I think Xplod is trying harder.....

[Eldorado 5,000+ posts]

wow, much nicer than my older xlpod.

It looks like they are making them like the old school sony's

 

[DJGTSR 10+ year member]

Looks good on the outside, now lets see the board.

J

 

[Eldorado 5,000+ posts]

Sony mounts the boards upside up so even if you took the back off you would just see the back of the PCB. You have to take the board out of the amp to see it.

 

[lubetek 10+ year member]

Sony amps ****. I have two and both have failed twice each and had to be repaired. I hate Sony period. Every time I buy any thing made by SONY it dies. or a part of it stops working. Last i checked ( a few years ago) sony had one of the worst failure rates provided by Consumer Guide.

Sony can stick their weak *** products up their weak ***.

 

[Eldorado 5,000+ posts]

My sony amp from 2000 works fine.

I have an even older one from 99 and ot works fine as well.

Do i like sony, no. But the amps have lasted for a while even if they are " Xplods"

 

[SAG3 5,000+ posts]

Sony amps ****. I have two and both have failed twice each and had to be repaired. I hate Sony period. Every time I buy any thing made by SONY it dies. or a part of it stops working. Last i checked ( a few years ago) sony had one of the worst failure rates provided by Consumer Guide.
Sony can stick their weak *** products up their weak ***.

maybe it was the user?

 

[squeak9798 5,000+ posts]

so what a sony amp with the required CEA rateing?

As Prowler said...CEA 2006 is completely voluntary. No company is required to comply with the standard. But if a company does use the standard, there are certain testing parameters that must be upheld when determining things such as rated power output. Which means the amplifier should indeed output atleast 900w @ 2ohm with 14.4V input and at low distortion (1% I believe).

I really wish Sony would step up their game and produce car audio products on a level they are capable of, and on par with some of their products of the past. They could be a true contender in "high end" audio again if they wanted to. Most of the Mobile ES products kicked total butt.

 

[Towncar 10+ year member]

As Prowler said...CEA 2006 is completely voluntary. No company is required to comply with the standard. But if a company does use the standard, there are certain testing parameters that must be upheld when determining things such as rated power output. Which means the amplifier should indeed output atleast 900w @ 2ohm with 14.4V input and at low distortion (1% I believe).


I really wish Sony would step up their game and produce car audio products on a level they are capable of, and on par with some of their products of the past. They could be a true contender in "high end" audio again if they wanted to. Most of the Mobile ES products kicked total butt.

Sony is definately capable of making a much better product thats for sure. They used to make pretty decent stuff. Here is a post about the old and rare XM-2000R, and some pics.

http://www.soundbuggy.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=122&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0

 

[johnecon2001 5,000+ posts]

Mmmmm Mobile ES needs to be reborn.

 

[Eldorado 5,000+ posts]

That amp is massive for how little it puts out

 

[dleccord 5,000+ posts]

that amp looks sexy as hell, what year did they ended those?

 

[Eldorado 5,000+ posts]

6-7 yrs ago i think

 

[snoopdan 5,000+ posts]

Anyone remember the Sony ES rack mount series that was designed to compete with Rockford's Symmerty line of equipment/processors. I attempted to find a pic of one, but they're long disappeared.