aight i got to experience pure sony cr*p yesterday....i was bumping pretty hard....then the amp just goes ....Over Current...which from what i been told can't be fixed.......what the hell....pos sony.....well im just telling yall do'nt waste your money on it ...get high quality stuff if your gunna do it....your save money in the long run!.......so now i have car with no bump..and i have no money to replace it i need tax returns

 

can i have it?

 

if i can't get it fixed i dun care your gunna pay for shipping thou

 

okay a lil background....

what impendence load were you running the amp at?
Where were the signal gains set? Was the proper guage wiring and grounding used
for your setup? Was the amp A stock or B stock product?

I have a problem with blanket statements made on compaines that have produced pretty decent product in my eyes. If Sony put out Crap product as you said ( ie the quality controls just fell off) they would not be in biz much longer.

Try to find out the reason the amp failed....You might be surprised.

 

i agree with audio roach...
<U>ANY</U> brand amp will blow if not installed/tuned properly, i have heard bad about sony, especially eXplod, but ive heard good about their amps....
who did the install? an installer, or you and some friends and some 's?
lol,think about it before you post a topic 'DO NOT'
check it out first

 

Guys, you can lay off. If it is the Xplode amp that says 980 or 1000 watts or whatever on it, and it is shaped like an X, it isnt his fault. around a half-dozen friends/aquaintences of mine have had their xpoodes burn out.

 

i have seen quite a few sony amps with this same problem at my shop, but just as any electrical product in a extreme location such as a car "they go bad". that is why they offer warranties. i had a customer come in wondering why his ppi power 4800 and 2 mtx 225ho amps stopped working, he had an unfused 10 gauge power wire running to each amp and the grounds daisychained to each other and grounded to a seat bolt. the boards on the mtx amps turned a shade of brown and the chrome on the ppi amp discolored to a brass finish over where the power supply is located. so moral of the story is the install is usually the largest cause of product to fail.

 

It's true about install, but most $ony amps I've installed besides their Es can't take lower than 4 ohms for long.

 

hell yeah do not buy sony!!
i bought this mp3 player when it first came out back in May 2001. i believe it was one of the first mp3 players..so i thought i was the ****. Then 2 months after my 1 year warranty was over the head unit stopped reading my cds, now it doesnt play mp3 cds anymore, only regular cds and converted wav cds..buuullllshit~!!

 

If it's under warranty, have it taken care of. If not, consider repair which may be around $100 or so. I've blown up my SoundStream Reference 500 amp about 3 times in the past 5 years (been sent back each time) and it's still playing hard!

 

see soundstreams still rock!

 

I have had sony products for a while now and never have had a problem. Crossing the fingers.

 

it's weird. me and all my friends who've bought sony car audio products have all had problems. home entertainment though. they seem just fine. maybe their car audio division just sucks ***

 

i would tell you all if you are going to buy sony to buy it from a reputable chain store with some type of extended warranty, like best buy, good guys, or tweeter.
I used to work at best buy and those sony amps and the mp3 head units used to come back all the time, they were instant exchange which was great. if that model didn't exist anymore we gave them the comparable newer model.
IMO it is worth the extra $30 for an amp and $40 for a head unit.

 

my sony powered subwoofer in my room just started acting up today, the amp keeps cutting on and off repeatedly.

 

i would have to disagree with you on that one. I have owned many sony home entertainment products and the only think that i felt was good was the DVD player that i bought. When purchasing a new sony TV, i wanted to ispect the picture quality before i bought it and to my amazement it took me 4 brand new TVs before i found one that was alright. Having owned the Tv now for close to 2 year i would still only say the quality is satisfactory.

I haven't had any experiece with the ES line of products so i can't comment on those.

 

i always thought of sony as a top brand, the e4xplodline is big where i live...
i dont get it

 

I priase SONY (higher end) products.
Few friends have some SONY stuff, I have some SONY stuff, etc... Never heard of any problems.

As for car amps... I wouldn't have chosen SONY as 1st choice, but that's me.

Hoep your tax return brings you funds to get a replacement amp.

 

does the explod line have higher end stuff? if so what would you recommend?

 

LOL. The Xplod line is the low end they made to sell at Pep Boys, Wal Mart, etc. Xplode is the term Sony R&D used to describe what happened to these.

 

haha thats some funny ****. Sony has seemed to go down in quality in the past 5 years - I've always bought Sony in the past so I tried out their car audio with my 1st car ( back in 94 ) and went through 3 different headunits ( 2 different models ) , 1 pair 6.5s & a POS 1 farad cap in one month. Uninstalled everything, replaced it with Alpine front to back ( cept the wires/cap ), not one problem - entire sterio has went through 3 different cars with zero problems, I in fact still have my mrv1505. Never again will I buy Sony car audio , only ES home products from now on.

Alpine in italics for those bitch about their "overpriced" products

 

well, its not that bad, but its pretty bad. I have had xplod subs, they got loud, but were sloppy as ****, two of my friends have had amps, one just blew for no reason, and the other one works when it wants to, and even then it doesn't sound all that good, but that could also be the fault of the impps. cheap *** car audio =

 

I'm not to fond of the Xplode line up. Even though I just bought a cd player from them. But I got a 4 year extended warrenty for $7.50. I love being employeed were I get the deals.

We only got it cause it retailed for $170.00. I got the cd player, a 4 year warrenty, wire harness, deck adapter, and install for $160.00 out the door.

 

how does it sound? ? ?

 

I myself was always a fan of sony, but they really disapointed me in their car audio department. I would go with pioneer or alpine if you want great sound and quality.