dawgs007 Posted August 21, 2014 Report Posted August 21, 2014 I recently retired a 12" Power Acoustik Mofo and on the forum I keep seeing PA is being thrown around as a joke. Are they really that overrated? I never had problems with mine on a Soundstream Picasso 1200, granted I didn't go for SPL. Maybe I was one of the lucky ones? Current Setup: 2002 Ford Focus SE (stock electrical) -Kenwood Excelon KDC-X397 -Infinity Kappa 6x9's in each door -Rockford Fosgate Prime R1200-1D -2 12" Rockford Fosgate P3D2 Backups: -12" Power Acoustik Mofo-122X in 36hz T-Line box -Soundstream Piasso P1.1200D
OrionStang Posted August 21, 2014 Report Posted August 21, 2014 Well, you had a shit sub on a shit amp. Kinda hard to tell how bad each component is. SMD Super Seller My Feedback Thread
dawgs007 Posted August 21, 2014 Author Report Posted August 21, 2014 Well, you had a shit sub on a shit amp. Kinda hard to tell how bad each component is. well... l'll be right back. Gotta go collect my shattered heart. Lol Current Setup: 2002 Ford Focus SE (stock electrical) -Kenwood Excelon KDC-X397 -Infinity Kappa 6x9's in each door -Rockford Fosgate Prime R1200-1D -2 12" Rockford Fosgate P3D2 Backups: -12" Power Acoustik Mofo-122X in 36hz T-Line box -Soundstream Piasso P1.1200D
Aj11 Posted August 22, 2014 Report Posted August 22, 2014 Well, you had a shit sub on a shit amp. Kinda hard to tell how bad each component is. well... l'll be right back. Gotta go collect my shattered heart. Lol haha, rotf! that cracked me up. I'm glad your p3s are treating you well. i personally hate them but if you like them thats what matters. I'm sure that rf prime is doing most of the work tho. but they should be called unavailable/power acoustics. jvc deck stinger 1800 front hc 2000 kinetic rear 2 runs of 1/0g big 3/4 ct 60.4 2 ct 1400.1 ct EXO 15 d1 lots of deadner type r comps front stage 6 kicker tweets rear stage lots of great stuff coming soon ho alt more bats ct comps for front stage more deadner sweet amp rack lots of L.E.D lights new deck (thinking 80 prs, or flip out)
Tecomah Posted August 22, 2014 Report Posted August 22, 2014 Yes 750??! Yeah, fuck that. Fuck this website, fuck SMD, fuck Steve, fuck all of his butt buddy mods, and their couches.^ DON'T BE A DICK LIKE THIS GUY Team Subsonic Lows
hispls Posted August 22, 2014 Report Posted August 22, 2014 Apparently if you put a spider on Power Acoustic and call is "soundstream" it becomes pretty good. Poor performance, questionable build quality, and early failure can be expected from most of the "it's good for the money" brands. Also if you start moving up the food chain into some middle of the road or higher end equipment you'll notice the difference. Everyone around here that was using Soundstream got loud pretty much the minute they threw it away and got some better equipment.
dawgs007 Posted August 22, 2014 Author Report Posted August 22, 2014 Apparently if you put a spider on Power Acoustic and call is "soundstream" it becomes pretty good. Poor performance, questionable build quality, and early failure can be expected from most of the "it's good for the money" brands. Also if you start moving up the food chain into some middle of the road or higher end equipment you'll notice the difference. Everyone around here that was using Soundstream got loud pretty much the minute they threw it away and got some better equipment. i upgraded to 2 12" RF p3 on RF Prime 1200. Couldn't be happier. Noticeable difference in output. Now to sell the Power Acoustik and Soundstream setup... This is gonna take awhile. Current Setup: 2002 Ford Focus SE (stock electrical) -Kenwood Excelon KDC-X397 -Infinity Kappa 6x9's in each door -Rockford Fosgate Prime R1200-1D -2 12" Rockford Fosgate P3D2 Backups: -12" Power Acoustik Mofo-122X in 36hz T-Line box -Soundstream Piasso P1.1200D
slowfkncar Posted August 22, 2014 Report Posted August 22, 2014 Power acoustik actually made some decent stuff back in the day as well as soundstream. If I remember correctly the MOFO was a 4" coil sub then epsilon electronics bought them along with sound stream and royally fucked everything up lol. Now days, you get what you pay for. If it makes you happy or its all you can afford then i dont see why it would be bad in your terms. However,comparing power accoustik to for example, CT sounds is like comparing a fucking Pentium 386 to a quad i7. If it does what you need then good for you,otherwise time to move up to better things.
dawgs007 Posted August 22, 2014 Author Report Posted August 22, 2014 Power acoustik actually made some decent stuff back in the day as well as soundstream. If I remember correctly the MOFO was a 4" coil sub then epsilon electronics bought them along with sound stream and royally fucked everything up lol. Now days, you get what you pay for. If it makes you happy or its all you can afford then i dont see why it would be bad in your terms. However,comparing power accoustik to for example, CT sounds is like comparing a fucking Pentium 386 to a quad i7. If it does what you need then good for you,otherwise time to move up to better things. a little late to the party lol. Already stepped up. Current Setup: 2002 Ford Focus SE (stock electrical) -Kenwood Excelon KDC-X397 -Infinity Kappa 6x9's in each door -Rockford Fosgate Prime R1200-1D -2 12" Rockford Fosgate P3D2 Backups: -12" Power Acoustik Mofo-122X in 36hz T-Line box -Soundstream Piasso P1.1200D
IronPope Posted August 22, 2014 Report Posted August 22, 2014 Soundsteam use to be the ultimate.... There was a reason thier amps were called reference. Now most of the big names are just PYRAMID IN DISGUISE.
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