Who Really makes Lightning Audio?
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Topic: Who Really makes Lightning Audio?
Posted By: haemphyst
Subject: Who Really makes Lightning Audio?
Date Posted: December 25, 2004 at 12:00 AM
I have a stereo shop here in town that claims the Lightning audio amps they are selling (900 watts for 99 bucks! - SHYAH, RIGHT) are manufactured by Rockford Fosgate... Can anyone debunk this rumor for me?
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Posted By: wheelerdr
Date Posted: December 25, 2004 at 12:41 AM
yes rockford makes lighten audio ams kind of a bottom line
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Posted By: mkcreature
Date Posted: December 25, 2004 at 12:45 AM
from what i have been told is that the fosgate brand is " made in the usa" to put out a cheaper "in price" sub they mass produce lightning audio over seas.
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Posted By: rt2party
Date Posted: December 25, 2004 at 6:15 AM
and i hit my last lightening audio sub with an axe! (see post in fiberglass forum) the only reason i had the stuff was its cheaper to buy a dual 10" box with his crap in it than to just buy a dual 10" box (the store must have been trying to get rid of the garbage and was an incentive for custometrs to haul this crap off) free stuff is better than no stuff so i pushed it till it broke and hit it with an axe. (way more fun than a wall socket) thats my lightening audio story! ~Ryan
Posted By: audiobass10
Date Posted: December 25, 2004 at 8:44 AM
Lightning is indeed a Rockford Company...I've done some research on the newer LA stuff. Some people wont go near it, but others are really satisfied with the Strike series amps which i considered buying at one time, but decided it's probably better to spend the money on a more reliable name. Although LA is a Rockford Company..they are not Rockford quality. The LA Storm subs are a different story however...
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Posted By: haemphyst
Date Posted: December 25, 2004 at 10:26 AM
kewl... thanks for the info.
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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."
Posted By: 12vjena
Date Posted: January 15, 2005 at 9:35 PM
Lightning Audio is owned by Rockford Corp. They play the numbers game like everyone else in the industry. Let everyone know when you try the good stuff!!!! Check out the Storm 2000 D's....I dunno 149.5 db on the new meter sounds good pretty good to me......
Posted By: auex
Date Posted: January 15, 2005 at 9:41 PM
Actually 149.5 would sound awful, loud but awful.
And that amp does produce 900 watts. When it is a car rolling down a hill, flying off a cliff, all while being struck by lightening.
Crap, I didn't know this thread was that old.
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Posted By: jeffchilcott
Date Posted: January 15, 2005 at 10:17 PM
the higher end lightning audio equipment, I.E the strike series is some really nice equipment, I was actually considering getting a set of 10's but they are even worse as far as getting low versus my eclipse aluminums
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