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<blockquote data-quote="djnsmith7" data-source="post: 8557958" data-attributes="member: 665922">OP, I apologize for going somewhat off-topic here, but I think my response may be helpful to some of the newer folks, yourself included, as I&#039;ve been in your shoes.Fellas, I&#039;m wondering if the reason he went around and around with some of the amp brands is because he is unfamiliar with the reliable non-mainstream brands.&nbsp; I&#039;m still learning myself &amp;amp; a year and a half ago, I didn&#039;t know who the reliable brands were.&nbsp; I think there should be a dedicated Novice &quot;Favorite Brands&quot; thread, and each time a novice starts a thread, someone point to that thread as a starting point.&nbsp; Maybe start it out with something like, &quot;This is what the veterans here use all day, every day&quot; to give it some credibility.&nbsp; The ohms configuration tool should also be included in the novice thread.Then they will be introduced to brands like Sundown Audio &amp;amp; the like &amp;amp; see that they&#039;re 10x more popular around here than the brands they&#039;re used to seeing.&nbsp; Then they come back to their original thread &amp;amp; ask specific questions about those brands, as opposed to going around &amp;amp; around.&nbsp; I know it sounds like hand-holding, but that&#039;s sort of the point; to lead them in the right direction early on.OP, check out <a href="http://www.the12volt.com/caraudio/woofer_configurations.asp?Q=2&amp;amp;I=42#results" target="_blank">Speaker Ohm Configurator</a> for a better understanding of ohms and speaker configuration capabilities.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="djnsmith7, post: 8557958, member: 665922"] OP, I apologize for going somewhat off-topic here, but I think my response may be helpful to some of the newer folks, yourself included, as I've been in your shoes. Fellas, I'm wondering if the reason he went around and around with some of the amp brands is because he is unfamiliar with the reliable non-mainstream brands. I'm still learning myself & a year and a half ago, I didn't know who the reliable brands were. I think there should be a dedicated Novice "Favorite Brands" thread, and each time a novice starts a thread, someone point to that thread as a starting point. Maybe start it out with something like, "This is what the veterans here use all day, every day" to give it some credibility. The ohms configuration tool should also be included in the novice thread. Then they will be introduced to brands like Sundown Audio & the like & see that they're 10x more popular around here than the brands they're used to seeing. Then they come back to their original thread & ask specific questions about those brands, as opposed to going around & around. I know it sounds like hand-holding, but that's sort of the point; to lead them in the right direction early on. OP, check out [URL="http://www.the12volt.com/caraudio/woofer_configurations.asp?Q=2&I=42#results"]Speaker Ohm Configurator[/URL] for a better understanding of ohms and speaker configuration capabilities. [/QUOTE]

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