Are you too attached to your stereo equipment?

[edison_GTI 10+ year member]

I just got a new car and removed everything I had in the old. I was left, after selling some of it, with 3 Crossfire amps that I love. They are 2 CFA-402 and a CFA-302, I bought them back in 2000 and I have used them in every single installation so far. Now, I don't want a big system in my car (looking at the Alpine PDX 4.150) but I can't bring myself down to sell them.

The question is, do you get attached to your equipemt?

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[500000watts 10+ year member]

i think all audio enthusiast's take a bonding to there audio equiptment.

i need a new head unit but i cant give my old one up, i love the style and everything about it.

but somtimes change is good

 

[woody89 10+ year member]

I change setups a lot, but I never can go without getting a new one. I will say I'm not gonna buy more audio, then a week later I'm saving my pennies.

 

[ramos 5,000+ posts]

Certain pieces I hold on to . But the majority is just electronics to me //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[bonesninja 5,000+ posts]

i don't get attached to mine....hell i buy and sell subs/amps like 3-4 times a year.

the only piece that i consistently use is my current headunit, Alpine CDM-7871, because of the sheer simplicity of the design and features.

 

[Immacomputer 10+ year member]

I have an old MTX amp that I blew but can't get rid of it because I love it so much. I am actually in the process of repairing it right now.

 

[GordonW 10+ year member]

For me, it's the "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" routine.

I've had the same dash pods since 1997 (second car of the same model I've had, lost the first one in an accident), the parametric EQ since 1996, one of my Proton 222 amps since 1989, and my MTX crossover since 1995 (though it was used in a PA system, for a while, not in a car).

I've also got my Orion 280GX amp from 1987, one of my Alphasonik A240B amps from 1984, and my Alphasonik EX3 crossover, also from 1984. Not in use right now, but I'm keeping them just in case I decide I need 'em...

I'm actually tempted, to try and get my old Alpine 7904 head unit (1990) repaired. I've been told that it MIGHT be a rather simple repair, involving some corroded/dirty wiper contacts in the spindle motor. It'd be cool to have that back. Modern head units ****, IME and IMHO... too many gadgets, not good enough sound...

Regards,

Gordon.

 

[nVRuckus 5,000+ posts]

I am always changing systems. shit Im switching from a a system I just put in a couple weeks ago to another system already LOL

 

[CBFryman2 5,000+ posts]

Im not attached, but my avalanche 18 I wont get rid of beause it is reletively irreplaceable and it is such an awsome driver.

 

[James Bang 5,000+ posts]

I tend to get attached to my equip.. it's either that or i'm just too lazy to change installs/equip.

 

[qtipextra 5,000+ posts]

Im attatched to my SE 12's. My first decent system. Had them a year and still bumpin like new. I just love them to death.

 

[j3bus2k3 5,000+ posts]

Although I almost did...I'll never get rid of my JBL/Crown gear...

 

[Worlddre 5,000+ posts]

the only thing i can say that i will never sell is my xtant stuff...i may not be using it for a while but i will never sell it as it is hard as booty cheeks to find more

 

[FoxPro5 5,000+ posts]

No way...are you kidding...there's always something better....or so it seems //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif

 

[GordonW 10+ year member]

how's the old school alphasonik gear? Pre-bahn I presume?

This is from the pre-buyout Visonik days, when it was all designed in Germany. Yeah, totally different stuff. My old A240B, would easily double in power into 2 ohms or into 4 ohms bridged (about 170 watts mono, from an amp rated at 40x2 stereo).

The real killer, was the little dude, the old A225. Rated at 25x2, Stereo Review tested it in 1986, and got 121 watts bridged, before clipping. And they'd run ALL DAY and NIGHT like that, for YEARS. A little monster, that was. I still would like to get together a half-dozen of those, and whoop up on somebody with that. A pair of those A225s bridged, on a pair of OG old-school Kicker F12 freeair drivers, will seriously move air!

Regards,

Gordon.