Keep'em or Drop'em, Pick them up..

[iagrdshaka 5,000+ posts]

I would probably pick up a cheap line for speakers/subs/amps to bring in more customers. (budget kids)

Especially since you make money installing equipment, not so much selling.

 

[mdillon 10+ year member]

Do they?
I have a circa-1996 cassette receiver...model KRC-608, which has never eaten a tape, features the D-Mask revolving faceplate (though not the motorized version, the D-Mask+ //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif) which has never given the first moment's trouble, and quite often to this day gets used on my test bench as a source unit for checking amps.

Otherwise than that specific example I have owned a myriad of Kenwood HU's throughout the years and only one of them (A KDC-X569) ever gave me any trouble whatsoever.

yup installed 3 cd players from 2002 to present. all three failed to eject cd's after a few months, also face plate connections would fall off from repeated removal.

my experience is they fall apart. i never recommend kenwoods anymore.

 

[benzmansl65amg 10+ year member]

JL Audio ~Keep'em

Reson~ Name and solid products

Pioneer ~Keep'em

Reason~Name decent decks

Kenwood ~Keep'em

Reson~ Great Decks make good low end subs and speakers and name

TMA ~Keep'em

Reson~ cheap JL

Clarion ~Drop'em

Reson~ not that great

Kicker ~Keep'em

Reson~ name solid amps

RE Audio ~Drop'em

Reson~ name its hard to sell

US Amps ~Drop'em

Reson~ dont need to and name hard to sell

Dual ~Drop'em

Reson~ Jensen is just as cheap and better

Alpine ~Keep'em

Reason ~name make great middle of line stuff

Dynamat ~Keep'em

Now Should I Pick them Up?

Morel ~Yes

Reson~ u need companies like this Focal or MBQ

Genisis ~No

Reson~ never used it

Arc Audio ~Yes

Reson~idk

Image Dynamics ~Yes

Reson~SQ

Second Skin ~Yes

Reson~ best stuff

Memphis ~No

Reson~garbage

 

[bumpin buick 5,000+ posts]

you should definatly setup an online store to, youd get all of us over to it.

 

[Glock23 10+ year member]

+20

JL Audio: Drop, overpricedPioneer: Drop, junk

Kenwood: Keep, great low end products. Excelon line is nice. Solid amps, deck, excelon subs, and DoubleDINS w/ nav

TMA: Keep, budget JL

Clarion: Keep

Kicker: Keep

RE Audio: Keep

US Amps: Don't need them

Dual: Shitty. I'd rather have Jensen than Dual.

Alpine: Keep. Well duh.

Dynamat: Meh...

Morel: Yes, if you can sell it.

Genisis: No, market?

Arc Audio: Yes, match with Morel for amps...

Image Dynamics: Yes.

Second Skin: Yes.

Memphis: Yes. Rock solid amps, take a beating.

nG

 

[Audio Master 10+ year member]

totally of topic but if your shop has us amps do you have an amp with a 3000wrms @1ohm or bigger as i need one desperatly the one i was using doesent have a subsonic filter and just doesnt sound right if you can help pm me or email me at 3b-inc@iinet.net.au

ohh and drop alpine and pic up all top end brands including ad and steg lol

but definatly drop alpine the reson I h8 alpine

 

[troy_audi0 10+ year member]

Great Info guys.. keep to comming..

As for RE Being "Way To Much"

I tend to sell the 5x7's & the SE10's & 12's alot

The US amps Xt800.2 & 1600.2 have not let me down yet..

I agree with the Kenwood haters I just cant sell them to anyone..

I hate them..

The Clarion are great decks 6v man 6V! AUX in RCA, USB,iPod...

Sweet stuff..

 

[Twilight 10+ year member]

ohh and drop alpine and pic up all top end brands including ad and steg lolbut definatly drop alpine the reson I h8 alpine

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Have you actually used any Alpine products?

 

[mybird_91 10+ year member]

what is wrong w/ alpine?

see sig....................

 

[dragnix 5,000+ posts]

keep RE and sell me an MX for cheap //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crazy.gif.c13912c32de98515d3142759a824dae7.gif

 

[jdc753 10+ year member]

JL Audio ~Keep'em IF you can sell em

Reason~ Reasons stated well known name with really good rep, and for those who want to show off how much their system cost

Pioneer ~Keep'em

Reason~ solid budget equip also well known and makes some good stuff too

Kenwood~Drop'em

Reason~ No need to keep with Pioneer/Alpine/Kicker/Clarion budget equip

TMA ~Keep'em ~Drop'em

Reason~ I have no experience with this brand (actually first time I have heard of them)

Clarion ~Keep'em

Reason~ Never personally used them but never heard anything good and always seemed to have great features for the price on the HU's

Kicker ~Keep'em

Reason~ nearly everyone has heard of Kicker, specially the subs and compared to others may seem like a good middle of the road price point

RE Audio ~Keep'em

Reason~ Large variety of subs, something for everyone and something different than what everyone has

US Amps ~Keep'em ~Drop'em

Reason~ I like their high end stuff Merlin/AX but would take a kicker or Alpine over theur XT line

Dual ~Drop'em

Reason~ Get Jensen instead, good to have a low end brand for those looking to play DVD's or MP3's and don't care the other specs

Alpine ~Keep'em

Reason~ Love their HU's and seem to offer good speakers/comps and subs

Dynamat ~Keep'em ~Drop'em

Reason~Tough choice, people really know dynamat over other stuff, but if you can swap with SecondSkin and show people how much they save and how similar it is then definitly drop dynamat

Now Should I Pick them Up?

Morel ~Yes

Reason~ High end stuff, and will set you apart from the general places Best Buy, Circuit City, Crutchfield where many of the noobies will be looking

Genisis ~No

Reason~ Not too much experience with them, I know really good stuff but honestly thinking a little over the top for the average car audio shop.

Arc Audio ~Yes

Reason~ Good higher end amps, and again different for the easy to find mainstream brands

Image Dynamics ~Yes

Reason~ Great subs, awsome SQ for those who are looking for the best

Second Skin ~Yes

Reason~ If you can sell it over the name of Dynamat, show cost saving and should be good

Memphis ~No

Reason~ Most all the places around me carry Memphis, its pretty much the same as Kicker just Kicker is more well known I would say you could interchange Memphis/Kicker but I would stick with Kicker

 

[tyler_ofspain 10+ year member]

i like your list but i think we should pick up morel and second skin!

 

[BlackMaxima 10+ year member]

try to find out what brands people in your area know and like. couse alot of people dont know for example Morel or Genisis. people know main stream brand better, like JL, Pioneer.

 

[wvufootball 10+ year member]

Yea I don't see how you could drop JL. That is a house hold name. So is dynamat, even though Second skin is much better for the price. Thats the problem with these smaller companies. Obviously everyone on a car audio board is going to tell you to go with the "internet" companies just because anything mainstream on this board is crap. Just my .02

Also, I don't see the point in having Kicker and Memphis, I would pick one of those.

 

[skrilla22 10+ year member]

Wow, your shop has some pretty good brands.. Over where I live its nothing like that..

The best brands we have are RF, Pioneer, JBL, and JL..

along with all that kewl xplod equipment

 

[BlackMaxima 10+ year member]

if you want to make any good money, sell stuff that people know or seen.

thats just my 0.02

 

[troy_audi0 10+ year member]

doing good sofar,

My RE stuff is hard to keep instock,

lots of us amps & Clarion deck moving well..

The new alpine stuff looks great & sells it self..