CT Sounds Strato and Meso Component Sets... a Few Pics

[jrdnhsnbrg 10+ year member]

Yeah, I will never buy anything from them. The moneybug got Coleman pretty good.

 

[bbeljefe]

Power handling means almost nothing, it's all about efficiency.
Are there any 1w/1m SPL specs for the woofers and tweeters independently?

TS numbers for the Mids. I cannot pull them for the tweets without removing the grills and I don't want to damage them.

Strato:

Meso:

 

[chefzane]

I will say it is ridiculous to be selling products without them being in stock when it's not a preorder, I have been waiting on my 4k from my dealer for 3+ weeks, if I was told hey its a preorder then cool but it wasn't sold as such, hopefully the amp can take what's coming for it or else there will be a shitstorm, I have seen the tests of the last run and was impressed but if it is in anyway different or built cheaper than the first run and the diff's not acknowledged upfront I will be pissed

 

[bbeljefe]

I will say it is ridiculous to be selling products without them being in stock when it's not a preorder, I have been waiting on my 4k from my dealer for 3+ weeks, if I was told hey its a preorder then cool but it wasn't sold as such, hopefully the amp can take what's coming for it or else there will be a shitstorm, I have seen the tests of the last run and was impressed but if it is in anyway different or built cheaper than the first run and the diff's not acknowledged upfront I will be pissed

There is no difference in the later amps, they were just sold out. And I understand your aggravation and have conveyed that to Coleman over the 1400.1s running out of stock.

 

[carlosg_313 10+ year member]

haters gon hate yo. LOLz

 

[BoomBoxStereo 10+ year member]

That's a pretty vague answer don't you think? After all, you left a pretty scathing remark about the entire company based upon one experience with one product. I would think you could at least explain what happened.

well if you want me to in depth i will....

i've been anti-CT Sounds for quite some time now.

ever since the incident with my 125.4 and the wonderful and innovative Tiffany-Style RCA that turned itself inside out on me. Coleman tried to make me feel like an idiot throughout the conversation i had with him, then pay ~$40 each way for shipping to repair under warranty (which i understand warranty policy is warranty policy, no argument... but after 3 weeks after purchasing BNIB?). i don't know about you but i'd say inserting and removing an RCA is one of the simplest things in car audio other than changing the song. here's where i began to get ignored.

that's where the conversation still sits lmao.

i did not send it in for repair. i sold it and took it as a loss.

i bought a preowned Sundown SAX 125.2 that i've been beating on ever since and have had no issues with it.

i then began to question his boards. got no clear answer.

as you can see the conversation was already starting to tick me off from me repeatedly asking about the MOSFET legs.

photos are in order.

then blantantly lied and said you get great customer service LOL.

so to conclude, i still don't know about the MOSFET legs... but at least i know it has a light up logo, plexiglass back (that no one sees), the RCA's that didn't prove themselves to me, and a bass knob with voltmeter.

ALSO...

i also dislike how he claims that too many things are made overseas... blah blah. he's trying to bring the industry back to america... blah blah. yet all of these amps are from where?

in addition to that, i don't understand why one person needs to have three companies that all make the same god **** thing...

check out AT amps!

oh hey now check out CT amps!

let's not forget about Execution!

need wiring? subs? speakers? you got it! which company do you want it from?

the list doesn't end. only a matter of time until all three release alternators and metal work such as dual inputs and reducers, i'm sure.

lastly for the car audio noobs that buy these CT amps, i hope they don't turn their gains up thinking it's doing 2500 watts [for example] when in reality it is putting out way more than their electrical can handle.

to conclude once again i feel that he is trying to monopolize within the car audio industry while taking advantage of the consumer (i've noticed most fanboys are younger and looking for what every young person with little income wants -- high end performance without the high end price tag) and i am not a fan of that. once someone hears that the 2500 costs $xxx but really does 4k clamped of course they are going to want it, but most people don't look into anything nowadays i've noticed (unless you are a true enthusiast).

 

[BoomBoxStereo 10+ year member]

Again, this isn't about you, but I guess you missed that point.
I won't put money in Coleman's pocket, end of story. His CLD was an embarrassment enough, these speakers are just the clincher.

^^the bold.

 

[bbeljefe]

well if you want me to in depth i will....
i've been anti-CT Sounds for quite some time now.

ever since the incident with my 125.4 and the wonderful and innovative Tiffany-Style RCA that turned itself inside out on me. Coleman tried to make me feel like an idiot throughout the conversation i had with him, then pay ~$40 each way for shipping to repair under warranty (which i understand warranty policy is warranty policy, no argument... but after 3 weeks after purchasing BNIB?). i don't know about you but i'd say inserting and removing an RCA is one of the simplest things in car audio other than changing the song. here's where i began to get ignored.

that's where the conversation still sits lmao.

i did not send it in for repair. i sold it and took it as a loss.

i bought a preowned Sundown SAX 125.2 that i've been beating on ever since and have had no issues with it.

i then began to question his boards. got no clear answer.

as you can see the conversation was already starting to tick me off from me repeatedly asking about the MOSFET legs.

photos are in order.

then blantantly lied and said you get great customer service LOL.

so to conclude, i still don't know about the MOSFET legs... but at least i know it has a light up logo, plexiglass back (that no one sees), the RCA's that didn't prove themselves to me, and a bass knob with voltmeter.

ALSO...

i also dislike how he claims that too many things are made overseas... blah blah. he's trying to bring the industry back to america... blah blah. yet all of these amps are from where?

in addition to that, i don't understand why one person needs to have three companies that all make the same god **** thing...

check out AT amps!

oh hey now check out CT amps!

let's not forget about Execution!

need wiring? subs? speakers? you got it! which company do you want it from?

the list doesn't end. only a matter of time until all three release alternators and metal work such as dual inputs and reducers, i'm sure.

lastly for the car audio noobs that buy these CT amps, i hope they don't turn their gains up thinking it's doing 2500 watts [for example] when in reality it is putting out way more than their electrical can handle.

to conclude once again i feel that he is trying to monopolize within the car audio industry while taking advantage of the consumer (i've noticed most fanboys are younger and looking for what every young person with little income wants -- high end performance without the high end price tag) and i am not a fan of that. once someone hears that the 2500 costs $xxx but really does 4k clamped of course they are going to want it, but most people don't look into anything nowadays i've noticed (unless you are a true enthusiast).

I can't speak to the conversation you had with Coleman but you still haven't told me what happened with the amp. How does an RCA connector turn itself inside out? First of all, it's inanimate. Second of all, it's a metal cylinder with a plastic insert.

Did the plastic insert fall out? Did the nut come loose on the connector? Can you be specific about what happened and what caused it to happen?

 

[BoomBoxStereo 10+ year member]

I can't speak to the conversation you had with Coleman but you still haven't told me what happened with the amp. How does an RCA connector turn itself inside out? First of all, it's inanimate. Second of all, it's a metal cylinder with a plastic insert.
Did the plastic insert fall out? Did the nut come loose on the connector? Can you be specific about what happened and what caused it to happen?

first of all shut up. obviously it was faulty as magic and wizardry didn't come into play at any point through the installation and usage of this amp. i wrote all of that and if you still can't see what's wrong with CT Sounds then caraudio.com is probably the right place for you. hence why i never come on this forum anymore.

 

[BoomBoxStereo 10+ year member]

if you want to sell CT Sounds go ahead... but don't expect any business from me or any of the reliable people within this industry that i interact with on a daily basis.

 

[bbeljefe]

if you want to sell CT Sounds go ahead... but don't expect any business from me or any of the reliable people within this industry that i interact with on a daily basis.

I asked you for an explanation. I didn't insult you and I didn't make any demands of you. If you truly had a problem, you should be able to articulate it and you should be able to do so in a civil manner.

You chose not to.

 

[BoomBoxStereo 10+ year member]

I asked you for an explanation. I didn't insult you and I didn't make any demands of you. If you truly had a problem, you should be able to articulate it and you should be able to do so in a civil manner.
You chose not to.

because if i'm going to make you look stupid, i might as well make Coleman look stupid. and as you can see from my previous posts that has already been done.

 

[Freeman]

dun dun dunnnnnnn

 

[BoomBoxStereo 10+ year member]

i'm not arguing with someone who can't come to the realization that they are selling off the shelf crap while thinking it's incredible equipment... it's just a waste of time.

/thread.

 

[bbeljefe]

i'm not arguing with someone who can't come to the realization that they are selling off the shelf crap while thinking it's incredible equipment... it's just a waste of time.
/thread.

You aren't arguing, you're issuing ad hominem attacks against me. You don't know me and you don't know what my thoughts are on this product other than what you've seen here. Yet you've made the presumption that I'm an internet seller of CT Sounds and now that I'm blindly following a name without looking at the product quality.

I test things before I sell them and I have not found the problems you claim to have had. Thus, I asked you to explain the problem to me so that I can make the proper determination of the quality of the product. And if I were given actual answers rather than insults, I would investigate and keep open the possibility of changing vendors., because I'm not wed to CT Sounds, I'm wed to offering a product that I'm comfortable with.

So far, you've done nothing more than litter this thread with baseless insults, ad hominem attacks and projections. However, if you care to offer a cogent explanation pf what your problem was, I would still like to know. Although at this point, I'm not holding out much hope that you can formulate a cogent argument or explanation.