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lol dude thats nice ^

yes, now they import their Chinese workers to California for labor.
It's cheaper that way. Saves on sending the amps back from the Mainland you know.

most of the higher end stuff is made in cali the lower model stuff although good is made in korea. there amps are still solid and will still preform very well. the best thing is i wont be loosing my RE sponsorship through maxxsonics!

i just got a price list on US amps and they actually have pretty decent priced stuff. They have a low line amp that im sure is made in china or somewhere but the other stuff looks like it still might be made in the US (hopefully). i want to get one of their tube amps and play with.

US Amps isn't the same company that used to hand build amplifiers in Florida. I haven't studied their stuff like I used to, so I can't really say if they're any worse or better. But I have heard mixed opinions, where you used to not hear any negative commentary about them because of the quality equipment they produced. They've also started outsourcing amplifiers to Asian built equipment, I've heard (but am not sure) that ALL of their amplifiers are built in Asia now, and that the California location is basically just their distributor. Not sure if that is true, but the fact that US amps already had a production facility in Florida, with experienced personnel in Florida building them, I see no reason to just pack up and move everything to California due to a buyout. Their new website kind of creeps me out, they used to tell you EVERYTHING about their amplifiers, even give you a detailed list of the specific parts used within each amplifier. Whereas now, they've altered that with a rather gimmicky website. May not mean anything, but presentation counts for a lot. That scares me to an extent.

I doubt RE will change their build methods a whole lot because the backbone of RE is their buildhouse (Destijl). The question will lie in what future goals will be and what kind of market they want to accomodate.

I actually was under the impression that US AMPS was going under, but from the display I saw at SBN..the componentry involved in their amps still seem to be top notch. On every amp they displayed..the internals were shown and they still had beautiful boards on them like their previous amps. Now,from what i've heard a Korean guy bought US Amps, however he is an American citizen and they make their amps out of California. US Amps does have a cheaper line that they brought out (sold on ikesound), but i've heard they're amps made for people on a budget, but are still built solid. If the rumors I've heard are correct this could be a good thing for RE. If not then we will definitely see a change for the worse at RE. Either way, I wouldn't expect future pricing to be as generous as they have been in the previous years.

That's cool, I was just hoping that people didn't think I was being inflamatory.

I don't really care one way or the other if RE is sold, I just hope it is good because I hate seeing smaller companies sell out and have the products or service decline. If they can improve customer service while maintaining quality products, then that will be great.

the posts were removed due to inappropriate comments. Kevin, your post was removed simply because it related to the removed posts, and yes, in relation to the quote. You didn't do anything wrong per se. The post just didn't fit anymore.

The issue has been resolved now, so move along people, nothing to see here. :P

i cannot possibly understand how kiki deleted those other posts but left that one there.... gosh..

MOSSES wrote: i have a 98 s10 and am new to putting toghether a system for hearing the sounds of high energy thank you mosses...

is this for real? did someone make up an account?