Xtant vs. Alpine vs. US Acoustics

SiDogg wrote: Also, I've had Alpine and Fosgate amps in the past. They're not bad, but they are "nothing special" either. Perhaps Xtant will be, although now that I will be FINALLY getting some good components (the CDTs of course), it may sound good no matter what amp I get.

lol that may be a bit of a stretch...a speaker will play whatever signal you send to it, and if you have a poor source, a good amp, and good speakers, you will just be getting an amplified poor signal and you will really notice more than with a cheap pair of speakers...likewise, if you have a poor amplifier, the speakers will play whatever signal they receive, and if it happens to be a dirty signal out of a poor amp, that is what you get... I found the biggest real difference when I went to nice equipment was all of the sudden alot of the music I listened to sounded like crap...with a good system you hear so much more, and you notice which artists put alot into their recordings and record on decent equipment...

Hmmm, interesting point.. That makes sense.

Yeah i really hate that. Been alot of cd's i love that just flat out suck on my new system. Would think with all the technology nowadays that they could make some kick a$$ sounding cd's. Bought some new ones that are just embarassing to crank up the quality is so bad.

Kinda curious why everyone thinks so low of the US Acoustics amp. I've got one of the 4085's on order to replace an Eclipse amp with and should be here on Monday. Something about these amps that i have overlooked cause the spec sheet i thought looked pretty good. What do you guys know that i'm overlooking??

I've just heard bad things about them going bad.. I keep hearing it, but it sounds like a good deal... which is why I have a dilemma.. :(

I don't think Crutchfield would sell these amps and definitely KNOW they would not include a 3-year warranty on them, if they were not confident in their performance and reliability.  I've never had problems with them.  Just my two cents though....Ethan

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I dunno, Ive never read a bad review on them, not one. Specs make them look good, they definately have a good price and warranty. Guess i will find out tomorrow, supposed to be delivered then.