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Originally Posted by crystalworks
He replaced all of them with aftermarket so I assumed he wanted to use them all. 
I agree. A good component set is a world of improvement over the stock HiFi gear. Especially paired with an aftermarket amp. But the HiFi amp does not sound bad either with a set of components (you don't use the included passive Xover for the tweet). I was impressed with my bud's setup who is running stock HiFi amp with stock dash and Infinity Reference components. Avin 4 for the head unit and 10" sub in the side compartment w/ small mono amp. Really not shabby.
Been out of it for a bit too. But got the itch to build my "dream" system from when I was young and into it but couldn't afford higher end gear. I agree with you, vintage/classic gear is going up in price, not down. It's not back up to MSRP prices... but it's definitely not cheap. The 1000/1 v1 is up to ~$500 used.
That said, some of the newer gear is incredible with the footprint they have while still maintaining decent power and acceptable THD. Some of the audiocontrol amps have DSP built in, clipping detection, bass restoration for OE integration, EQ's, and other stuff. Just crazy.  |
I wasn't even talking about the vintage audio gear going up in price, which makes NO sense to me at all. More so the price point to get into a system with an amplifier, sub and component speakers is still much higher than I would have thought.
My line of thinking is say a laptop which was $1000 for an entry level option can be bought today for $200. A smart phone used to be at least $400-500 and now you can buy one for $50. Maybe it only makes sense to me, but shouldn't we at least be getting amplifiers with a full touch screen to set our xover points?
Now that I think about it...Not much other technology out there you could be peddling nowadays that old and still be getting good money for it.
I saw a JL amp the other day that made me drool. Digital everything, tiny, powerful, built in DSP. VX400 I think it was, SUPER nice. COME ON BLACK FRIDAAAAAY!!