Get what you pay for?

we sell cheaper brands all day long (spl, lanzar, bazooka, kole, etc..) with no problem. you CANNOT abuse them or they will give out quick.

alot of our customers cant afford the Cadence, Soundstream, Hifonocs and JVC stuff. we just be sure to tell them that if they install it themselves and blow it because of a bad install then it may not be covered on warranty.  

I just wanted to thank all of ya for your suggestions and comments. I guess the original reason as to why I was asking this question, is cause when I got what I thought was my first decent amp, it was a Lanzar Vibe 4 channel amp. It was supposdly rated at 1600 watts. I ended up paying 280 for it, and at the time I thought it was a great buy. The shop I got it for, also managed to sell me some 1000 watt Lanzar Vibe subs for 150. I got home that afternoon, and created a box, and installed all the fancy new equipment. At that point, I was satisfied with what I had. It hit and I was just overall very happy. Then...and I laugh at this part, a buddy of mine said dude you system sucks. I was like why. He turned his on and I was in awe. I told him, that it was just cause he had better subs than me. I told him dude I got a 1600 watt amp but that the speakers maybe weren't as good. SO we switched sub enclosures, and then I found out that the amp really couldn't produce the voltage to make his even hit a little. Bottom line, I walked away with my tail between my legs, and realized that maybe I did get the amp at a great price, but it really wasn't worth that much, and therefore was basily "shhh". I have since turned over to Rockford Fosgate in thier line of Punch. I have a Punch 5002 which I got for 300.00 and the Punch Stage One subs which I got for 130 for the pair. I still have all the other original power wire, remote wire, RCA wires, ground wire, and the box. Basicly I just swapped amp and subs and boy now it really hits and hits hard. So my lesson, I guess you could say I have learned. I was just curious as to if it was just a personal experiance of mine in bying cheap lesser brand name stuff, that didn't work so good, or if others had also xperianced this.

ss-installer: You mention that you can't "abuse lesser brands or they will give out quick." Would that mean that maybe those brands of amps and subs are better to install in a grandpa's ride. In one that isn't going to get turned on really loud, or that isn't going to be playing for three four hours at a time??

Alpine Guy: The simpler and uglier is usually the best you say...have you ever gotten like shhh from people saying dude your system looks ugly? Or are they usually in awe of wow..kinda like I was win I say my first no name system. I mean to me personally, if I did have no name systems no matter how hard it hit and how good it sounded, something in the back of my mind would always bug me in the fact of what other people are thinking. But then again, if it sounds good, I guess it really wouldn't matter...

Again thanks to everyone for xpressing thier comments~~