#Mb quart vs hifonics amp manual

I dont know how cutting edge a single din can be? Unless there were any with re-trackable faces, I do remember back then one company had one that was manual you actually had to push it in and pull it out and flip the screen up by hand but my mind is fuzzy about the manufacturer or year.If we're talking CD players, I'd start with an Alpine 7909 or 7903. He wants a headend unit that was cutting edge at the time. Headend and visual amps are the only concern. We had several conversations over the weekend and it seems speakers are not an issue as long as they were in business back then. Also, a LOT of these pieces are getting EXTREMELY hard to find in decent condition, let alone working condition. Picked it up at a store and subscribed the very next day after reading it cover to cover right away. December of 87 was the very first issue of CA&E that I ever read. Some folks with better memories may be of more assistance since unfortunately this was really at the VERY beginning of my addiction. Here, again, USA made always seemed to be the better subs, that I can remember anyway. Subs: JL Audio, Orion, Rockford Fosgate, Soundstream (I absolutely LOVED the SS10s nicknamed the velvet hammers). Speakers: MB Quart, ADS, Altec Lansing, Dynaudio (I’m DEFINITELY forgetting some here) Most of the better amps were made in the USA like Phoenix Gold, PPI, Orion, Rockford Fosgate, ADS, Soundstream, HiFonics (I’m probably forgetting quite a few) Sources: Alpine, Sony Mobile ES, Pioneer Premier, Denon, Nakamichi (some of these may have been called something else in the JDM market)Īmps: Alpine & Nakamichi if you want Japanese.

If my recollection serves correctly though your higher end brands were more or less: I don’t know much of the JDM market but around that time frame if you were competing and wanted to win you generally ran Alpine source, PPI amps, MB Quart speakers & JL Audio subs.

I threw out all my car audio magazines long ago but this is a good test of my memory.