old school lanzar opti 50c
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Topic: old school lanzar opti 50c
Posted By: maximusde34
Subject: old school lanzar opti 50c
Date Posted: February 19, 2008 at 7:37 PM
Unfortunately, Lanzar was severely corrupted when they were bought out by Pyramid. Any old amps like the LZ and Optidrive and subs like the LC and LP I & II are great solid American products and should be snapped up. Does anyone here know much an Opti C would be worth in mint condition? Have 1 but want another. and IIare definately worth the money if you can find them. ------------- mdexxxiv
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Posted By: n2audio
Date Posted: February 19, 2008 at 10:54 PM
they show up on ebay from time to time. The last one sold for $332 shipped, which seems about normal IIRC. BTW - Lanzar wasn't bought by Pyramid.
Posted By: i am an idiot
Date Posted: February 20, 2008 at 5:46 AM
Yes they were.
Posted By: collyn eastham
Date Posted: February 20, 2008 at 7:12 AM
No...they were not. The rights to the BRAND NAME "Lanzar" was bought by Soundaround, a parent company of Pyramid. The company assets were desolved and the name and it's brands...Opti, Optidrive, etc... have been bought by the new asian holder. The new amps truly are a disgrace to the old Opti's. The same thing is quickly happening to MBQuart by the same company that ruined HiFonics. Maxxsonics. ------------- Collyn Eastham
a.k.a. 300MBQuart
08 HHR Panel
Posted By: n2audio
Date Posted: February 20, 2008 at 3:13 PM
collyn eastham wrote:
The new amps truly are a disgrace to the old Opti's. The same thing is quickly happening to MBQuart by the same company that ruined HiFonics. Maxxsonics.
The new Opti's are no Zed Audio's, but they're decent amps. I'm running the last generation of Zed Optidrives which I think were the best ones they ever produced. To say the new (Korean) ones are disgraceful in comparison is completely inaccurate IMO. How do you know what's going to happen to MB? Maxx didn't just purchase the brand, they purchased the facility in Germany too. Not only is MB staying german, Maxx is moving some of HF's stuff there as well.
Posted By: maximusde34
Date Posted: February 20, 2008 at 4:57 PM
I had just become a Lanzar dealer at the time right before they were hijacked. Their new stuff couldn't hang with the old by quite a bit. I knew their staff and they knew the product was going to be gutted, and dealers defected in droves. This was one of the reasons why I got out of audio as a primary business. Now, if my Opti 50c takes a dump, who would fix it? When was Zed Audio out of the picture? ------------- mdexxxiv
Posted By: n2audio
Date Posted: February 20, 2008 at 11:17 PM
A loss of customers is to be expected any time there's change. Especially from US to Asian construction, but favorable review after favorable review on the new Opti's is proof enough for me to recognize they're pretty good amps. If I didn't have the two amps I have I wouldn't hesitate to give the new ones a try. Zed built them through ~2000, but by that time Lanzar had so many in stock that they remained in their catalog through '03. They still sell new ones once in a while a few at a time. I think Zed would fix the 50c if you were to have a problem with it. From what I hear that place thrives on CS.
Posted By: collyn eastham
Date Posted: February 21, 2008 at 9:03 AM
n2audio wrote:
collyn eastham wrote:
The new amps truly are a disgrace to the old Opti's. The same thing is quickly happening to MBQuart by the same company that ruined HiFonics. Maxxsonics.
The new Opti's are no Zed Audio's, but they're decent amps. I'm running the last generation of Zed Optidrives which I think were the best ones they ever produced. To say the new (Korean) ones are disgraceful in comparison is completely inaccurate IMO. How do you know what's going to happen to MB? Maxx didn't just purchase the brand, they purchased the facility in Germany too. Not only is MB staying german, Maxx is moving some of HF's stuff there as well.
True...they did buy the facility. But why then does every car line with exception to the "Q" line say made in China? All the woofers and amps are China made. 5-6 years ago I was sponsered by MBQuart and was running the QSD components and RWC woofers. The new "Q" series is almost as good as it once was and the new woofers are crap. The price is cheap though. Where my QSD 210 set and QWD165 three way extenion kit retailed for $2200 in 01, you can now get them for about 500 for it all. Cost reduction always comes with a loss of some QC and all I was stating earlier is that the MBQuart line is starting to share a lot of commonality with HiFonics junk and Crunch junk and it's not that I know what's GOING to happen...it's that I see it happening ALREADY. . ------------- Collyn Eastham
a.k.a. 300MBQuart
08 HHR Panel
Posted By: n2audio
Date Posted: February 21, 2008 at 10:11 AM
I'm willing to wait out the chaos while they get things in line. Having spent what they spent I'm sure they were eager to get some stuff released that would keep the MB fans interested, and I don't think it's within reason to expect them to have things up and running in Germany in time to engineer and build much of anything within a year or even two. I can't disagree that things probably won't equal the good old days - but what company does?? I'm just not one to write a company off because they start building some lines in Asia. Besides, as long as they're competent enough to choose a builder with the ability to stick to what's designed I'm not going to have a problem with them bringing us a quality product with a lower price tag. There just aren't that many people looking for a $500+ pair of speakers.
Posted By: maximusde34
Date Posted: February 21, 2008 at 8:50 PM
As for that Opti 50 on ebay, I'm the one that bought it thinking I could resell it later but I'm thinking of using it, too as I can't find the other one hidden within the great hills o'doodiee in my garage or my barn, my sheds too. In short, I got too much crap. Anyway, I can't remember if these require a crossover or if they have one built-in. Does anyone know? I feel like an idiot because I used to sell these things and should know this, but it has escaped me.
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mdexxxiv
Posted By: maximusde34
Date Posted: February 21, 2008 at 8:54 PM
Any idea how to get in contact with Zed? The net is short on info for them.
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mdexxxiv
Posted By: n2audio
Date Posted: February 22, 2008 at 1:36 PM
I don't think the 50C has an x/o. Not many amps of that era did, and that one was designed for brute subwoofer power. My brother had 4 Opti's, a 4 and three 2 ch, from the same era and none of them had build in x/o's. Zed's email is zedaudio@aol.com They're VERY good at answering emails quicky and efficiently - I try not to abuse it.
Posted By: maximusde34
Date Posted: February 22, 2008 at 1:48 PM
That's good to know. What type would work and where would I find it?
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mdexxxiv
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