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<blockquote data-quote="hispls" data-source="post: 8742282" data-attributes="member: 614752"><p>Honestly I suspect they could sound fine in an average sized sealed box, just they'd be limited to <125W. They look like pretty much every sub we used to have to chose from in the old days and most of them could be made to sound good. </p><p></p><p>I haven't seen any PowerBass in many years around here, last ones I saw seemed to perform as advertised (amps made rated power, subs handled rated power). Planet audio has over-rated what their stuff with do by double for a very long time now which I have a particular hardon against but there was a dude up here who did his whole build with their stuff and it didn't sound bad or anything. So I guess decent quality but I very much oppose companies lying about specs since you never know what to trust.</p><p></p><p>CV has sold a few good amps over the years but they don't design their own boards or anything so it's really a crap shoot if they picked something decent out of the China catalog to slap their name on. </p><p></p><p>Full range class D technology has matured to the point where they can hold their own with anything else going (inb4 some blowhard thinks they're going to take Richard Clark's money). Alpine has been making them for nearly 20 years now and while their earliest model was a little noisy they have long since ironed out the kinks. Stephen Mantz got into full range class D about 15 years ago under the Zed brand name which were all excellent and he has designed several boards for premium priced "SQ" companies including Focal, Mosconi, and Phoenix Gold. Several other companies have put R&D into full range class D and we're already at the point where Korean/Chinese cookie cutter clones of older designs are perfectly viable options.</p><p></p><p>I would absolutely never buy an A/B amplifier for car audio barring maybe a nostalgia piece and that's a short list of stuff that'll likely never come up for sale at a sane price. Going forward full bridge may be the next wave of space/cost savings in car audio. Right now if you're buying a 3000W or larger mono amp I don't see any reason to not buy full bridge (again, barring nostalgia pieces). </p><p></p><p>Nothing wrong with a 6x9 in general, I would use without hesitation if I had the holes for them in a vehicle. If I'm buying off-the-shelf component sets I'm a big fan of JBL/Infinity lineup, but at the end of the day, if it sounds good, it is good.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hispls, post: 8742282, member: 614752"] Honestly I suspect they could sound fine in an average sized sealed box, just they'd be limited to <125W. They look like pretty much every sub we used to have to chose from in the old days and most of them could be made to sound good. I haven't seen any PowerBass in many years around here, last ones I saw seemed to perform as advertised (amps made rated power, subs handled rated power). Planet audio has over-rated what their stuff with do by double for a very long time now which I have a particular hardon against but there was a dude up here who did his whole build with their stuff and it didn't sound bad or anything. So I guess decent quality but I very much oppose companies lying about specs since you never know what to trust. CV has sold a few good amps over the years but they don't design their own boards or anything so it's really a crap shoot if they picked something decent out of the China catalog to slap their name on. Full range class D technology has matured to the point where they can hold their own with anything else going (inb4 some blowhard thinks they're going to take Richard Clark's money). Alpine has been making them for nearly 20 years now and while their earliest model was a little noisy they have long since ironed out the kinks. Stephen Mantz got into full range class D about 15 years ago under the Zed brand name which were all excellent and he has designed several boards for premium priced "SQ" companies including Focal, Mosconi, and Phoenix Gold. Several other companies have put R&D into full range class D and we're already at the point where Korean/Chinese cookie cutter clones of older designs are perfectly viable options. I would absolutely never buy an A/B amplifier for car audio barring maybe a nostalgia piece and that's a short list of stuff that'll likely never come up for sale at a sane price. Going forward full bridge may be the next wave of space/cost savings in car audio. Right now if you're buying a 3000W or larger mono amp I don't see any reason to not buy full bridge (again, barring nostalgia pieces). Nothing wrong with a 6x9 in general, I would use without hesitation if I had the holes for them in a vehicle. If I'm buying off-the-shelf component sets I'm a big fan of JBL/Infinity lineup, but at the end of the day, if it sounds good, it is good. [/QUOTE]
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