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<blockquote data-quote="hispls" data-source="post: 8803485" data-attributes="member: 614752"><p>I'd like to think if those Chinese Soundigital knockoffs were catching fire someone would have heard of it by now considering how many have been sold under how many brand names. They're definitely not well made and reliable so I wouldn't touch one without a warranty, but I don't think anybody's car is burning down.</p><p></p><p>Really the last amps that were known for actually producing flame were the CT sounds back when they first came out. </p><p></p><p></p><p>Except JL actually pays engineers to do real R&D and employs over 200 people to manufacture some things in the USA. Still though, Sundown is big enough that he has some serious overhead operating costs AND both companies must keep MSRP high enough to allow a margin for brick and mortar shops to sell the product. </p><p></p><p></p><p>But who is really selling those same products for half the price now?</p><p></p><p>Sundown SFB amps are around the same money as the same boards with a different logo on them plus third party warranty that would make up for what you buy with the Sundown name. </p><p></p><p>Lots of "brands" come and go with a business model of how little margin they can try to get out of that stuff and there seems to be an endless supply of people willing to lose their arse trying to undercut the people who price high enough to actually survive more than a year or two.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hispls, post: 8803485, member: 614752"] I'd like to think if those Chinese Soundigital knockoffs were catching fire someone would have heard of it by now considering how many have been sold under how many brand names. They're definitely not well made and reliable so I wouldn't touch one without a warranty, but I don't think anybody's car is burning down. Really the last amps that were known for actually producing flame were the CT sounds back when they first came out. Except JL actually pays engineers to do real R&D and employs over 200 people to manufacture some things in the USA. Still though, Sundown is big enough that he has some serious overhead operating costs AND both companies must keep MSRP high enough to allow a margin for brick and mortar shops to sell the product. But who is really selling those same products for half the price now? Sundown SFB amps are around the same money as the same boards with a different logo on them plus third party warranty that would make up for what you buy with the Sundown name. Lots of "brands" come and go with a business model of how little margin they can try to get out of that stuff and there seems to be an endless supply of people willing to lose their arse trying to undercut the people who price high enough to actually survive more than a year or two. [/QUOTE]
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