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[Snoop Woggy Wogg]

i'd even go far n say anything sony pre 2007 is crap... but im really really really really liking their new stuff definately worth taking them out of the bad name and putting them back in the mainstream (cos having them in the dont touch pile... even though i dont like their old stuff ... is unfair to them... as a salesperson i get lot of customers going "eww i heard sony is crap" and im like "dude for 150 bucks ur not gonna hear a better pair of splits!!!")

i even made customers jaws drop... "here is some JLs (niceeeee) and some alpines (sound like crap) wat about these??? (wow they sound good) sony "

im not gonna talk sony up to be top notch sound quality and they dont win competitions... but they are good now! sure i still get the occasional head unit come back faulty a little more than the competition.............. but for 150 bucks with 3 pairs of 4v preouts.... whos complaining???

[peaandham]

Is the post 2007 Range the h/u with Blue and Black on them, and the speakers that look like this

http://www.ryda.com.au/Sony-XSGTX1640-6-Ca...p/xsgtx1640.htm

Because i wanted to know how these rated to some of the bigger brands

[Snoop Woggy Wogg]

peaandham, on Jan 5 2009, 11:53 AM, said:

Is the post 2007 Range the h/u with Blue and Black on them, and the speakers that look like this

http://www.ryda.com.au/Sony-XSGTX1640-6-Ca...p/xsgtx1640.htm

Because i wanted to know how these rated to some of the bigger brands

i rate them against pioneers (tsg+tsa), kenwoods, alpine (type s), clarion, jvc, mtx and other mainstream brands as a good one to go for, in the end im not gonna say they are better because i'd still rather JL, MB Quart, Kicker and JBL and you can get reasonable quality out of those brands within the same price bracket... but anyone who says "sony is crap" but has any of the other generic mainstream brands in their car has absolutely no fxn idea what they are talkin about... if you knew what you were talkin about you wouldnt have cheap pioneers, kenwoods or alpines in your car considering there is heaps better out there!!!

then again anyone who knows what they are talking about would also know the best speakers are the ones that sound good to you to your ears listening to your music (remember crap quality limewire mp3 songs will sound better with cheap speakers cos its crap quality)........ though i havnt met a set of ears that wasnt satisfied with JL

[sean]

I think sony made some half decent HU's a fair while ago like the C90 but the lower end Sony Xplod stuff isn't that great at all (brings the rest of the range down like a stereotype...).

[ktime70]

sean, on Jan 7 2009, 03:27 PM, said:

I think sony made some half decent HU's a fair while ago like the C90 but the lower end Sony Xplod stuff isn't that great at all (brings the rest of the range down like a stereotype...).

My bro had one of the top of the line Xplod head units, was silver... one of the first ones with moving dot display, 4v x 3 preouts, individual sub control, 7 band graphic EQ AUX in etc.

it had a very clean sound output when paired with decent gear, and has lasted (is still going in the landcruiser) 4.5 years in 4 different cars, 2 of which were well used 4x4's. we've emptied about 2 litres of dust/dirt/mud out of it in it's lifespan, so it's reliable. only issue is some scumbag stole the remote.

not saying all Xplod gear is good, but there were some half decent bits and pieces in the range.

[morty]

ktime70, on Jan 8 2009, 02:52 PM, said:

My bro had one of the top of the line Xplod head units, was silver... one of the first ones with moving dot display, 4v x 3 preouts, individual sub control, 7 band graphic EQ AUX in etc.

it had a very clean sound output when paired with decent gear, and has lasted (is still going in the landcruiser) 4.5 years in 4 different cars, 2 of which were well used 4x4's. we've emptied about 2 litres of dust/dirt/mud out of it in it's lifespan, so it's reliable. only issue is some scumbag stole the remote.

not saying all Xplod gear is good, but there were some half decent bits and pieces in the range.

lol this is true, a mate had a pair of good ol sony sic by 9's back in 2000 (high school ) and they sounded bluddy impressive, without an amp they rivelled if not bettered the lanzers i was running at the time. however in saying that the amp he then bought another sony and well no comment afterwoods...

and yes i know i cant remember the part numbers but will update later

Edited by morty, 09 January 2009 - 11:46 AM.

[KungFucius]

ktime70, on 03 January 2009 - 12:44 AM, said:

soundstorm? or sound storm USA... is there a difference?

reason for asking is while browser window shopping i found this at caraudiowarehouse.com.au

"Sound Storm is best way to get more "band for your buck"- everyone in the USA knows, now Aussies will know about it to!
You've seen the imitation Sound Storm at the markets, ********* and **********, forget that rubbish, now you can get the real deal- Sound Storm Laboratories straight from California USA. "

goes on to state the following specs

Signal-to-noise ratio 103db
THD at RMS output 0.01%

marketing hype? or different brand?

SSL is a cheap piece of crap brand from wow. I bought a head unit a while ago and it was just crap, it was $80 for the wholebox and dice unit (mp3 usb aux etc) Didn't always read CDs, it'd stop playing them for no reason. Only the auxiliary worked all the time.

So stay the hell away from it lol


PS I only bought it because I needed sound, driving my ute around with no sound was driving ME batcrap insane lol

[Tobyrose12345.inc]

You need to write something about Oldschool Rockford Fosgate amps Its certainly not mainstream!

[Banned.ScrewYouTeam.inc]

KungFucius, on 06 September 2010 - 05:16 PM, said:

SSL is a cheap piece of crap brand from wow. I bought a head unit a while ago and it was just crap, it was $80 for the wholebox and dice unit (mp3 usb aux etc) Didn't always read CDs, it'd stop playing them for no reason. Only the auxiliary worked all the time.

So stay the hell away from it lol


PS I only bought it because I needed sound, driving my ute around with no sound was driving ME batcrap insane lol

depends how much you pay... but I wouldn't buy their amps or headunits.

I bought two 10inch SoundStorm subs for $17 each!!! brand new!! how can you go wrong!

sadly, I only have 1 left.. they don't like 1000+watts much

[barcode]

i think you 3 need this

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[peaandham]

What do people think of "Avantgarde". Im waiting on some of their "Competition Series" amps and would like to know what to expect.

[~Spyne~]

pea, what are you using them for/what are they replacing?

they are old amps, entry-level, but in saying that they should amplify the signal reliably

[shaky]

barcode, on 07 September 2010 - 07:12 PM, said:

i think you 3 need this

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Quality!

That is all


Cheers,

shaky

[peaandham]

spyne, they arent replacing anything in my system im just getting a 2x75wrms and a 4x50wrms 2nd hand from tiger. Im thinking i might just use them for fun in some cheap build cars.

Looking a pics of the internals the seem ok nothing really fancy but i should have them some time this week.