who remembers?
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Topic: who remembers?
Posted By: menace2sobriety
Subject: who remembers?
Date Posted: November 03, 2005 at 2:13 PM
just for fun who remembers linear power. dr crankenstein. crazy dog beware. B52 subwoofers. the boss cannon truck mark fukuda's yellow blazer. theres more but thats off the top of my head. is audio art still around? i know i will get a few who cares but thats okay. -------------
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Posted By: Blowntweeters
Date Posted: November 03, 2005 at 2:32 PM
i can .
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1974 ford pinto 4 15" punch Z power punch bd 1001 pioneer DEH-6700
Posted By: 5150azn
Date Posted: November 03, 2005 at 2:55 PM
I remember B52. Remember their vacume tube amplifiers? ahahaha I'm still hiding that thing from the russians.
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Posted By: tcss
Date Posted: November 03, 2005 at 3:04 PM
How about Concord tape decks, Audio Stamp, Speaker Works Buick GSX and where the first " sound off" was?
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Posted By: the12volt
Date Posted: November 03, 2005 at 4:08 PM
I don't remember the first "official sound-off" (or maybe I do ;), but I do remember competitions as far back as 1982. I also remember Linear, Concord and Speaker Works ...met Mark Fukuta at a Sony Zone show in Detroit more than 10 years ago. How about Munsie 8-tracks, Panasonic's cockpits, Audiomobile, Bozak woofers, Sony's Shuttle, Monolithic amplifiers, Clarion's 300EQB...? -------------  the12volt • Support the12volt.com
Posted By: dwarren
Date Posted: November 03, 2005 at 4:37 PM
A great thread to date our selves. I cant really come up with any great stuff, just remember the a/d/s power plates and ppi art series as still being cool. Some of the names ring a bell, but nothing terribly outstanding. the12volt wrote:
I don't remember the first "official sound-off" (or maybe I do ;), but I do remember competitions as far back as 1982.
While you might remember comeptitions that far back, I was just being born! -------------
Posted By: the12volt
Date Posted: November 03, 2005 at 4:43 PM
dwarren wrote:
While you might remember comeptitions that far back, I was just being born!
lol! ...btw, I had two a/d/s power plates in my '87 CRX-si that were once in my '79 T-bird ;) ------------- the12volt • Support the12volt.com
Posted By: dwarren
Date Posted: November 03, 2005 at 4:48 PM
I never owned any of the plates, but I had a ph15 with the 642csi x-over for my first setup. Great amps, just weren't too efficient. -------------
Posted By: tcss
Date Posted: November 03, 2005 at 4:55 PM
God 12 Volt, you might be as old as I am! The first Factory sponsered sound off was at the fair grounds in Bakersfield Ca.in , your right 1982. Ahhh I remember it well, girls in white bikinis, plenty of beer and telling the contestents that if they didn't put on their AC we would deduct points ( it was 101 degrees out there ) Craig powerplay, Jensen coaxials, Pioneer KP 500....... Kudos to Paul at Translex in Bakersfield ( God rest his soul ) a real visionary in this business.
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Posted By: dwarren
Date Posted: November 03, 2005 at 5:02 PM
menace2sobriety wrote:
dr crankenstein.
Wasn't that the company responsible for an amp that came with a high output alternator for about $25k? -------------
Posted By: the12volt
Date Posted: November 03, 2005 at 5:12 PM
Sounds like I might be as old as you ...hopefully not older ;) I didn't make it to the west coast until '87. I remember a Paul, but he was the founder of Audiomobile and lived near Costa Mesa and Huntington Beach if memory serves correctly. I moved back here in '89 shortly after my son (aka 6 volt) was born. He's now wanting to dust off much of my old equipment to throw into his vehicle. ------------- the12volt • Support the12volt.com
Posted By: tcss
Date Posted: November 03, 2005 at 5:27 PM
Where is Rich Coe these days? Anybody know? Last I heard he was trying to turn Coustic into a legit manufacturer.
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Posted By: menace2sobriety
Date Posted: November 03, 2005 at 5:49 PM
dwarren wrote:
menace2sobriety wrote:
dr crankenstein.
Wasn't that the company responsible for an amp that came with a high output alternator for about $25k?
that was PG there were 2 amps i believed it was called frankenAMPinstien and son of frankenAMPinstein -------------
Posted By: menace2sobriety
Date Posted: November 03, 2005 at 5:56 PM
the12volt wrote:
I don't remember the first "official sound-off" (or maybe I do ;), but I do remember competitions as far back as 1982. I also remember Linear, Concord and Speaker Works ...met Mark Fukuta at a Sony Zone show in Detroit more than 10 years ago. How about Munsie 8-tracks, Panasonic's c**kpits, Audiomobile, Bozak woofers, Sony's Shuttle, Monolithic amplifiers, Clarion's 300EQB...?
ahh yes monolithic they had a dual mono class A 50 wattsX2 for a mere $1500.00 -------------
Posted By: fingaz22
Date Posted: November 03, 2005 at 7:13 PM
[QUOTE=dwarren] A great thread to date our selves. I cant really come up with any great stuff, just remember the a/d/s power plates and ppi art series as still being cool. Some of the names ring a bell, i yes another great topic to tap the memory banks, even though i was only 14 when some of the stuff list here was out but i do remember those power plates and i just acquired a ppi art series and another one from that error a g&s comp. c4000. i'm sought of a collector of old skool i have the hole hd & power series from fosgate also there transana & dsm line and a few of the a2's. an orion 2150, how about this one a sherwood 250. i have no idea how old but i know it was old when i was young. i love the vintage stuff !!!stuck in my child hood i guess. ------------- JUST ONE MORE AMP!!!
hu,alpine cva 1005/dva 5205
sound processor,symmetry(first one).
sub amp,power 1000 the terminator.(1992).
subs,spl comp dual 1 ohms.
punch 150hd on a 10" ev.
alotofhighs
Posted By: russ lund
Date Posted: November 04, 2005 at 10:19 AM
I remember if you had a Craig powerplay 8 track and a pair of Mindblower 9x9's you were the S--t.But if you rolled the windows down in your 1974 Olds 88 or 98 it looked like Cheech and Chong were riding with you.
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Posted By: tcbturbosux
Date Posted: November 04, 2005 at 6:07 PM
Dont qoute me, but I think Mark Fakuta is the reason Alma Gates is in the audio business.
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Posted By: tcbturbosux
Date Posted: November 04, 2005 at 6:10 PM
Howsa bout this.... I still own a Punch Pro 18 and a Power 1000 ------------- Uncle Gumby
Posted By: fingaz22
Date Posted: November 04, 2005 at 8:06 PM
ya them power 1000 are real beasts i have two personaly and the rest of the hd and power series line i even got the original symmetry the first one. now that thing is a sweat design. i still own my first punch 45 and the 45 hd had them since brand new. i cant believe it still works after what i did to it when i was young. that line was really mad to last thats for sure. i had 2 12's punch pro but sold them i wish i kept them.
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JUST ONE MORE AMP!!!
hu,alpine cva 1005/dva 5205
sound processor,symmetry(first one).
sub amp,power 1000 the terminator.(1992).
subs,spl comp dual 1 ohms.
punch 150hd on a 10" ev.
alotofhighs
Posted By: tjdurham
Date Posted: November 05, 2005 at 12:56 AM
Richard Clarks Grand National topped the world got tosee it in Philly at Easc Coast soundoff in 90 or 91 Istill have 2 working invisibeams "yea with the rapper on them" SUP also have some qUANTUM VSE pieces laying around and yes the GS Comp 4000 was a bad a// amp in even todays world how about a couple of Crutchfield branded amps made by the real Precision Power and Denon and Carver ------------- tj
Posted By: Ravendarat
Date Posted: November 05, 2005 at 9:58 AM
menace2sobriety wrote:
dwarren wrote:
menace2sobriety wrote:
dr crankenstein.
Wasn't that the company responsible for an amp that came with a high output alternator for about $25k?
that was PG there were 2 amps i believed it was called frankenAMPinstien and son of frankenAMPinstein
Actually Dr. Crankenstein did make a amp that tipped the scales at around $25k, it was called the DRAG QUEEN. It is one of the funniest things I have ever seen in car audio. Damn is it ever ugly. ------------- double-secret reverse-osmosis speaker-cone-induced high-level interference distortion, Its a killer
Posted By: skoldspuppy
Date Posted: November 05, 2005 at 12:33 PM
I feel old just reading this thread now
I was hoping I would never hear or see some of those brands again
--Skold
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Posted By: gus1
Date Posted: November 06, 2005 at 9:52 PM
Heh....
I have a Denon pullout CD deck running a pair of early 80's era Jensen Triax 6x9's kicking around for fun in my garage.
I also remember little gems like the Pioneer GM-100, DIN plugs for interconnects (Alpine, Kenwood, Pioneer... and nobody's were compatible without some rewiring). The original Alpine CD players.... Yamaha car audio..... original MTX Road Thunder and Thunder series subs with the red surrounds..... and matching red amps. Linear Power..... Rockford DSM series amps..... when a 30Hz lower frequency response on a tape deck was a "big deal"..... DCC (the next best thing to cassette!), Sony's in dash DAT deck..... Yamaha indash CD players with the little protective tray thingy for your CD's...
And the best piece of in car technology I have ever seen? My original 1960's Cadillac 45RPM player. Slot load record player.... yeah!
Gus
PS: Anyone want a WORKING Alpine 7 Cassette changer? I know where there is one......... it's huge
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Posted By: 5150azn
Date Posted: November 06, 2005 at 10:03 PM
Gosh, if we knew what we know now... back then. lol thats like a whole new thread huh
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