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[RobGMN Premium Member]

No cutting of the rear deck required!

 

[stocker08 10+ year member]

There seems to be a good mix of old and young members on the site.
How about the oldies sharing memories of the past for the young guns to see what it USED to be like?

Pictures, designs, anything you can find, even if it's shared from elsewhere on the 'net (reference it to be fair).

I'll start with an advert from Car Stereo Review. Miami Vice pastels!

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Always loved the PPI Art Series amps. Unfortunately.....everyone else did too.....so by the time I started getting into car audio around 2006-2007, these were already sought after amps. And once I got my first 5-channel (US Amps Xterminator).....I was basically set on that path. I've hung onto my old school Big Belle despite the fact that it's unlikely I'll every install it in something again.

 

[Jimi77 Premium Member]

I'd love a damn volume knob.

My Pioneer has a volume knob. Unfortunately, it also is push button to enter the menus and its freakin' sensitive AF.

 

[Old_Slapper]

Always loved the PPI Art Series amps. Unfortunately.....everyone else did too.....so by the time I started getting into car audio around 2006-2007, these were already sought after amps. And once I got my first 5-channel (US Amps Xterminator).....I was basically set on that path. I've hung onto my old school Big Belle despite the fact that it's unlikely I'll every install it in something again.

Out of all honesty, I have no idea why we were so hard up for the PPI stuff. They didn't put out the same power as the competition and they offered nothing really great. I guess it's because of all the ads they put out and people they sponsored, like the Alma Gates Bronco.

 

[BP1Fanatic]

Pics are much more fun!

What's the deal with the site turning my portrait pics sideways?

 

[RobGMN Premium Member]

What's the deal with the site turning my portrait pics sideways?

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No clue. I would have that happen at random with some pics, even doing so after I rotated and saved in my phone.

 

[stocker08 10+ year member]

Out of all honesty, I have no idea why we were so hard up for the PPI stuff. They didn't put out the same power as the competition and they offered nothing really great. I guess it's because of all the ads they put out and people they sponsored, like the Alma Gates Bronco.

Eh....aesthetics matter. They're beautiful amps and they put out rated power. Keep in mind how much money people put into the design of their trunks.

 

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[Old_Slapper]

Eh....aesthetics matter. They're beautiful amps and they put out rated power. Keep in mind how much money people put into the design of their trunks.

They started to look really good in the mid 90's. The Art series really made them big. As for power, meeting rated power was close. Not like the other brands which blew their ratings out of the water. This is why you mainly only saw PPI amps in the unlimited class and the Orion and Fosgate were big in the limited classes. I had a couple art series amps. Mostly because they were THE amps to have in the late 90's. I only sold them because I was offered a lot more than what I paid for them. Speaking of PPI amps, I still have quite a few of those power and speaker plugs in my toolbox. I also still have a box of assorted SIPs for the Xtant X-series amplifiers.

 

[Michael Peterson]

Out of all honesty, I have no idea why we were so hard up for the PPI stuff. They didn't put out the same power as the competition and they offered nothing really great. I guess it's because of all the ads they put out and people they sponsored, like the Alma Gates Bronco.

Marketing, marketing, marketing

 

[Michael Peterson]

I've still got one in the attic collecting dust

 

[RobGMN Premium Member]

Oof. The mighty sure fell.

 

[BP1Fanatic]

Hilarious, we're grilling right now.