Orion CS is nuts, LMAO

[SPL Blazer 10+ year member]

Talked to a local competitor today that called Orion about their 15" HCCA's. The moron that was answering phones told him that he should be doing at least a 158 with a single 15" and 4k in his suv. Then proceeded to tell him that a real walled vehicle has no port, and that if you did wall off a vehicle then each sub has to be in it's own enclosure. I had my own bad customer service issues with them in the past, but this was too funny.

Anyone else get some really stupid advice from Orion?

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[Vossy 10+ year member]

El oh el

 

[Bassin Buick]

No but once i called RD audio and asked them what size box i should install my sonance 15 in and they told me "i have no idea , actually". Use the box recommendations section of our website. BTW that part of the site has been "under construction" since 2009. LMAO!!

 

[SPL Blazer 10+ year member]

I called Orion a few years ago asking about an SPL box for burps only, and the guy was kinda rude about it and said to go read my manual. I asked if they knew of something better, he said "Yeah", go read your manual and use those designs. Kicker was cool when I called them, guy actually gave me designs for a burp box that worked out really good for me.

 

[Wingman0121 10+ year member]

Cadence people is pretty nice when I called them about their amps.

Quick someone call up Pyramid and ask them for a box design for their subs

 

[mossberg385t 10+ year member]

I called Orion a few years ago asking about an SPL box for burps only, and the guy was kinda rude about it and said to go read my manual. I asked if they knew of something better, he said "Yeah", go read your manual and use those designs. Kicker was cool when I called them, guy actually gave me designs for a burp box that worked out really good for me.

Kicker hung up on me when I asked //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif

 

[gunz4me2 10+ year member]

Anyone else get some really stupid advice from Orion?

When I was looking for schematics for my old school Orion amplifiers some time ago, I had the pleasure of dealing with John Durbin. JD told me that I'd be better off buying DEI's new Orion products and hanging mine on the wall as a conversation piece. He said the new Orion amplifiers were WAY better than the Orion amplifiers from the late 80s/early 90s.

 

[SPL Blazer 10+ year member]

the new Orion amplifiers were WAY better than the Orion amplifiers from the late 80s/early 90s.

Hmm, somehow I doubt that. Their old school amps were pretty nice

 

[gunz4me2 10+ year member]

Hmm, somehow I doubt that. Their old school amps were pretty nice

Unfortunately, I have owned both and I still have some HCCA Digital Reference, GX, and SX amplifiers in my collection. I only needed to do minor maintenance on them, like changing capacitors and JFETS.

I had a 4 channel O-Fryin between 2002 and 2004 that went back to Orion 4 times over the course of its 2 year warranty. After the warranty was up, it went out again and was fried so bad, I chucked it in the dumpster at my townhouse.

In my opinion, the old school Orion amplifiers used some of the best parts available at the time of their manufacture, and I think that is why they lasted so long. OTOH, it appeared that DEI's Orion amplifiers used just what it took to get by in order to maximize their profit margin. I can't comment on the new Orion amplifiers because I swore I would never purchase another DEI manufactured amplifier.

 

[wickedwitt 10+ year member]

Kicker hung up on me when I asked //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif

Kicker told me some dimensions when I bought the 2 Solo X 12s, when I told them I was running 2.5 more cubes to one of their 10s they said "oh well, just double everything then"

Needless to say my audio store designed a box from scratch and it pounds. Maybe I should call them back and give them specs lol

 

[ace_800 5,000+ posts]

Kicker hung up on me when I asked //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif

You must not have talked to spidermonkey then......for $20 bucks he could have gotten anything you wanted.

 

[denim 5,000+ posts]

No but once i called RD audio and asked them what size box i should install my sonance 15 in and they told me "i have no idea , actually". Use the box recommendations section of our website. BTW that part of the site has been "under construction" since 2009. LMAO!!

Haha, wow. But thanks, I dropped my sandwich reading that.

 

[GM4WALLS 10+ year member]

The guys at Sundown were helpful, as was Mike at Sonic Soundlabs... Memphis tech was courteous, but the stick to the recommended enclosures like its the Bible!

 

[GM4WALLS 10+ year member]

Concept was the worst... I think they suggested like 3.4 cu.ft. ported each for their 18" subs... we used them in 11.6 cu.ft. each for SPL comps.

 

[bigbangtheory 5,000+ posts]

When I was looking for schematics for my old school Orion amplifiers some time ago, I had the pleasure of dealing with John Durbin. JD told me that I'd be better off buying DEI's new Orion products and hanging mine on the wall as a conversation piece. He said the new Orion amplifiers were WAY better than the Orion amplifiers from the late 80s/early 90s.

Note to self, dont ever talk to JD as he will get an ear lashing, lol!

Old School Orion was the ish in its day. Hell, I would love to have some ole school Orion stuff, just cant afford it currently.

What a moron!