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<blockquote data-quote="gunz4me2" data-source="post: 6318811" data-attributes="member: 613729">I remember a local shop telling me that 1/4 of the S and SX models would go poof on the first power up!&nbsp; In fact, it was so bad, that they would test the amplifier on the soundboard before installing it in a customer&#039;s vehicle just to ensure that it wouldn&#039;t smoke on first power up.&nbsp; That is what happens when you let management and the bean counters dictate the overall product design by wanting more power without increasing the cost per unit of production.As for the new reference series amplifiers, I didn&#039;t care for the way they were initially rated.&nbsp; IIRC, some of them were rated to reproduce 15-50kHz @ +/- 3dB but SS has dropped that last part.&nbsp; Good job at removing that dB # because now your frequency response is about as useful as an automobile manufacturer providing horsepower without a torque number.I am also leery of that damping factor number.&nbsp; Although it is a useless spec, I wonder what the true damping factor will be at the speaker leads?&nbsp; Whatever it is, I highly doubt it will be &amp;gt;1,500; &amp;gt;2,000; or &amp;gt;3,000.Lastly, it appears that the latest marketing campaign from car audio manufacturers is to attempt to reel those in my demographic group back into car audio with the paper specs.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="gunz4me2, post: 6318811, member: 613729"] I remember a local shop telling me that 1/4 of the S and SX models would go poof on the first power up! In fact, it was so bad, that they would test the amplifier on the soundboard before installing it in a customer's vehicle just to ensure that it wouldn't smoke on first power up. That is what happens when you let management and the bean counters dictate the overall product design by wanting more power without increasing the cost per unit of production. As for the new reference series amplifiers, I didn't care for the way they were initially rated. IIRC, some of them were rated to reproduce 15-50kHz @ +/- 3dB but SS has dropped that last part. Good job at removing that dB # because now your frequency response is about as useful as an automobile manufacturer providing horsepower without a torque number. I am also leery of that damping factor number. Although it is a useless spec, I wonder what the true damping factor will be at the speaker leads? Whatever it is, I highly doubt it will be >1,500; >2,000; or >3,000. Lastly, it appears that the latest marketing campaign from car audio manufacturers is to attempt to reel those in my demographic group back into car audio with the paper specs. [/QUOTE]

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