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waveshredder 
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I see them advertised a lot. What is your/anybody's opinion on this brand and who makes them?

Thanks in advance for your responses.

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They are decent, for a cheap brand. My first HU was a dual MP3 player. Got years of performance from that thing, then it was stolen.
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Dual sucks...crappy quality.
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Dual is part of a Korean company called Namsung (who bought the old well-respected Dual name when the original company went belly-up) and their products are made in China.  Low-end, low-quality, bad sounding.  I cannot recommend them.

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my girl friend had one in her car and never had any problems with sound but the knobs started to fall off and the writing started to fade after a couple of months

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Swap-o-rama specials... ranked right up there with Boss, Kenford, Rockwood, Audiobahn...
Garbage, pure and simple.
It all reminds me of something that Molière once said to Guy de Maupassant at a café in Vienna: "That's nice. You should write it down."
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Their coaxials with blue lights were popular with the kids until we told them how much more the installation would be to run power and ground into the doors.  I'll bet the next step for them is to add "spinners" onto the speaker grills. 
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I guess I was using them before they were bought out by Namsung... cuz my radio wasn't as crappy as everyone is saying dual is... How long ago did the take over happen DYohn?

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When working at Best Buy in the car audio department we would have to replace the floor models at least every month due to the fact that the motorization would freeze up and stop working.
The younger crowd loves the bright blue lights and motorization. I always pushed the service plan to everyone, with very good reason and intent for looking after the customer. I also didn't recommend them to anyone.
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klctexas wrote:

I guess I was using them before they were bought out by Namsung... cuz my radio wasn't as crappy as everyone is saying dual is... How long ago did the take over happen DYohn?

Dual car audio has always been made by Namsung.  Dual in its previous incarnation was a German company who made mainly turntables and a few other electronic devices.

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