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<blockquote data-quote="1LOWCHIEF" data-source="post: 4240703" data-attributes="member: 587934">Thanks everyone for the replies.&nbsp; I didn&#039;t want to imply that I, or anyone near my age was themselves &quot;old school&quot;, but that I&#039;ve been around since the &#039;early dawning&#039; of car audio, at least as far as I know.I remember my Mom was dating a musician right before I became a freshman in High School (that would be around 1985 to 1986), and he had the first car audio &quot;system&quot; I had ever heard.&nbsp; Unfortunately I cant remember any brands but I DO remember that he, being a musician in a band, was very serious about his music.&nbsp; His car system of (and again, I don&#039;t remember the brands) consisted of some separates in the door, 4, 8&quot; subs in an enclosure under the rear deck, an equalizer and a CD PLAYER!&nbsp; Honestly, I saw his setup in his car before I saw his home setup, so yea... the first CD player I ever saw was installed in some dudes car!&nbsp; Oh yea, all of this equipment was crammed into an early to mid 80&#039;s mazda RX7, and the install was done by some shop in Santa Barbara, California.&nbsp; I know for a fact that he paid well into the THOUSANDS of dollars for this equipment and install,&nbsp; especially when general car audio was relatively unheard of.. and that is how I got my start!&nbsp; This guy was the true definition of an audiophile!Oh yea....&nbsp; back to &quot;Old School!&quot;&nbsp; That was merely an indication to the type of equipment I was used to, because now-a-days it seems to be a whole new world.As I was &#039;schooled&#039; on a dollar per watt rule, you can all understand my hesitation to buy an amp within the last 5 years or so.&nbsp; Some of the amp/watt ratings I have seen are ridiculous, but when coupled with the price it seems literally too good to be true.&nbsp; Not to mention the fact that brands I used to hold sacred are now available at retail/chain/monster outlet stores.I appreciate everyones welcome an input and I cant wait to start my own monster build threads on my cars!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="1LOWCHIEF, post: 4240703, member: 587934"] Thanks everyone for the replies. I didn't want to imply that I, or anyone near my age was themselves "old school", but that I've been around since the 'early dawning' of car audio, at least as far as I know. I remember my Mom was dating a musician right before I became a freshman in High School (that would be around 1985 to 1986), and he had the first car audio "system" I had ever heard. Unfortunately I cant remember any brands but I DO remember that he, being a musician in a band, was very serious about his music. His car system of (and again, I don't remember the brands) consisted of some separates in the door, 4, 8" subs in an enclosure under the rear deck, an equalizer and a [B]CD PLAYER![/B] Honestly, I saw his setup in his car before I saw his home setup, so yea... the [B]first CD player I ever saw was installed in some dudes car![/B] Oh yea, all of this equipment was crammed into an early to mid 80's mazda RX7, and the install was done by some shop in Santa Barbara, California. I know for a fact that he paid well into the THOUSANDS of dollars for this equipment and install, especially when general car audio was relatively unheard of.. and that is how I got my start! This guy was the true definition of an audiophile! Oh yea.... back to "Old School!" That was merely an indication to the type of equipment I was used to, because now-a-days it seems to be a whole new world. As I was 'schooled' on a dollar per watt rule, you can all understand my hesitation to buy an amp within the last 5 years or so. Some of the amp/watt ratings I have seen are ridiculous, but when coupled with the price it seems literally too good to be true. Not to mention the fact that brands I used to hold sacred are now available at retail/chain/monster outlet stores. I appreciate everyones welcome an input and I cant wait to start my own monster build threads on my cars! [/QUOTE]

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