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Well there has been alot of discussion on Elevation audio lately so i though i might as well say what i know about them. I have been a dealer for over a year now and i have had extremly good luck with their comps and pros i actually love their pros. Their comps are just your basic china made sub nothing overly special just a decent sub for the money. The pros kick ass they get loud sound awsome and are very accurate they will play the double kick drum of Nile (if you have heard of them they are extremly fast and heavy) and it can do it very loudly and not skip a beat. The execution i only had limited experience with because they blew up for some reason either shipping or built wrong but they got loud very loud but stunk like ass cause the VC was being rubbed on the magnet or something. Their amps i cant say very much good stuff about because i havent had to much luck with them.

Now the bad stuff. I had an XS200.2 blow up for no reason and Joe warrantied it but it took for ever to get it back (around 2 months) and i had a customer waiting so i had to put another amp on it. Then i had my 2 Executions blow with in 20 mins of each other from UPS or something else. Well i sent 1 in to get warrantied on 11/1/05 and it was delivered on 11/7/05. and i would give Joe a call and he said he recieved it and it should go out the next week so around the 11/14/05 it would be shipped out. and it didnt show up. so i call and he said he shipped it. then i call again and said he would be shipping it and hasnt yet. so this goes on and on and is still going on. he said he shipped it last monday and it would of been here by now and it hasnt showed up and i haven been calling him everyday trying to get a tracking number and he keeps giving me a run around and im finally fed up so thats why i writting this. Elevation has some good stuff they just do business like ED. Their high end amps are B-stock Atomic amps so you guys can see a similarity there. I have never had any problems with any other companys before like this. Hell when i call Kevin at Bravox he'll warranty anything to be even if i abuse it and sometimes hell even ship them out before i even get mine shipped out now that great customer service. and if he forgets to send something out he will call me and tell me he forgot and give me free shipping or something. So thats pretty much why elevation is low on the Good the bad and the ugly list.

But on the other hand, I have had nothing but goos experiences with Elevation Audio. I have never had an Execution blow up, or produce even the slightest smell. As long as you keep it in a standard sealed or ported enclosure and don't try any crazy enclosure, they do just fine and get extremely loud. They are pure SPl drivers built for ported or sealed enclosures only.

I also have never had any problems with any of their amplifiers. One kept going into protection so I thought there was a problem with it. They imediately shipped me out a replacement and it did the same thing. I then found that one of the speaker wires inside the enclosure had come loose and was presenting a weirdohm load to the amp, causing it to go into protection. I have never had a problem with any of their products, or their shipping.

Just thought I would give you both sides of the spectrum.

ya i had the X15 in a 3 cube box tuned to 32hz so it wasnt anythign crazy.

just had a problem with the ex nothing else so far. im installing som coaxes today so well c how those go but bravox is an amazing compay just like devin said

Here we go again...

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lol, it should be okay ryan. And you need to give me a iTrader rating you bum

our experiences have been nothing but good also.....i hate that devin hasnt had any luck but we have had nothing but great response from customers using elevation...we have had zero warranty claims, as in no broken equipment and believe me when i tell you we drive this stuff way beyond their stated power handling.....joe is great, he calls sometimes just to see how its going and if we need anything.....joe is also a very busy guy and you have to understand that he is being pulled in like a million directions at once...so for what its worth they have my full support.....

Terry have you used an X yet?

Alright this shit needs to get straightened out. I called Joe and talked him about the whole Atomic B-Stock thing that you are saying. That is totally bullshit. I don't know where you got this information from, but it is 100% incorrect. They share the same heatsink, but the circuitboards are NOT the same. The heatsinks are made by the same manufacturers but, that is the ONLY things similar between the amplifiers. The circuitboards are not the same. If you have questions, feel free to call Elevation and ask them, they will inform you.

I really don't know where you heard that they were b-stock Atomic. Someone uneducated probably saw the heatsinks were the same and just assumed...

I really don't understand all of the Elevation bashing going on all of a sudden. They have been nothing but good to me and all of the dealers I know ,except for one, and even then the stories seem weird. Hell, Joe even helped me out and got me an amazing deal on my Focus from a friend of his who owns a car dealership. What other company can you call up at 1:30 in the morning and discuss box and install ideas with? Hell, try calling RE or Adire and get ANY help from them. There have been many nights I have talked to Joe until 1 in the morning talking about installs. call any company and see how easy it is to talk to the owner, now call Elevation. Elevation still is my #1 company, they have no reason not to be.

yea i have to agree with you justin when my ex blew i called joe at 10:30 and left a message 10 mins later he called me from home. joe is a great guy and elevation makes good products.