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<blockquote data-quote="pfft" data-source="post: 8701890" data-attributes="member: 679364"><p>I ran across a list of good and bad amplifiers on another forum, but it is a dated; (2005.) Anyone know of an updated list?</p><p></p><p>The list I m refering to:</p><p></p><p>Bad</p><p></p><p>American HiFi (Rockwood)</p><p>American Pro</p><p>Audiovox</p><p>Automobile</p><p>Becker</p><p>Boss</p><p>DHD</p><p>JDL</p><p>Jensen</p><p>Kenwood (speakers)</p><p>Kole</p><p>Kraco</p><p>Kronik</p><p>LA Sound</p><p>Legacy</p><p>MA Audio</p><p>Optimus (Radio Shack)</p><p>Planet Audio (Boss, by any other name)</p><p>Power Acoustik</p><p>Profile</p><p>Pyle</p><p>Pyramid</p><p>Rockwood</p><p>SAS Bazooka (amplifiers)</p><p>Sherwood</p><p>Sony (anything by Sony)</p><p>Sound Storm</p><p>Sparkomatic</p><p>SPL Audio</p><p>Thump</p><p>Ultimate Sounds</p><p>Visonik</p><p>Volfenhag</p><p></p><p></p><p>Questionable</p><p></p><p>Alpine (lower model speakers)</p><p>Autotek</p><p>Audiobahn</p><p>Blaupunkt</p><p>Aiwa</p><p>Crunch</p><p>Elemental Designs (eD)</p><p>Hifonics</p><p>Hollywood</p><p>Kenwood (amplifiers, head units)</p><p>Kicker Solobaric (L5, L7, Solo-X square subs)</p><p>Lanzar</p><p>Lightning Audio</p><p>Matsui</p><p>MTX (subs)</p><p>Onyx Mobile Audio</p><p>Panasonic</p><p>Phoenix Gold (ask on specific models)</p><p>Pioneer (amplifiers and speakers)</p><p>Precision Power (PPI) (newer non-US made amplifiers)</p><p>Rockford Fosgate (current products)</p><p>SAS Bazooka (all products)</p><p></p><p></p><p>Good</p><p></p><p>Alpine (amplifiers, Type-R speakers and subs)</p><p>Altec Lansing</p><p>Alumapro</p><p>Ample Audio</p><p>Audio Development</p><p>Avionixx</p><p>Boston Acoustics</p><p>Cadence (current amplifier products)</p><p>Cerwin Vega (subs)</p><p>Clarion (head units)</p><p>Coustic</p><p>Crossfire</p><p>Crystal</p><p>Directed (DEI)</p><p>Earthquake</p><p>Eaton</p><p>Helix</p><p>Illusion</p><p>Infinity</p><p>JBL (amplifiers)</p><p>JVC Digifine</p><p>Kicker (amplifiers & Comp/CompVR subwoofers)</p><p>Lunar</p><p>Memphis Audio</p><p>MTX (amplifiers)</p><p>Phoenix Gold (some models)</p><p>Polk Audio</p><p>Rockford Fosgate (some models)</p><p>Soundstream</p><p>USAcoustics</p><p></p><p></p><p>Highly Recommended</p><p></p><p>a/d/s</p><p>Adire</p><p>Alpine (head units, signal processors)</p><p>Arc Audio</p><p>Audax</p><p>Audio Control</p><p>Brax</p><p>Butler Audio</p><p>CD Technologies (CDT)</p><p>Diamond Audio</p><p>Digital Designs (DD)</p><p>DLS</p><p>DynAudio</p><p>Eclipse (Fujitsu Ten)</p><p>Esoteric Audio</p><p>Focal</p><p>Harrison Labs</p><p>Image Dynamics (ID)</p><p>Infinity Kappa/Kappa Perfect components</p><p>JL Audio (subs, XR components, slash series amps)</p><p>KEF Kar components</p><p>Kove</p><p>Luxman</p><p>MB Quart</p><p>McIntosh Laboratories</p><p>MMATS</p><p>Morel</p><p>Nakamichi (tape transports)</p><p>Ohio Alternator</p><p>Orion</p><p>OZ Audio</p><p>Pioneer Premiere (head units)</p><p>Precision Power (PPI) (Art series amps, old)</p><p>Rainbow</p><p>Resonant Engineering (RE)</p><p>Rockford Fosgate (older 1980s and 1990s models)</p><p>Sinfoni</p><p>Streetwirez</p><p>Stinger</p><p>Treo</p><p>US Amps</p><p>Wrangler Alternators</p><p>Xtant</p><p>Zapco</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pfft, post: 8701890, member: 679364"] I ran across a list of good and bad amplifiers on another forum, but it is a dated; (2005.) Anyone know of an updated list? The list I m refering to: Bad American HiFi (Rockwood) American Pro Audiovox Automobile Becker Boss DHD JDL Jensen Kenwood (speakers) Kole Kraco Kronik LA Sound Legacy MA Audio Optimus (Radio Shack) Planet Audio (Boss, by any other name) Power Acoustik Profile Pyle Pyramid Rockwood SAS Bazooka (amplifiers) Sherwood Sony (anything by Sony) Sound Storm Sparkomatic SPL Audio Thump Ultimate Sounds Visonik Volfenhag Questionable Alpine (lower model speakers) Autotek Audiobahn Blaupunkt Aiwa Crunch Elemental Designs (eD) Hifonics Hollywood Kenwood (amplifiers, head units) Kicker Solobaric (L5, L7, Solo-X square subs) Lanzar Lightning Audio Matsui MTX (subs) Onyx Mobile Audio Panasonic Phoenix Gold (ask on specific models) Pioneer (amplifiers and speakers) Precision Power (PPI) (newer non-US made amplifiers) Rockford Fosgate (current products) SAS Bazooka (all products) Good Alpine (amplifiers, Type-R speakers and subs) Altec Lansing Alumapro Ample Audio Audio Development Avionixx Boston Acoustics Cadence (current amplifier products) Cerwin Vega (subs) Clarion (head units) Coustic Crossfire Crystal Directed (DEI) Earthquake Eaton Helix Illusion Infinity JBL (amplifiers) JVC Digifine Kicker (amplifiers & Comp/CompVR subwoofers) Lunar Memphis Audio MTX (amplifiers) Phoenix Gold (some models) Polk Audio Rockford Fosgate (some models) Soundstream USAcoustics Highly Recommended a/d/s Adire Alpine (head units, signal processors) Arc Audio Audax Audio Control Brax Butler Audio CD Technologies (CDT) Diamond Audio Digital Designs (DD) DLS DynAudio Eclipse (Fujitsu Ten) Esoteric Audio Focal Harrison Labs Image Dynamics (ID) Infinity Kappa/Kappa Perfect components JL Audio (subs, XR components, slash series amps) KEF Kar components Kove Luxman MB Quart McIntosh Laboratories MMATS Morel Nakamichi (tape transports) Ohio Alternator Orion OZ Audio Pioneer Premiere (head units) Precision Power (PPI) (Art series amps, old) Rainbow Resonant Engineering (RE) Rockford Fosgate (older 1980s and 1990s models) Sinfoni Streetwirez Stinger Treo US Amps Wrangler Alternators Xtant Zapco [/QUOTE]
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