Old School Hitron Equalizer/Amp

[Epic0318 10+ year member]

so i just spent talking with my dad about his old school car audio stuff and he was telling me how good the stuff was back then and how now its just crap.

but also told me that his friend can still get a hold of this stuff and sell em to me. just want to know if anyone knows about this hitron equalizer/amp. it was both in one my dad was telling me or how much its worth?

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[Rich B 5,000+ posts]

They were called 'boosters' back then, not really amps.

Took the speakers output from the HU and amplified the signal.

High distortion at the overblown specs they usually listed.

 

[Epic0318 10+ year member]

are they worth anything? ima see how much old school stuff i can get a hold of and put em up for sale over here to the collectors

 

[Rich B 5,000+ posts]

I see various brands of boosters on ebay, and if I remember correctly (they arent something I usually look at) they dont usually go for more than $20-$40.

And the upper price is most often something like Alpine.

There are exceptions, some boosters actually had RCA inputs along with the speaker in's, those can also go in the upper range, but they are rare.

 

[Epic0318 10+ year member]

mmm. ima talk with my dads friend to see what kinda stuff he can get me and for what price

 

[Z1NONLY 10+ year member]

My first "amp" was a pyramid booster I bought from a JC Whitney catalog. (It had a spectrum analyzer..oo00oo dancing lights!)

It was rated at a gazillion watts. Probably did 15X4 @ 10% THD.

 

[Epic0318 10+ year member]

lol. i think my dad is just exagerrating his stuff because he thought he was the **** with a pioneer hu, the booster, some 6x9s and 2 10s. he said you can hear them around the block. so i just want to expirement and see if its true

 

[akheathen Premium Member]

i still have a few eq boosters floatin around. there are a few boosters worth having, such as the gm-40 i have with balance level input, but that's more of an amp. pretty much, they are an obsolete function to add a little power, or extra speakers to a bone stock 1-2channel 10w head in now classic "old" cars back in the 70-s and 80's. they still floated around to the early 90's, but more, or less a gimmic. by the late 80's if your aftermarket, or stock head wouldn't put out as much or more than a booster, then you really dug the dumpster for a cheap product. yes, i am a collector, but no, i don't really even consider boosters 99% of the time. now, if it is an eq/line driver, that is a different story. the name isn't much, but what it does has it's use/desirablity, and still used today on mostly old school builds. i have a few of those, too, and watched my audiocontroll three.1 go for a bill in no time at all. made it through 4 different peeps in a week, mostly trades, not cash, but the value of it stayed the same

 

[audioholic 5,000+ posts]

Your dad is tripping.

 

[captnfangdango 10+ year member]

here be a good match for your booster........it came in the 86" honda civic i'm starting my next build on......if ya want it i can let ya have it for cheaps....lol View attachment 26527933

 

[Louisiana_CRX 5,000+ posts]

i have a few old school boosters around ...

 

[gpgtp]

I threw all mine away. old junk.