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Old Feb 4, 2006 | 08:26 PM
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Default Old School Amplifiers.....

Other than Ebay, where is a good place to find "old school" amplifiers?

I am mainly interested in the Orion 2100 HCCA , 250 HCCA and the 225 HCCA series of amps.
I had the 2100 HCCA back in 94' and I regret selling it.
If anybody has any leads to one please let me know.



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Old Feb 5, 2006 | 08:47 AM
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now that's OLD SKOOL. I remember when people used to compete in Sound Quality. Our shop built a camaro with one of those amps. It took home 1st in novice with a STOCK head unit!!
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Yes they are...but they dont make amps like these anylonger.
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Old Feb 5, 2006 | 07:28 PM
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I've seen them in some of the japanese sites..don't recall which ones but in the classifieds and in the auctions..
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The most power hungry amps on the planet.

Anything made by Zed Audio from the 80's is top grade.
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Very true...Also ZED IS making new amps right now...you can go to his website and check them out.

Here you go


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Thanks for the reply guys....Im glad that there are a few here that knows the good ol' US made amps.

The 1st Gen. Hifonics
Zapco
Rockford Fosgate's Punch series
PPI Art series
US Amps
Soundstream Reference series

Alot of good amp companies vanished or was bought out and the quality werent the same.
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Check out ECA"s For Sale forum, always great stuff.

http://forum.elitecaraudio.com/showt...hreadid=126401
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Originally Posted by Pagong
Thanks for the reply guys....Im glad that there are a few here that knows the good ol' US made amps.

The 1st Gen. Hifonics
Zapco
Rockford Fosgate's Punch series
PPI Art series
US Amps
Soundstream Reference series

Alot of good amp companies vanished or was bought out and the quality werent the same.
Forgot Autotek

Way, way ,waaaay back Autotek made a little blue amp that would tear your head off and was about 6 inches wide and 8 or 9 inches tall.


Carver/Blade was another good one.
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Oh and also not on that list, Linear Power and also the kings of low end clean kick, name this amp:
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As a second thought, this is probably the most famous amp model ever, even above the art.
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AAhhh how can I forget the Linear Power amps..

Those Hifonics 1st gen. were pretty bad*** back in the days. I have a picture of a guy holding 2 HIfonics Colossus amps

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This was my IASCA Set-up 2 years ago...

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Wazzup dude...it's me QX4_Mikey...lol
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Originally Posted by O. L. T.
Oh and also not on that list, Linear Power and also the kings of low end clean kick, name this amp:
Since no one has named the amp I pictured it is RODEK.
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