I do, I just remember the guy with a new dodge ram at a dbdrag struggle to lay down a 130 with 2 memphis 12's.... sad thing was he was at the shop that installed them

 

That was a very poor system to get your first judgement of Memphis on. I have used and installed their stuff for about 8 years now, and it still continues to impress me. I'm not saying that its the worlds finest equipment, but what you get for the money is hard to beat....when installed properly, of course.

 

its not the only memphis setup ive heard... just the one that stands out as sucking the most

I also know a guy that competes with 4 memphis 15's he can hit low 150's but thats about all his van's good for, I never liked their gaudy logo, altho I do like the look of their new stuff, reminds me of the old eDuh stuff

 

I have never tried anything other than the Memphis amps. I think they are awesome for what they cost. The Memphis Belle is still one of the better 5 channel options out there. I ran one a few years back to some Diamond comps and a Diamond TDX 10" sub with 1,100 watts. Still one of my favorite sub installs I ever had. I really can comment on the subs and speakers, never used them.

 

I remember when the belle was the ****, man those were the days

 

D enlighten me, are Hertz relatively expensive components?

 

I had a single Memphis 12" that would do 152 on an AudioControl mic...so, whats that, about ~147-148 on a TP? That was just something I literally threw together about an hour before a show one time. With some tuning and playin around, I probably could've done a lot better.

My point is, dont count them out just yet.

 

you cant really use the audio control mic as a reliable bench, those things were TERRIBLY sensitive and could be adjusted. for all we know that 152 could have been no more than say 128 on the TermLab

 

I guess I'll have to put another one together and put it on a TL mic then. Why you always gotta be bustin peoples bubbles?

 

I had the silver model with the plane emblem on it. It was only like 7" wide. Took up very little room and sounded great. The new ones have gotten bigger but still pretty small for a 1400 watt amp to run the whole system.

 

Ya, Nitro is about as cheap as you can find... I put it on the same level as Boss.

 

They vary in price. The do not have as many models as say Rainbow, but they are probably pretty good comparison. Car Audio and Electronics reviewed a set of them pushing up near $1,000 if I remember correctly and they gave them rave reviews. I think they start around $200 and go up from there. I have not personally heard them but, they have been getting great reviews all around.


More good info here: http://www.hertzaudiovideo.com/default_en.htm

 

Mine is an '07 model and I am more than happy with it. The one you had was one of the very first models they made...very clean amp. I know a couple people that still have that amp and they sound just as good as the day they bought 'em.

 

Good stuff.....Very over priced though.....
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worth every penny