Back in time: October 1990 Car Audio and Electronics magazine

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While I had been playing with car audio since '81, it was 1990 that I really started getting into it. Looking through a box, I came across old car audio mags from 1990+ and thought I would herald the installs and products from 1990. Some of you may remember these, the rest of you will scratch your head

Car Audio and Electronics - Sound-off SpecialOctober 1990

Features:- New IASCA Rules- Installer Training- Practice Safe Sound

Vehicles:- 1989 Mazda Pickup- 1989 Honda Civic LX

Test Report: Eight 100-watt amplifiers - Alpine 3541- Autotek 9100- Linear Power 952- MTX MTA-250- Pheonix Gold M5-250- Precision Power Pro MOS-2050- Soundstream Class A 100 II- Zapco Z100

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LA Sound Headunit... Nice security flag there



MTX Aplifiers and speakers. I actually had up to 6 MTX Terminators installed at one time (4ea MTW-124's and 2ea MTW-84's)

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Rockford Fosgate and the "new" HD lineup.



...The Hott Setup. These could actually pump out some power...

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SpeakerWorks....ahhhhhhhhhhhh



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Oh noes! Prefabs!!!!

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Here ya go. 1990 in a nutshell. Fill the back up with speakers and cover it with carpeting. Nothing fancy. No actuators. No neon.



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Part of the amplifier test. Man, gotta love that PPI!!!

[Slipstream]

memories....Nothing like an art series ppi amp. I had a hott Set-Up system in my cars until '98.

[audtatious]

Actually, above is a Pro MOS amp. This is an Art series:

[EW]

All the old finned amps were not Pro-MOS models. They were also available in black. I don't remember if they called the white models by a special name but the series was called AM IIRC.

[audtatious]

Yeah, I guess the AM line is still considered an art series. I usually keep their designation seperate from the A-series (A404, A600, A1200). I actually had two A600's at one point, white and black. The black one was traded away and the white one is currently in for repairs.

[WCCBaLLeR]

I had 2 A1200's and 2 A404 Art Series PPI with the liquid cooling setup running 4 15" Kicker and a gang of boston acoustic highs in my 1989 Mazda B2200 extended cab. Actually had fiberglass doors, kicks and trim panels. I miss the good old days of PPI.

Chad

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Yeah. Old PPI and SoundStream Reference amps. I had a USAmps hi-current that was awesome as well. I tried Adcom amps when they came out (actually saw one run with a dead short across the outputs), but IMO they didn't compare to the PPI and USAmps I was using at the time.

[WCCBaLLeR]

I had a big *** purple USamps hi current cheater amp. Was rated at 50x2 at 4 ohms but was 1/4 ohm stable and put out stupid power. It had to be about 4 feet long. I remember the little palm tree logo...

I also remember getting my first Clarion Pro Audio 9275 with the jumping dolphins and all. Later got their 9" monitior for my dash and i used to think that was the dopest setup....there is so much cool $hit out now.

Chad

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Preaching to the Choir.

R.I.P. The "Real" PPI and Soundstream

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I had a big *** purple USamps hi current cheater amp. Was rated at 50x2 at 4 ohms but was 1/4 ohm stable and put out stupid power. It had to be about 4 feet long. I remember the little palm tree logo...Chad

I had the smaller purple USAmps which was 25x2. I loved that thing and wish I had never traded it for the Adcoms. Oh well, I traded the Adcoms for the PPI A600 so I was still better off

[audtatious]

Preaching to the Choir.

R.I.P. The "Real" PPI and Soundstream

Yep.

I still think the best mid/high amp ever was the a/d/s PH15 (little brother PH12 was nice too). Reference 500 and 300 series rocked. Friend of mine ran a Ref 500 to the subs (3ea JL 10w6) and two Ref 300's bridged mono for L and R. 100% stereo seperation and it rocked the house.

[lofapoo]

Man, this thread kind of makes me wish I didn't trade away my A/D/S PQ10 not too long ago.

Oh well, this Fluke multimeter is nice