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I really need a big name for my shop....and the 3 that are on my list are Soundstream....Kicker...Mtx... SS has a lot to offer and are still supporting 12v!!! From a shop owners point...the Co has to have good CS and a good line....and I need to make $!!! If you sell or have sold the listed lines....plz give me your feed back...thanks all
-------------------- Just a little guy with BIG dreams Ath dealer: DC Audio maxxsonics re audio audiopipe Looking 4 used term lab spl meter Posts: 904 | From: kickin in Elma, WA | Registered: Jan 2003
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lol mtx is on the list cuz the rep in my area is the best rep i have ever had!
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Kicker is my big name. PPl love square subs. If I had to list them in order:
Kicker MTX SS
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wow dave that is a suprise. it seams like you would move far more ss because they have more to offer. ss has 2k+rms amps that are affordable to the masses. not bashing kicker at all there prices are high but they do back ya. mtx USED to make great products.
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I would NOT pick kicker. I love the product...but since they switched to wholesale house and other crap distribution, it's not worth it. It's WAY to accessible online, and I have even seen it being sold online for less money that our shops pay cost as an authorized retailer. We are still a kicker dealer, but have not been stocking it for so long. Everyone will be buying it from the ebay and maybe even your local gas station for lower prices. Yes, I have seen gas stations selling Kicker at dirt cheap prices.
MTX would be good if you don't have another dealer in your area. If circuit city was still open, I wouldn't suggest anything but MTX's Marine line, and maybe use them for thunderform enclosures for cheap'o's who won't pay for full custom. That's basically what we did. But since circuit city is gone and not dumping it(and polk) on everyone who walks in the door...might be a decent buy due to having a good name and decent retail product.
Then I'd be thinking of Powerbass, then Soundstream.
If there isn't a rockford dealer in your area, and can afford to stock LARGE amounts of it, that'd be a great ticket right there
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to be honest, I will use Kicker more just for subs. Their amp pricing is insane IMO. I like powerbass amps. they are cost effective, reliable and make decent power. The SS tarantula and picasso lines are nice too. I actually considered SS amps for my install. Im not really loyal to 1 brand but ppl love square subs. Its like second to JL stuff in the hood lmao.
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Epsilon Elecronics owns SoundStream, PPI, PA, SPL, Kole, Farenheit, and elite. SS does have about everything covered from low lines to top line. Plus Grizz Archer is the Man. The others are way mainstream, and i think that makes for a pricy product. I think I would pick Kicker over MTX, more droduct lines
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I was the first dealer for powebase/ powerbass in the state when they were 2 years old in the usa....they rocked....then the subs went and so did pb....db rrive was/ is great...but not a big name in the NW no mtx in the county....but SS has a lot for stuff and good price....the video stuff has a great price and looks real good too
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And like corey said...I put audiopipe on the floor....people look, but that's it...got a killed box built for 2 eye candy stamped 12 and put the ap15001d on them in 5^ft tuned to 35 hz and I sell ap like mad...got a set of L5 12's in a kicker box play it for em...."Kicker rocks" then play the ap subs....they say" ill run them audioguys....the kill kicker! And I sell at a good margn and a great price for the guys too....but I kicker or SS sure would help get em in.....I still have the re audio subs I ordered....80% AP and 20% cheep hifonics 12's the eye candy's would kill a w6
-------------------- Just a little guy with BIG dreams Ath dealer: DC Audio maxxsonics re audio audiopipe Looking 4 used term lab spl meter Posts: 904 | From: kickin in Elma, WA | Registered: Jan 2003
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wait til u get a txx-apx audiopipe they peak low so not great for spl but groundpounders ohh yea.
mtx sponceres mma fighters not people in the lanes f that. ss and kicker support people using there equipment.
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The kicker L5's on the floor keep sellin audiopipe for me!
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Kicker is a horrible company to do business with from a small retailer's point of view. You can get on eBay and buy Kicker cheaper than what your cost would be.
We dropped Kicker and Memphis for DD and Hertz/Audison.
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Memphis is played out around here.....closest SS is 2 hours and kicker n mtx 30 min.....I can get both as a ath dealer...but ss has a lot to offer and good pricing....anyone got smack to talk about soundstream?
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DD has as much to offer. We did SS too. We replaced Memphis, Kicker, SS, and Power Bass with DD and Hertz.
Neither one are whored out all over the internet and trans shipped from here to eternity.
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Powerbass is in the same spot at my 3 I listed on the tranship and internet
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Man I talked to the MTX rep....he's a good guy and I might do MTX....you think that MTX and SS is too much?
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mtx, kicker, rockford! those are the big three! you dont't know how many times i've been in a buddy's shop just hanging out and some guy or girls walk in with money wanting them and i've had to bight my tongue! lol..but I've used them all, kicker since 1988! rockford, since 1987! man i'm getting old! but I like them all in some way! i'm not going to bring negative input here!do what ever makes you happy! hope this helps............
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