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I was told 8 months in July. I went with 2 gladius instead. If you can't wait you might look for a CDT SQA4140. I was told they were the same amp. Draconia with the BB upgrade. You will pay more for the exact same thing.

I am looking at the following three headunits and would like to see what you guys recommend. If you have another option let me know about it. Time correction and sound quality are most important. The crossover abilities may come into play but my amps have that area covered. Thanks for your input. Alpine CDA 9887, Eclipse CD7100, Pioneer DEH-P880PRS. All of these do the basic features I need such as satellite radio and Ipod. I do not car anything about the area serve in the Eclipse. I am more concerned with which one would give me the best sound quality performance and have the best build quality.

Hows your factory electrical system holding up. I am looking at that same vehicle. I have two Zed Audio Gladius and one Deuce thats going in what ever I get. One Gladius on components, one Gladius on midbass and the Deuce on 1 or 2 12" subs. I am older and looking for sound quality only.

I am "old school" circa 1980's. In the late 80's and early 90's I changed amplifiers like I changed my oil but in 1994 I purchased a couple of soundstream amplifiers; Reference 500 and a Class A 6.0. I used these up until this spring and decided it was time to try something new. I was in the process of building a new system anyway so I thought what the heck. I think I got my moneys worth with those Soundstreams. I put the Soundstrems on EBAY and started my search for some new amplifiers. I subscribe to CAE Magazine and the review on the ZED ZUDIO Gladius cought my eye. I was aware of some the the amps that ZED built for other companies and especially like the Lanzar Opti Drive. So I started doing my research and could not find one negative thing about the company or Stephen Mantz. So after some Emails and one converstion with the man himself I ordered 2 Gladius with the BB upgrade and a Deuce. The Gladius amps will run a Polk SR5250 set and SR 6" midbass. The Duece will Run two SR214DVC 12" subwoofers. I could have purchased KIcker and MTX at up to 80% off or Eclipse at 50% off and 60% off JL audio but I felt the ZED were a better deal. Unfortunately for me I have had to have two back surgerys this summer and can not build my system but that did not stop me from playing. I have some premium series MB Quart 6.5 inch speaker in small enclosures I built for test purposes. I wired up one of the Gladius to these speakers using a older Alpine HU as the source and I have to tell you I was throughly impressed. I can;t wait to get my system built. It may be my last but I keep my equipment along time. The sound was simply amazing and I can't remember those MB Quarts ever sounding so good. I probably listened to it for about 2 hours listening to all types of music and the sound was wonderful on everything I played. I know I made the right decision and I would recommend these amps to anyone.

I was actually looking for information on ZED AUDIO amplifiers and follwed a google search. Glad I found you though lot of good information here.