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DIY baby !! Grap up some good Canare wire with some partsexpress ends, and build your own. Otherwise, I've always like my Stinger Bullet series.

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There is no headunit on the market that can do 50% of what the H701 can do The only ones that compare are the units that use external processors (just like the H701 is ), such as the P9 combo or Sony C90/4000X combo. I have an 8053, and I'd trade it for a H701 any day of the week.....

As I said, I would avoid Audiocontrol analog pieces. Not user friendly at all, and the resistors packs to set the crossover points are a PITA. Likewise, I would avoid the 4XS. Notoriously a bad unit, through and through. Do a search on ECA for the 4XS....many people do not like them at all. And not just *nobodies*, but some seriously respected members are all of the same opinion. Find something else. The XM-7 is one of the most flexible analog crossovers ever produced. XM-5 is great aswell out of the older lineup. The Coustic XM6 is a great unit out of their current production line-up (since the DX-28 and XM-7 are darn near impossible to find). Not nearly as flexible as the other units...but good none-the-less. Tru Technology F-1 and F-2 are great units. As is the Linear Power X03 (if you can find one). If you have cash, look into the Alpine H701.

Eclipse 8053 -or- Coustic Design Reference DX-28 (not currently in production, but ebay/for sale forum prices are in the $80-$150 range) Haven't decided which one I'm going to use yet. I'd personally stay away from any non-digital Audiocontrol crossover. Those resistor packs are a PITA.

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LOL.......sorry, but you can not attribute the change in sound solely to the amplifier topology. It doesn't work that way...unless you did scientific testing to isolate every variable other than amplifier topology People need to be careful on attributing differences to specific variables, when the variables weren't isolated properly to allow them to draw such conclusions. And don't confuse a limitation of a specific amplifier as being a limitation of the design as a whole.

Why would you want such a high power, low efficiency amplifier? The older US Amps were A/B (don't know about the new stuff). Soundstream Rubicon 1002 is class A/B and will belt out atleast 1200w bridged to 4ohm. Though I'm not really sure why you would specifically want one Go class D and "forget abou' it". Efficiency is your friend.

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