Eclipse

[laidback93 10+ year member]

I tried to search for this information but came up empty.

I've heard that the quality of Eclipse has gone down and that they got bought out? Is this true? I've noticed that the logo has changed a little bit and it no longer says by Fujitsu Ten.

What's the dilly-o?

edit- hmm I checked the website and it did say Fujitsu Ten.

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[3.5Max6spd 10+ year member]

Quality has not gone down. Shoot the messenger.

Matter a fact these new amps are reaaaallly nice for the $$...played with a few-awesome top mounted control layout

http://www.eclipse-web.com/amp/ea4000.html

 

[squeak9798 5,000+ posts]

Quality has not gone down. Shoot the messenger.

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Back in I think '99 or '00 Eclipse was having some problems with the decks....they actually acquired the nickname "E-skip" //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/tongue.gif.6130eb82179565f6db8d26d6001dcd24.gif And some people just haven't seen Eclipse as anything other than that since. But no, their present decks are very good quality.

 

[laidback93 10+ year member]

I guess people were just spreading rumours on another certain car audio website.

I will say though that I really liked the Eclipse decks of the early 90's. I think they look much more classy than the new decks.

 

[soundstreamer 10+ year member]

the new styling is the major turn off for their decks these days. they look a lot better in person than they do on their site.

 

[squeak9798 5,000+ posts]

they look a lot better in person than they do on their site.

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I was a little worried after looking at the pics on their site.......but they look completely different in person. Not nearly as cheesy as they appeared.

 

[smgreen20 10+ year member]

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I was a little worried after looking at the pics on their site.......but they look completely different in person. Not nearly as cheesy as they appeared.

X2, I got to play w/my future deck (CD8455) and they do look a lot better in person.

 

[FoxPro5 5,000+ posts]

X2, I got to play w/my future deck (CD8455) and they do look a lot better in person.

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I had the 5435 for about a month and it was pretty nice...I was a little hesatant at first, but I really learned to like it. I replaced it with the 8454 and I could not be happier. Eclipse, by who ever Eclipse wants to be by, all the way!

The amps are rock solid and the new EA's look pretty impressive. I got a chance to play with it a little too. I had the pa4212 for a few years and that amp was one of the best I owned. I just bought the pa5422 and have it biamping my fronts and they have never sounded better...and I have had no less than 4 different amps on them at similar power ratings! There is just something about the sound that these babies produce...makes you wanna hump them quite frankly:emb:

 

[MegaHurtz 10+ year member]

The decks look cheap as hell on the website, but on a demo board or in a car they are way nicer. The quality is definitely there too, I've owned a CD5425 and a CD8445 and they have both been excellent decks to me, both in build and in sound quality.

 

[3.5Max6spd 10+ year member]

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I had the 5435 for about a month and it was pretty nice...I was a little hesatant at first, but I really learned to like it. I replaced it with the 8454 and I could not be happier. Eclipse, by who ever Eclipse wants to be by, all the way!

The amps are rock solid and the new EA's look pretty impressive. I got a chance to play with it a little too. I had the pa4212 for a few years and that amp was one of the best I owned. I just bought the pa5422 and have it biamping my fronts and they have never sounded better...and I have had no less than 4 different amps on them at similar power ratings! There is just something about the sound that these babies produce...makes you wanna hump them quite frankly:emb:

The 5422 is one hell of a solid 4ch-i ran it in my car a good couple of months before selling it to one of my best buddies-2 years later not a single gripe, running solid and giving him great sound.

The company as whole has impressed me. I always liked the Aluminum subs, great SQ. And If all turns well quite shortly I should have a pair of Eclipse Titanium 12's that were used for 1month in a demo car at a killer price. I'm not a big fan of running a pair of super subs in a mainly SQ setup, but what I heard I LIKEY:veryhapp:

Those subs are very sharp and pretty quick hitting - initially I was deceived by those massive surrounds.

 

[JLCivic 10+ year member]

I guess people were just spreading rumours on another certain car audio website.
I will say though that I really liked the Eclipse decks of the early 90's. I think they look much more classy than the new decks.

Yes, some people just spread rumors(some people are just idiots). Nothing we can ever do about that, unfortunately.