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

[ngsm13 5,000+ posts]

JL Audio: Drop, overpriced

Pioneer: 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

 

[bigbangtheory 5,000+ posts]

JL Audio: Drop, overpriced

Pioneer: Keep, awesome decks at decent price. Not sure why Noah don't like them.

Kenwood: Drop, besides their Excelon decks, the rest isn't that good and the amps can tend to be pricey for whatever reason.

TMA: Keep

Clarion: Keep for another good maker of decks, the rest isn't that good.

Kicker: Keep for the sake of a mainstream brand that is decent.

RE Audio: keep

US Amps: Keep for some bad *** amps!

Dual: I would look at profile or something else cheap, but not cheap and shitty, lol!

Alpine: Keep to compete with Kicker.

Dynamat: Too expensive, I have it, but got a killer deal.

Morel: Might be hard to sell, up for grabs on that one.

Genisis: Agree with Noah.

Arc Audio: Good amps, but not sure if you will need it.

Image Dynamics: Awesome subs!

Second Skin: Yeah, I would take it over Dynomat unless Dynomat was cheaper, which it won't be I don't think.

Memphis: Yes, if you want some other good amps, no if you think you have enough to get you buy in Kicker, Alpine, Usamps.

 

[mdillon 10+ year member]

JL Audio ~Keep'em

Reson~ household names always sell

Pioneer ~Keep'em

Reson~ same as above

Kenwood ~drop'em

Reson~ decks always fail, neverseen much quality lately

TMA ~neutral

Clarion ~Drop'em

Reson~ not seen much new, they seem static with the product line

Kicker ~Keep'em

Reson~ house hold name

RE Audio ~Drop'em

Reson~ the good shit is way too much

US Amps ~Drop'em

Reson~ messed up re

Dual ~Drop'em

Reson~leave em to walmart

Alpine ~Keep'em

Reson~ solid products for years

Dynamat ~Keep'em

household name

Now Should I Pick them Up?

Morel ~Yes

Reson~ awesome stuff

Genisis ~neutral

Reson~

Arc Audio ~Yes

Reson~good low end line

Image Dynamics ~Yes

Reson~been good stuff for years

Second Skin ~Yes

Reson~cheaper than competition

Memphis ~No

Reson~stuff is made cheap like audiobahn

 

[Prowler573 5,000+ posts]

Kenwood ~drop'em Reason~ decks always fail, neverseen much quality lately

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.

 

[Side Show 10+ year member]

I'd go with mostly good (decent brands) aswell as one or two brands of El'cheapo stuff eg sony kenwood ect ect

 

[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