Recommend an amp

 This is probably a common question but I have been out of car audio for over 10 years now and just now getting back in.  I always ran HiFonics in the old days and those where the only ones I was really  knew anything about.  So I started poking around on Ebay for some "old school" amps.  Well, there were only a couple on there and they were priced pretty high.  I have heard that HiFonics was bought out and now their quality is pretty bad.  What do you guys recommend for a powerful and clean amp that is priced for the budget minded?  The days of dumping a lot of money into a car system are over.  Those were the days before wife and kid and mortgage.  I can see a lot of you noding your heads.  :)

OH< an another thing I was wondering.  Not been keeping up on my required reading but what is a D class amp?  Most amps from the old days were AB class. 

I was out for years too, So I went to ever store and listen to all of them. One thing is to catch-up on how Amps are rated by each manufacture. They still play the measurement game "Things never change" when they spec out there stuff. Look for things they leave out, There is a reason.

Then look at your wallet and stuff around the house you need to sell on Flea bay. I can always find stuff I dont use or need any more. then hide the reciept feom the wife or you will be talking to the couch and dog at night.

Yes HiFonics was bought out(a couple of times).They are built over seas now too.But some of their best engineers still work for them and still make some of the best amps out there.

OK, Been poking around some more. 

The system I plan to put in my Grand Cherokee is 5 way.  One sub, porbably a JL 10 and use some Panasonic 6 1/2 speakers in place of the blown and rattling factory door speakers. 

The amp that looks good is the Hifonics Zeus ZH8000 5 way amp. 

Ebay prices are $200 ballpark.  If the quality of these amps are so good, why so cheap??? 

Has moving manufacturing overseas caused the price to drop that much?

Prices don't drop from moving over Sea's. They just make more profit. One reason the Stocks for them rise when they move. Do you really think Micheal deserves $100,000,000.00 a year with stock options to run Disney.

It's cheaper to highier Engineers to design stuff, but get China to build it.

Well, back in the old days the equivlent amp with these specs would have been $400-500.  Here it is for $200.  BUT, that was before the internet.  I guess because "internet store" that can operate with minimum overhead can sell stuff at much, much cheaper prices.  Back then you went to the Hifonics Dealer in town and paid MSRP.  10% off that if it was on sale.  And there was NO WAY to get a better deal.  It doesn't hurt my feeling one bet they are hurting because of internet competition.