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<blockquote data-quote="potvin" data-source="post: 8378605" data-attributes="member: 665684"><p>Fail.</p><p></p><p>There's nothing vague about handcrafting with quality parts and testing them to harsh standards. This is why so many people get mislead about stuff in car audio. But ultimately, it's up to the owner of the car.</p><p></p><p>Back in the 90's, there was not as much China crap at all. Pretty much most all brands back then were companies based out of the US or stuff coming from Japan. Japan having strict standards and good quality control, and the US always making bulletproof stuff. When i was getting into car stereo back then, I just bought what I could afford. Little did I know that the majority of it was all very good stuff. It was alot harder to walk into a car audio shop and leave with China amps that wouldn't be worth a pot to pi.ss in. Nowadays, it's the other way around. In order to get US made stuff, you gotta spend bigger dollars. Back then everyone was only competing with other manufacturers making stuff in the good ol usa or Japanese stuff. Car audio was booming then and somewhere along the lines, the manufacturers were selling out. Most all of the big name high end companies sold their businesses to whoever and as a result they started going China made only.</p><p></p><p>Instead of just competing with the other guys who were making the same sort of great quality stuff, they were likely facing companies manufacturing them in China, making it impossible to compete in their bottom line.</p><p></p><p>It may sound really familiar and you might be saying well this happens on a day to day basis. Well it does, but this is basically what happened to old school car audio. Now, you are left with the stuff you are left with to buy. This is exactly why I prefer my ugly dinosaur looking amps over anything you can buy today.</p><p></p><p>To insist that talking about old school car audio as being over hyped or vague is just an indication of an inexperienced dude that can't face the facts of the history of the hobby.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="potvin, post: 8378605, member: 665684"] Fail. There's nothing vague about handcrafting with quality parts and testing them to harsh standards. This is why so many people get mislead about stuff in car audio. But ultimately, it's up to the owner of the car. Back in the 90's, there was not as much China crap at all. Pretty much most all brands back then were companies based out of the US or stuff coming from Japan. Japan having strict standards and good quality control, and the US always making bulletproof stuff. When i was getting into car stereo back then, I just bought what I could afford. Little did I know that the majority of it was all very good stuff. It was alot harder to walk into a car audio shop and leave with China amps that wouldn't be worth a pot to pi.ss in. Nowadays, it's the other way around. In order to get US made stuff, you gotta spend bigger dollars. Back then everyone was only competing with other manufacturers making stuff in the good ol usa or Japanese stuff. Car audio was booming then and somewhere along the lines, the manufacturers were selling out. Most all of the big name high end companies sold their businesses to whoever and as a result they started going China made only. Instead of just competing with the other guys who were making the same sort of great quality stuff, they were likely facing companies manufacturing them in China, making it impossible to compete in their bottom line. It may sound really familiar and you might be saying well this happens on a day to day basis. Well it does, but this is basically what happened to old school car audio. Now, you are left with the stuff you are left with to buy. This is exactly why I prefer my ugly dinosaur looking amps over anything you can buy today. To insist that talking about old school car audio as being over hyped or vague is just an indication of an inexperienced dude that can't face the facts of the history of the hobby. [/QUOTE]
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