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marlon c

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Posted: June 07, 2004 at 7:07 PM / IP Logged

Down here in Texas, alot of guys have Audiobahn Systems in their ride, including me. I want to redo my system because it is about 4 years old, but now I don't know what to get because i've heard people dogg the product; especially in this forum. What does anyone recommend? Are Cadence any good?

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Posted: June 07, 2004 at 7:33 PM / IP Logged

how much are you looking to spend? there are tons of brands out there, and any of them could be a good match for you. Audiobahn is dogged cuz of their inability to be a SQ speaker, but for the most part they do pretty well in spl.

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Audiobahn spends more time on the chromeing, and fancy details to make there stuff look good, rather than spending time on actual performance of the products. Just like sony....they make tv's, home stereo, phones, walkmans, ...whell, , basically everything electronic.....which leaves them what? 1 day of designing per product.....

Definately look into some more mainstream products, , it will only cost a little more, but you will be much much happyer/

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Posted: June 07, 2004 at 8:07 PM / IP Logged

Keep your Audiobahn wires...they"re good.

Build the box so that it performs well in the worst case scenario and, in return, it will reward you at all times.

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Audiobahn and its sister companies (I think there about six of them) are the brainchild of a marketing company. They created the line and hype around it and sold lots of it. Their product is off the shelf (selected from manufacture's catalogs) and dressed to their requirments. The idea is if you have enough bling you can sell anything. Stuff works. Like most pop stars, if it looks good who cares about performance.

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Posted: June 07, 2004 at 11:53 PM / IP Logged

I agree with AplineGuy here. Any time a company spends time and money on something like chrome finish and puts it in a fairly low-priced product I have to wonder. That said, I have seen some good editorial reviews of some of their subs.

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Posted: June 08, 2004 at 12:55 AM / IP Logged

My opinion is Audiobahn amps are worth the money. They have some flash to them, but they've been solid performers.

Unfortunately I can't say the same for their subs. As everyone else has mentioned, their subs are designed more for flash than for performance and SQ. A lot of Audiobahn's hype on their subs is for inverted mounting (hence the extra flash on their baskets).

Unfortunately you don't gain anything from inverted mounting, and unless you know what you're doing with it (inverted mounting) you can damage your equipment in a heartbeat. So that leaves people spending too much money on a sub where 1) 9 times out of 10 you'll never see the detail they put into the basket design and 2) still not achieving the performance that could have been obtained by overall better quality subs for around the same price.

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Posted: June 08, 2004 at 11:10 AM / IP Logged

Audiobahn has a rep for stealing designs and slapping the chrome and their name on it.

www.adireaudio.com could tell you all day that adire is a great audio maker and is a great product.

www.edesignaudio.com Another inexpensive high quality audio maker. There older flat cone sub is being sold at 65$ a pop- thats cheap.

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marlon c

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Posted: June 08, 2004 at 1:48 PM / IP Logged

Could someone give me product names of good sq subs? What are Audiobahns 6 sister companies? Can 8" subs move the ground? I wanna put 4 of them in a 99 Malibu.

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Posted: June 08, 2004 at 5:57 PM / IP Logged

Ok, i think that some people are influenced way to easy. The audiobahn line is good. They couldnt get good just with marketing. Grant it their low line subs are crap, but what brand doenst make cheap low line pieces of crap? I ran 2 12" pro piston compression subs with audiobahn intake amps and never had a problem other than it was too loud for the neighbors. They hit hard and the amps preform outstanding. I think that the pro piston compression subs are right up there in line with the w6 subs of JL. This is speaking from experience with both subs in teh same car. I felt that the 2 JLs didnt hit as hard OR CLEAR as the audiobahns. say what you may, but audiobahn is a good brand.

http://www.audiooutfitter.com/cgi-bin/store/AWP312T.html

Look at that sub. There is no flame. No additional flash, and that thing pounds like there is no tomorrow. For everyone out there who is totally against auiobahn, just be openminded and take another look at their products. I used to be against them too because of all the crap i read, but then i went out and actually heard some of their stuff with an open mind, and now im hooked.

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