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<blockquote data-quote="trust fund baby" data-source="post: 8379195" data-attributes="member: 664116">You&#039;re right. &quot;today&#039;s crap&quot; will put out more power, sound the same, have a warranty, and cost less.I have a ton of old school amps, some very nice, high end ones at that, and I&#039;ll say, without hesitation the ONLY logical reason to run old amps is nostalgia. The people that drool over the older stuff are generally guys who&#039;ve been in the hobby a good while, and remember when the amps they lust over were new, and &quot;the kings of the hill&quot;. The younger &quot;old school&quot; collectors have simply been brainwashed into believing older is better. This applies to cars, electronics, etc. Look, I&#039;m not attacking anyone&#039;s choice in amps. You wanna run old, run old. I (obviously) like old amps as well, or I wouldn&#039;t have so many hanging around. But it&#039;s completely illogical to pretend today&#039;s stuff isn&#039;t/can&#039;t be as good/better than the old. Advances in engineering, implementation, and design have really brought some great things to the market over time, while substantially lowering prices.On a semi related front: it&#039;s not fair to compare today&#039;s &quot;budget&quot; amps with higher end &quot;old school&quot; stuff. If you compare an old pPI with say, a new audiopipe amp, of course the ppi will seem like a winner.if you want a fair comparison, you need to compare a like Msrp. Example: a old pPI pc amp could cost up to $1500 new (heck, maybe more.. Been a long time). Compare that model with a new amp of a good reputation costing around that much, and you&#039;ll find the new one has more than a few advantages.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="trust fund baby, post: 8379195, member: 664116"] You're right. "today's crap" will put out more power, sound the same, have a warranty, and cost less. I have a ton of old school amps, some very nice, high end ones at that, and I'll say, without hesitation the ONLY logical reason to run old amps is nostalgia. The people that drool over the older stuff are generally guys who've been in the hobby a good while, and remember when the amps they lust over were new, and "the kings of the hill". The younger "old school" collectors have simply been brainwashed into believing older is better. This applies to cars, electronics, etc. Look, I'm not attacking anyone's choice in amps. You wanna run old, run old. I (obviously) like old amps as well, or I wouldn't have so many hanging around. But it's completely illogical to pretend today's stuff isn't/can't be as good/better than the old. Advances in engineering, implementation, and design have really brought some great things to the market over time, while substantially lowering prices. On a semi related front: it's not fair to compare today's "budget" amps with higher end "old school" stuff. If you compare an old pPI with say, a new audiopipe amp, of course the ppi will seem like a winner.if you want a fair comparison, you need to compare a like Msrp. Example: a old pPI pc amp could cost up to $1500 new (heck, maybe more.. Been a long time). Compare that model with a new amp of a good reputation costing around that much, and you'll find the new one has more than a few advantages. [/QUOTE]

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