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<blockquote data-quote="hispls" data-source="post: 7810088" data-attributes="member: 614752"><p>Lot of consolidation, and a lot of "underground" brands that pretty much slap their name on 2 or 3 different Chinese/Korean factory's offerings (not saying they're all bad, and at least you save a bit of overhead).</p><p></p><p>Infinity/JBL/Harmon Kardon is the same company now (speaking of consolidations) and while IMO Infinity isn't what it used to be I like them for what they are, and they have some good offerings under the JBL name as well.</p><p></p><p>I don't think A/D/S is around at all. Orion was bought out by DEI, even US Amps outsourced their amps and many would say they went downhill after '99. ALL the old Zed brands (Alphasonic, Crunch, ESX, Hifonics, Lanzar, US Acoustics, Planet Audio, Autotek, etc.) are owned by one or two big companies and the majority of them all is crap. Zed makes their own branded amps now which are still excellent and cutting edge.</p><p></p><p>Soundstream is Power Accoustic now and mostly crap. PPI is definitely not a shadow of what it used to be. Polk Audio turned to crap somewhere along the line as well.</p><p></p><p>Zapco is still what it was, Audison is also still around and what it was. Rockford Fosgate is still around but you have to get into their top end amps to have anything worthwhile from them (and they're NOT worth MSRP).</p><p></p><p>Alpine, Pioneer, and Kenwood still dominate head unit market. McIntosh doesn't build their own head units anymore.</p><p></p><p>Kicker hasn't changed much, nor has JL</p><p></p><p>Sealed boxes are no longer desireable (since power is cheap, we can get good low frequency in relatively small boxes).</p><p></p><p>If you live in Florida it is cumpulsory to install as many PA midranges and horns in your doors as you can fit.</p><p></p><p>I think that gets you about up to date.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Actually Blaupunkt would take that title with factory radio in the mighty Studabaker in 1932...</p><p></p><p>Rockford Fosgate, A/D/S, and Zed Audio were some of the first. JBL has been around a long time, but they weren't into cars terribly early on.... and if we're going there, Jensen actually produced the first conventional loudspeaker in the early 1900's (fixed magnet and moving coil attatched to a diaphragm)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hispls, post: 7810088, member: 614752"] Lot of consolidation, and a lot of "underground" brands that pretty much slap their name on 2 or 3 different Chinese/Korean factory's offerings (not saying they're all bad, and at least you save a bit of overhead). Infinity/JBL/Harmon Kardon is the same company now (speaking of consolidations) and while IMO Infinity isn't what it used to be I like them for what they are, and they have some good offerings under the JBL name as well. I don't think A/D/S is around at all. Orion was bought out by DEI, even US Amps outsourced their amps and many would say they went downhill after '99. ALL the old Zed brands (Alphasonic, Crunch, ESX, Hifonics, Lanzar, US Acoustics, Planet Audio, Autotek, etc.) are owned by one or two big companies and the majority of them all is crap. Zed makes their own branded amps now which are still excellent and cutting edge. Soundstream is Power Accoustic now and mostly crap. PPI is definitely not a shadow of what it used to be. Polk Audio turned to crap somewhere along the line as well. Zapco is still what it was, Audison is also still around and what it was. Rockford Fosgate is still around but you have to get into their top end amps to have anything worthwhile from them (and they're NOT worth MSRP). Alpine, Pioneer, and Kenwood still dominate head unit market. McIntosh doesn't build their own head units anymore. Kicker hasn't changed much, nor has JL Sealed boxes are no longer desireable (since power is cheap, we can get good low frequency in relatively small boxes). If you live in Florida it is cumpulsory to install as many PA midranges and horns in your doors as you can fit. I think that gets you about up to date. Actually Blaupunkt would take that title with factory radio in the mighty Studabaker in 1932... Rockford Fosgate, A/D/S, and Zed Audio were some of the first. JBL has been around a long time, but they weren't into cars terribly early on.... and if we're going there, Jensen actually produced the first conventional loudspeaker in the early 1900's (fixed magnet and moving coil attatched to a diaphragm) [/QUOTE]
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