Is Audiobahn any good for SPL?

One large problem the car audio industry faces:  a decrease in quality caused by a trend to cut costs where it counts (R&D and production), over-spending on packaging (chrome flames? please), over-rating them, and over-pricing them.  Athough the companies leading this trend typically overprice what they sell, they cut corners to such extremes that they can undercut the good guys.  This pushes otherwise good companies to start cutting some of the same corners to compete.  Veteran members of the car audio industry are constantly remarking about the how great and solid the 'old school' products were. 

I'd like to see a trend of less flashy packaging, companies spending more time and energy on quality sound and build, obtaining good honest ratings, and more competitive pricing.  Think Adire.  I wish there were more companies like them around. 

In my opinion Audiobahn is one of the companies pushing the downward trend.  Brand new amps retail for less than a dollar per 4ohm watt at >100s/n ratio at <0.02%THD with money to spare on the super elite chrome frills.  Riiigghht. 

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I have had 4 A8000T Amps pushing 4 Alpine Type-R's Dual 4 Ohms Subs at 2 Ohms for about 6 months now, and not disappointed at all. And infact, I am coing to buy 4 more that I can be running at 4 ohms in the next few months.

P.S. I like to run them wide open.

The guy I work for right now is really pushing Audiobahn, so I have put in alot of their stuff lately, and I can say that for the most part, you get what they tell you  youre going to get.  The Amps are rated honestly in my opinion, and they seem to have power to spare if it is needed.  Only one complaint, just installed a A4125HC amp and on their web site the specs say that it will run 1000x2 at 1 ohm mono, and it will for about 3 minutes out of every ten.  It put out some serious power, but would go grom cold to the touch to the 158 degree shut down temp in about three minutes.  So I rewired the four 10 inch Flame Q's to put a 4 ohm load to each side, and it will now run wide open for hours on end, with no heat problems.  Tried to call them yesterday, but forgot what day it was, and I dont like to talk to machines.  I do agree with CharlzO on the enclosure principle.  I dont care what  you run, if you put two subs in a generic bandpass box, If it sounds really good, you got real lucky.  I have earned a reputation with my friends for fixing these boxes for my customers.  I gently pick up a 10 lb sledge hammer and softly place it through the sides of the box...  Problem solved.  They just dont like it when it is still in the vehicle.  Anyways, I also agree that it is not on the same caliber as Adire or Kove or some of the other high end manufacturers, but for most concerns it has performed at or above expectations for me, when it is installed in line with the specs.  And if they want to put a little bling on the frames, so be it.  The cast aluminum Flame baskets are a much higher quality basket than most of the stamped steel baskets on the mainstream market.  And they're shiny too.  I even put a pair of the lower end 12 inch AWC12T Performer subs in an 01 Silverado(needed to go with a shallow sub for under back seat), and they performed well above my expectations, only running on a A2201T amp that is rated at 140 w @ 4 ohm mono.  And still had amp to spare if I needed it.  I think one of the biggest things in the industry anymore is that certain brands do not play well with others.  Some do.  But most manufacturers make sure that all of their children play well within their own family.  If you mix and match components, 5 out of 10 times it doesn't perform like you would like it to.  But if you use the same brand from one end to the other, 95 out of 100 times you wont have a problem.  And I do remember when Audiobahn was making equipment that could be had for pennies on the dollar at any corner store years back, but they have seemed tostep up there game and get with the program.  And most people that dont like a certain brand just dont like it, no perticular reason, just dont like it.  Its kind of like opinions...Hope it helps out, just my two cents.  Now wheres my change???