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<blockquote data-quote="big_ol_meat" data-source="post: 7633355" data-attributes="member: 570139">I&#039;ve been away for a while.&nbsp; The last time I was around sounddomain was harping on RE and Adire.&nbsp; Termpro was all over DD.&nbsp; I see now it&#039;s Sundown as the new go to reference here.&nbsp; With the way cycles go it made me curious.&nbsp; I know true power isn&#039;t always the end all for amps but it&#039;s a basic principal.Firs these are just random numbers.&nbsp; I&#039;m just using the brands as a reference, not as a true watt to dollar format. I&#039;m also basing off the 16 year old wanting quality SQL....with a little more reference to the SPL part.&nbsp; Let&#039;s be honest, almost everyone knew asking for advice comes looking to impress their friends.If you have say a Hifonics amp that doesn&#039;t put out rated power of 1K watts,but is maybe 800 watts, that is 150 dollars and you have a Sundown amp that puts out more than it&#039;s 1K watts say, maybe 1300 watts, but is 550 dollars.......then you look and Hifonics has an amp that is rated for 1500 watts but might put a true 1300 out for 200 dollars, why would you choose the Sundown at almost 3 times the price?Is build quality that big of a difference?&nbsp; And don&#039;t just subject this to class D&#039;s.&nbsp; Even do the same for front stage.&nbsp; I&#039;ve always what I thought were middle of the pack amps (JL, older Fosgate, Xtant) and always wondered if I were paying for quality or mindset.&nbsp; I never competed.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="big_ol_meat, post: 7633355, member: 570139"] I've been away for a while. The last time I was around sounddomain was harping on RE and Adire. Termpro was all over DD. I see now it's Sundown as the new go to reference here. With the way cycles go it made me curious. I know true power isn't always the end all for amps but it's a basic principal. Firs these are just random numbers. I'm just using the brands as a reference, not as a true watt to dollar format. I'm also basing off the 16 year old wanting quality SQL....with a little more reference to the SPL part. Let's be honest, almost everyone knew asking for advice comes looking to impress their friends. If you have say a Hifonics amp that doesn't put out rated power of 1K watts,but is maybe 800 watts, that is 150 dollars and you have a Sundown amp that puts out more than it's 1K watts say, maybe 1300 watts, but is 550 dollars.......then you look and Hifonics has an amp that is rated for 1500 watts but might put a true 1300 out for 200 dollars, why would you choose the Sundown at almost 3 times the price? Is build quality that big of a difference? And don't just subject this to class D's. Even do the same for front stage. I've always what I thought were middle of the pack amps (JL, older Fosgate, Xtant) and always wondered if I were paying for quality or mindset. I never competed. [/QUOTE]

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