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Thread: Brax/Helix the best? |
    
New member Username: Hhs_kid
Post Number: 1
Registered: Nov-06
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| Posted on Sunday, November 26, 2006 - 10:10 pm: |
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Well, just how good are Brax/Helix amps? I know they're expensive but I really don't care bout that right now. I was looking into getting a Kicker ZX750.1 but Helix makes a 800Watt with a whole lot better specs. Just tell me, how good are Brax/Helix amps? |
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Gold Member Username: Dustin3
Tigard,
OR
U.S.
Post Number: 4281
Registered: Oct-05
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| Posted on Sunday, November 26, 2006 - 10:17 pm: |
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very very good  some of the best amps out there |
Silver Member Username: Skies
Courtenay,
British Colu...
Canada
Post Number: 330
Registered: Aug-05
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| Posted on Sunday, November 26, 2006 - 10:18 pm: |
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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
Its an old list, but still roughly the same... |
Gold Member Username: Dustin3
Tigard,
OR
U.S.
Post Number: 4284
Registered: Oct-05
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| Posted on Sunday, November 26, 2006 - 10:24 pm: |
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its different now, the list that is, i dont think wrangler alternators and some others... |
Gold Member Username: Dustin3
Tigard,
OR
U.S.
Post Number: 4285
Registered: Oct-05
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| Posted on Sunday, November 26, 2006 - 10:24 pm: |
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its different now, the list that is, i dont think wrangler alternators and some others... should be in there, most of these companies are form other contries also |
New member Username: Hhs_kid
Post Number: 2
Registered: Nov-06
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| Posted on Monday, November 27, 2006 - 09:46 pm: |
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Ok. So they're really good. I was wanting a Kicker or Hifonics but that Helix Dark Blue 1000.1 had some good specs and looks good too. Now, I'll just order it off of woofersetc.com It's for nothing fancy, just the Polk db212-2 box. Some people might diss it but hey, I know this thing can rock. It's probably the best for the money. I want a really nice amp though to get all the power and sq out of my Polks. Next year, I think bout gettin some RE SX subs. |
New member Username: Hhs_kid
Post Number: 3
Registered: Nov-06
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| Posted on Thursday, November 30, 2006 - 12:08 pm: |
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Oh, and another thing. How good are they at disapating heat? Do they run pretty cool or what? And if all else fails and I hve to go with the Kicker ZX750.1, will it still be pretty good? Any help is good. |
Gold Member Username: Juliob
Santo Domingo
Dominican Re...
Post Number: 3560
Registered: Dec-05
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| Posted on Thursday, November 30, 2006 - 02:08 pm: |
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yes, if the amp fails (it won't) the kicker is a pretty good choice |
Bronze Member Username: Denim
Www.TeamSSAudio.com,
MD
Post Number: 37
Registered: Nov-06
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| Posted on Tuesday, December 05, 2006 - 10:54 am: |
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I don't agree with a bunch on that list. |
Gold Member Username: Dustin3
Tigard,
OR
U.S.
Post Number: 4428
Registered: Oct-05
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| Posted on Tuesday, December 05, 2006 - 11:59 am: |
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thats why its an old outdated list |
New member Username: The_image_dynamic
San Diego,
CA
USA
Post Number: 2
Registered: Dec-06
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| Posted on Friday, December 15, 2006 - 07:13 am: |
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A similar, but much more updated and agreeable, list:
Stay Away
American Pro (All)
Audiobank (All)
Blackmore Mobile Electronics (All)
Blitz (All)
DHD (All)
Diesel Audio (All)
Kenford (All)
Kole Audio (All)
Legacy (All)
Majestic (All)
Performance Teknique (All)
Phase Linear (All)
Pyle (All)
Pyramid (All)
Rockwood (All)
Sherwood (All)
SPL (all)
Solid Audio (All)
Sound Storm (All)
Street Edge (All)
Ultra Linear (All)
XFile Audio (All)
Entry Level
Alphasonik (All)
Alto Mobile USA (All)
Alumapro (All)
Ample Audio (All)
Audiobahn (All)
Audiopipe (All)
Audiovox (All)
Autotek "SS Series" (All)
Bazooka (All)
Blaupunkt (All)
Boss (All)
Bostwick (All)
Cadence ("All" tough decision just shy of high quality)
Cerwin Vega ("All" except Strokers which go in Comp')
Clarion (A, SW, Sp)
Clif Designs (All)
Concept (All)
Coustic (All)
Crossfire "P Series" (SW)
Crunch (All)
Cutting Edge Audio (All)
DB Drive (All)
Diablo Audio (All)
Digital Audio (All)
Dual (All)
Dub Mag Audio (All)
Elevation Audio ("All" except EX Series (SW) which go in Comp)
Emerson (All)
Harrison Labs (All)
Hifonics "Zues Series and lower" (All)
Hollywood Sound Intl. Corp (All)
Infinity (All)
Interfire (All)
JBL ("All" except ??? Series which go in Comp')
Jensen (All)
JVC (All)
Kenwood ("All" except Excelon series which go in HQ)
Kicker "Comp/Comp VR" (SW) "RS Series and under" (Sp)
Kove Audio (All)
Lanzar ("All' except Opti Drive series which go in HQ)
Lightning Audio (All)
MA Audio ("All" except larger/upper model HK Series amps which go in HQ)
Matrxx Audio (All)
MB Quart (SW)
Memphis "PR Series" (All)
MTX ("All" except 9500 Series (SW) which go in HQ)
Niche Audio (All)
Phoenix Gold (SW)
Pioneer (SW,Sp,A)
Planet Audio (All)
Polk Audio (All)
Power Acoustik (All)
Powerbase (All)
Profile (All)
Rockford Fosgate ("All" except Power Series which go in HQ)
Sanyo (All)
Scosche (All)
Sony (All)
SoundStream (All)
Swiss Audio (All)
US Acoustics (All)
Visonik (All)
Xsite (All)
High Quality
A/D/S/ (All)
Adire Audio (All)
Alpine (All)
American Bass (All)
Ascendant Audio (All)
AudioControl (All)
Audison (All)
Avionixx (All)
Boston Acoustics (All)
Brax (All)
CDT Audio (All)
Clarion (HU, M)
Critical Mass (All)
Crossfire "W Series" (SW) "VR Series" (A)
Crystal (All)
Diamond Audio (All)
Directed (All)
DLS (All)
Dynaudio (All)
Earthquake (All)
Elemental Designs (All)
Eclipse (All)
Focal (All)
Fusion (All)
Genesis (All)
Helix (All)
Hifonics "Brutus Series" (All)
Image Dynamics (All)
Incriminator Audio (All)
JL Audio ("All" except lower W series (SW) which go in Entry)
Kenwood "Excelon series" (All)
Kicker "KX/SX Series" (A) "L5/L7" (SW) "SS Series" (Sp)
Lanzar "Opti Drive" (A)
MA Audio "HK2000/HK4000" (A)
Massive Audio (All)
MB Quart (Sp)
McIntosh (All)
Memphis (MC Series) (All)
Milbert (All)
Morel (All)
MTX "9500 Series" (SW)
Nakamichi (All)
Orion (A,SW,Sp)
OZ Audio (All)
PHD Audiophile Sound System (All)
Phase Evolution (All)
Phoenix Gold (A)
Pioneer (HU,M)
Powerbass USA (All)
Precision Power (All)
QAS (All)
RE Audio ("All" except MT Series (SW) which go in Comp)
Rockford Fosgate "Power Series" (SW,A)
Seas Lotus (All)
Sinfoni (All)
Treo Engineering (All)
TRU Technology (All)
Tube Driver Blue (All)
US Amps (All)
Xtant (All)
Zapco (All)
Competition
Alpine F1 (All)
Atomic (SW,A)
Autotek "MM Series" (All)
Cerwin Vega "Stroker" (SW)
Digital Designs (All)
Elevation Audio EX Series (SW)
Hifonics "XX Series" (All)
JBL "JBL/Crown Series" (A) "G TI Series" (SW)
Kicker "Solo X" (SW)
MMats Professional Audio (All)
MTX RFL (SW)
Pioneer TS-W5000SPL (SW)
Rainbow (All)
RE Audio "MT Series" (SW)
Team RF (SW)4
Brad |
Silver Member Username: Skies
Courtenay,
British Colu...
Canada
Post Number: 386
Registered: Aug-05
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| Posted on Friday, December 15, 2006 - 12:05 pm: |
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hmm... some questionable things on there, but still a much better list than what i posted...
missing FI Audio...
other than that its a decent list.. |
Bronze Member Username: Nolimiy
Post Number: 43
Registered: Nov-06
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| Posted on Friday, December 15, 2006 - 02:06 pm: |
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All the hype about stereo integrity and sundown and neither of them make the cut? |
Gold Member Username: Juliob
Santo Domingo
Dominican Re...
Post Number: 3725
Registered: Dec-05
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| Posted on Friday, December 15, 2006 - 04:06 pm: |
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i thought phase linear was good |
Gold Member Username: N2audio
Lawrence,
Ks
USA
Post Number: 1062
Registered: Mar-04
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| Posted on Friday, December 15, 2006 - 04:31 pm: |
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those lists are goofy
I like how Boss is "entry", which I guess is to say decent for the cost, but Soundstorm, which uses the exact same boards is "stay away".
Same story with Power Acoustik - they're "entry", but SPL, Kole, which are the exact same are "stay away".
Someone really did their homework.
Phase linear's under the Audiovox/Jensen umbrella. I think that would put them in the "entry" list. |
