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<blockquote data-quote="Jimi77" data-source="post: 8793854" data-attributes="member: 673702"><p>I suspect they're all China boards at this price point. I remember years ago the PPI Black Ice amps were popular for budget builds, but I have no idea if they're still a decent amp or did Epsilon change the build house or did all those Black Ice amps go into perma-protect mode after I stopped following the industry??? China isn't bad per se, but yeah, I'd prefer Korea or Taiwanese amps. Of course they don't make it easy to find the country of manufacture. </p><p></p><p>NVX seems to be solid - it's hard to find a bad review on them. I'm just not looking to spend "Alpine" money on this hobby anymore, especially now that I'm putting ~$100/week into my gas tank and my grocery bill seems to go up 10% a week with no end in sight to that. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite4" alt=":mad:" title="Mad :mad:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":mad:" /> </p><p></p><p>Did find this Pioneer which seems to be the best deal on this type of amp for anybody looking to stick with more "mainstream" brands. </p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.sonicelectronix.com/item-168999-Pioneer-GM-D9705.html[/URL]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jimi77, post: 8793854, member: 673702"] I suspect they're all China boards at this price point. I remember years ago the PPI Black Ice amps were popular for budget builds, but I have no idea if they're still a decent amp or did Epsilon change the build house or did all those Black Ice amps go into perma-protect mode after I stopped following the industry??? China isn't bad per se, but yeah, I'd prefer Korea or Taiwanese amps. Of course they don't make it easy to find the country of manufacture. NVX seems to be solid - it's hard to find a bad review on them. I'm just not looking to spend "Alpine" money on this hobby anymore, especially now that I'm putting ~$100/week into my gas tank and my grocery bill seems to go up 10% a week with no end in sight to that. :mad: Did find this Pioneer which seems to be the best deal on this type of amp for anybody looking to stick with more "mainstream" brands. [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.sonicelectronix.com/item-168999-Pioneer-GM-D9705.html[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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