Best amp for looks/performance

Alright, I was turned on to this site by a friend because I'm planning a full custom install. I started showing my car last year and have decided to take my current setup out and go for the real deal. I spent a lot of time talking to the best installer in town on the setup and we decided on two 10" Eclipse Aluminums in the spare tire well with the amps facing you, battery, cap, neons, the works. For the amps he suggested(obviously because they sell them) the new Diamond Audio D5 series, a 1200.1 actually for the 10's with the matching 4-channel for the inside speakers. These amps are not cheap. I shopped around town and found others like the new Phoenix Gold Xenon series and the new Kicker D-class as well just for ideas. So I'm looking for suggestions as well as opinions on these or ANY others that I didn't mention. I like having the adjustments on the top as well since these are going to be flushed in, but not necessary. Looks play a part in the scenario too since it is for show. Anyways, thanks in advance for any and all help, much appreciated.

Alpine...JL...  they all look perdy2003 Chevy Avalanche,Eclipse CD7000,Morel Elate 5,Adire Extremis,Alpine PDX-4.150, 15" TC-3000, 2 Alpine PDX-1.1000, 470Amp HO Alt.

I got a trunk full of Eclipse, personally... I think they are about as beautiful as amps come today... but that's just me. You may feel differently. Here is what they look like when your wife says "You can have as much stereo as you want, but we better be able to take a trip with LUGGAGE!" Anyway, in case you are wondering, here is the system complement: 2001 Honda Civic LX Eclipse 8051 E8 deck Eclipse 3122 driving Infinity emit Kappa tweeters 80w X 2 Eclipse 32440 driving Eclipse 89940 Point source 6X9's 120w X 4, bi-wired, bi-amped Eclipse 34230 driving Morel MW-162 6" midbass in doors 370w X 2 Eclipse DA7122 driving Eclipse SW9122 12" Titanium sub 1350w X 2 RedTop Optima 12v under the hood 2 RedTop Optima 6v in trunk, one each side wired in series 2 Rockford Fosgate 1 Farad caps on custom hand built power bars Alterstart 165 Amp alternator with Datel 150A Current Shunt and blue LED meter for monitoring current output 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."

Here you go, these amps are amazing and the look well, just take a look! http://www.soundstream.com/sub/products_amps_human.html

Wow, the Soundstream is amazing! Might have to check into those. I tried to look at the pics of the Eclipse setup, but it wouldn't show it to me zoomed in. I would like to see them, matching amps with subs would be nice. Thanks for the help, lets see some more.

Those soundstream amps gotta be coolest friggin amps ive ever seen!!! Do they sound good, and actually put out the watts they claim?

right now I am running my eclipse 10's on a set of memphis hc50's2009 0-1000 Trunk WR 154.0DB 2009 1001+ Trunk WR

2007 USACI World Champion

2007 World Record

2006 USACI Finals 2nd Place

those soundstreams are great, but i love cadence amps. check them out too at www.cadencesound.com Here is what my ZRS - 4 Looks like (125 W RMS x 4 @ 4 ohms) "I don't play games. I play Nakamichi and that for real yo" - Probably some japanese kid said this in the early 80's trying to sell stereo out of his trunk lol.

The Diamond amplifiers are a definite step up from the Snickers and Kleenex Gold that you are looking at. They are much on par with Xtant amplifiers. Yes they are expensive as they are not designed to hit a price point, they are built to be a stellar amplifier. The new Eclipse amplifiers are also a great amplifier to consider, they are absolute powerhouses. Top Secret, I can tell you but then my wife will kill me.

The Diamond D5 series are great amplifiers with a moderately high sticker price, but in my opinion they are well worth the money. I have the Diamond D7 amplifiers in my car, 2 D7402's running 2 TDX12D2 & 2 D7104's running 3 Hex Components. Yes entry price is steep, but the sound is unbelievable and as far as looks go, if you've seen them than you know how beautiful they are. Both D5's & D7's.