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just what exactly do you guys mean by "old school"?
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<blockquote data-quote="phenryiv1" data-source="post: 2434850" data-attributes="member: 572008"><p>If you remember the MTX Terminator, you may be old-skool.</p><p></p><p>Sadly, I remember when I was the first person in my whole area to buy a CD player for my car stereo setup, which at the time was an Alpine unit that led downstream to a Denon amp that pushed a hifonics 12 in a sealed box. I had pioneer (or sony) 6.5s in the dash if my dodge caravan. The year was 1993.</p><p></p><p>I went WAY beyond reason in 1994 when I went to a 12-disc (RF-modulated, of course) Pioneer changer WITH A REMOTE. Unfortunately, that car got wrecked and I went to a Jeep Cherokee that I used to haul around a Soundstream amp pushing 1/2 ohm into an Orion DVC 12 in what was for the time a TINY 1.25 cu ft box. That was during the time when EVERYONE was running ported enclosures and just ignoring space considerations. I revamped that system with a Punch 200ix running two RF Punch Audiophile 10s in 2.3 cu ft each, ported. Front stage was a set of Orion 5.25 components powered by a variety of amps- first the Denon, then the Soundstream, then an Alpine 3527, followed by a PPI 100x2 (don't remember the model #), then lastly a Punch 100ix. I had the AudioControl EQ that was (I believe) 13 bands per channel. I also had the 7-dial Pioneer EQ with the sub control. If you had multiple EQs and multiple Punch amps, you were a BALLER back then. I had also switched to a Clarion ProAudio in-dash.</p><p></p><p>THat summer, I upgraded to what I really felt was the gold-standard for car audio at the time- at least on a budget. Of all of the systems that I had, this MAY have been my favorite.</p><p></p><p>I upgraded one of the Punch amps to a second 200ix and made a sweet amp rack to display everything, went to 2 punch SVC 12s in a 1.25 per sid sealed box, sold off the Orions and the Audiocontrol, and picked up the ULTIMATE components of the time: MB Quarts! I was in heaven with my dynomatted doors with 5.25" mids down low and the tweets up near the door handles. I rocked that for 2 years, until I got another cherokee. After that, my systems got smaller and more reasonable until I got to where I am now: nothing in the car.</p><p></p><p>Well, that was a nice walk down memory lane. I think back at all of the money that I wasted and it makes me realize how addicting this hobby really is. I see myself falling victim to it again, having already bough 3 sets of speakers that I will likely never use. I keep finding a "better" deal, and I go for it. That is how I used to build systems when I was 16. How (why?) I am doing it now at 29, I don't understand.</p><p></p><p>On well, I have stopped the bleeding for now.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="phenryiv1, post: 2434850, member: 572008"] If you remember the MTX Terminator, you may be old-skool. Sadly, I remember when I was the first person in my whole area to buy a CD player for my car stereo setup, which at the time was an Alpine unit that led downstream to a Denon amp that pushed a hifonics 12 in a sealed box. I had pioneer (or sony) 6.5s in the dash if my dodge caravan. The year was 1993. I went WAY beyond reason in 1994 when I went to a 12-disc (RF-modulated, of course) Pioneer changer WITH A REMOTE. Unfortunately, that car got wrecked and I went to a Jeep Cherokee that I used to haul around a Soundstream amp pushing 1/2 ohm into an Orion DVC 12 in what was for the time a TINY 1.25 cu ft box. That was during the time when EVERYONE was running ported enclosures and just ignoring space considerations. I revamped that system with a Punch 200ix running two RF Punch Audiophile 10s in 2.3 cu ft each, ported. Front stage was a set of Orion 5.25 components powered by a variety of amps- first the Denon, then the Soundstream, then an Alpine 3527, followed by a PPI 100x2 (don't remember the model #), then lastly a Punch 100ix. I had the AudioControl EQ that was (I believe) 13 bands per channel. I also had the 7-dial Pioneer EQ with the sub control. If you had multiple EQs and multiple Punch amps, you were a BALLER back then. I had also switched to a Clarion ProAudio in-dash. THat summer, I upgraded to what I really felt was the gold-standard for car audio at the time- at least on a budget. Of all of the systems that I had, this MAY have been my favorite. I upgraded one of the Punch amps to a second 200ix and made a sweet amp rack to display everything, went to 2 punch SVC 12s in a 1.25 per sid sealed box, sold off the Orions and the Audiocontrol, and picked up the ULTIMATE components of the time: MB Quarts! I was in heaven with my dynomatted doors with 5.25" mids down low and the tweets up near the door handles. I rocked that for 2 years, until I got another cherokee. After that, my systems got smaller and more reasonable until I got to where I am now: nothing in the car. Well, that was a nice walk down memory lane. I think back at all of the money that I wasted and it makes me realize how addicting this hobby really is. I see myself falling victim to it again, having already bough 3 sets of speakers that I will likely never use. I keep finding a "better" deal, and I go for it. That is how I used to build systems when I was 16. How (why?) I am doing it now at 29, I don't understand. On well, I have stopped the bleeding for now. [/QUOTE]
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