong!
I opted for Kicker though
And the old school Orion, I always loved the HCCAs and SX series.
I had a nice set of old school PPIs that came with a fox I had bought, art series.. LOL, sold them for $35, all 4. LOL
My wife ran 2 Rockford Amps in her car. She sold it, and the person we know is still running the system. 6 years strong!
I opted for Kicker though
I think the models were the RA2150, RA2180 and I had a RA2300 running 2 RF Power 15's delievering a very underrated 2x300@4ohms
I liked the old RF amps too, I recently bought a Power 1100a2 from ebay but my trunk turned into a oven
So I opted for a DD M2a with a matching DD S4.
50 Watt CAFz'r
Joined: Jun 2008
Posts: 364
I just love memphis amps its going to be my next amp , problem is its too big lol. I would choose Memphis over RF n Kicker
Last edited by King-Kong; Dec 2, 2008 at 03:34 PM.
brand names
I would probably say it depends on what application is it for. Alot of those brand names has its high's and low's model - it makes it difficult to judge. Such as...there's True Technology for quality performance, American Bass for SPL, and pretty sure there's more favourites for other types as well. But for budget and an average listening...Rockford Fosgate!
0 Watt CAFz'r
Joined: Dec 2008
Posts: 17
RF all the way. I've had problems with every other brand in the poll except Memphis and US amps as I have never used them. RF I have used from 1993 to now with not a problem. The sound quality is the same for all decent brand amps if you set the gains correctly. It is the reliability that means the most.
Thread Starter
50 Watt CAFz'r
Joined: Jun 2008
Posts: 138
I find it interesting that so many keep going on about sound quality when it's been demonstrated numerous times by many reputable testers that no human has been able to tell the difference between amps in a double blind test with levels matched. Do I have to mention Richard clark's name or the amp challenge?? He still hasn't paid out yet. You would figure by now that some golden ear would have won. I guess the differences are so obvious that your mind shuts down and doesn't allow you to hear them...lol. This only applies to SQ, not aesthetics, reliability, efficiency, design goals etc...
