acurtis_ttu |
04-25-2006 8:30 AM |
Saw this list on another site...thoguth it was interesting. <BR> <BR>The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly *or* Is this brand any good?--------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- <BR>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. <BR> <BR>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. <BR> <BR>We've broken this section into 4 catagories: <BR>1: Bad <BR>2: Questionable <BR>3: Good <BR>4: Highly Recommended <BR> <BR> <BR> <BR>Bad <BR>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- <BR> <BR> <BR>American HiFi (Rockwood) <BR>American Pro <BR>Audiovox <BR>Automobile <BR>Audiobank <BR>Becker <BR>Boss <BR>DHD <BR>Hollywood Sound Labs <BR>JDL <BR>Jensen <BR>Kenwood (speakers) <BR>Kraco <BR>Kronik <BR>LA Sound <BR>Legacy <BR>MA Audio <BR>Mitzu <BR>Optimus (Radio Shack) <BR>Planet Audio (Boss, by any other name) <BR>Power Acoustik <BR>Profile <BR>Pyle <BR>Pyramid <BR>Rockwood <BR>SAS Bazooka (amplifiers) <BR>Sherwood <BR>Sony (anything by Sony) <BR>Sound Storm <BR>Sparkomatic <BR>SPL Audio <BR>Thump <BR>Targa <BR>Ultimate Sounds <BR>Visonik <BR>Volfenhag <BR> <BR> <BR>Questionable <BR>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- <BR> <BR> <BR>Alpine (lower model speakers) <BR>Autotek <BR>Audiobahn <BR>Audiopipe <BR>Blaupunkt <BR>Aiwa <BR>DB Drive <BR>Crunch <BR>Hifonics <BR>Hollywood <BR>Interfire Audio <BR>Kenwood (amplifiers, head units) <BR>Lanzar <BR>Lightning Audio <BR>Matsui <BR>Morel Acoustics USA <BR>MTX (subs) <BR>Onyx Mobile Audio <BR>Panasonic <BR>Phoenix Gold (ask on specific models) <BR>Pioneer (amplifiers and speakers) <BR>Precision Power (PPI) (newer non-US made amplifiers) <BR>Planet Audio <BR>Phonocar <BR>Kole Audio <BR>Rockford Fosgate (current products) <BR>SAS Bazooka (all products) <BR>Ultimate <BR> <BR> <BR>Good <BR>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- <BR> <BR> <BR>Alpine (amplifiers, Type-R speakers and subs) <BR>Altec Lansing <BR>Alumapro <BR>Ample Audio <BR>Audio Development <BR>Avionixx <BR>Cadence (current amplifier products) <BR>Cerwin Vega (subs) <BR>Clarion (head units) <BR>Coustic <BR>Crossfire <BR>Crystal <BR>Directed (DEI) <BR>Earthquake <BR>Eaton <BR>Elemental Designs (eD) <BR>Helix <BR>Illusion <BR>Infinity <BR>JBL (amplifiers) <BR>JVC Digifine <BR>Kicker (amplifiers, subwoofers) <BR>Memphis Audio <BR>MTX (amplifiers) <BR>Monsoon Audio <BR>Phoenix Gold (some models) <BR>PHD <BR>Polk Audio <BR>Rockford Fosgate (some models) <BR>Soundstream <BR>USAcoustics <BR>TREO <BR> <BR>Highly Recommended <BR>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- <BR> <BR> <BR>a/d/s <BR>AD <BR>Adire <BR>Alpine (head units, signal processors) <BR>Arc Audio <BR>Audax <BR>Audio Control <BR>Brax <BR>Boston Acoustics <BR>Butler Audio <BR>Celestra <BR>CD Technologies (CDT) <BR>DLS <BR>Diamond Audio <BR>Digital Designs (DD) <BR>DynAudio <BR>Eclipse (Fujitsu Ten) <BR>Esoteric Audio <BR>Focal <BR>Harrison Labs <BR>Image Dynamics (ID) <BR>Infinity Kappa/Kappa Perfect components <BR>JL Audio (subs, XR components, slash series amps) <BR>KEF Kar components <BR>Kove <BR>Lunar <BR>Luxman <BR>Tru Technology <BR>MB Quart <BR>Mmatts Professional Audio <BR>McIntosh Laboratories <BR>Morel (Israel) <BR>Milbert Amplifiers <BR>Nakamichi (Cd and Tape transports) <BR>Ohio Alternator <BR>Orion <BR>OZ Audio <BR>Pioneer Premiere (head units) <BR>Precision Power (PPI) (Art series amps, old) <BR>Rainbow <BR>Resonant Engineering (RE) <BR>Rockford Fosgate (older 80s and 90s models) <BR>Sinfoni <BR>Streetwirez <BR>Stinger <BR>US Amps <BR>Wrangler Alternators <BR>Xtant <BR>Zapco
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