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What's up people, I have two Kicker L5 Tens in the trunk and my RF amp blew about a month ago and I need some bass. So, I went to the mall (ok, I know that may not be the best place to buy stuff but,) I talked with a salesman about some Coustic amps. Never heard of them before, but they say that they are CEA compliant on the box and he said that they have a two year warranty that the shop honors. If it breaks within two years, and he can make sure that it is hooked up properly, he will replace the amp or get it fixed. So, I was thinking about purchasing an amp from here ( http://www.coustic.com/products/amplifiers/800DB.cfm ) but I was unsure as to how good a brand coustic was. I appreciate a warranty because i bought the last amp off of ebay and it fried about 2 yrs later. But, if this isn't good, does anyone know if the warranties sold off of ebay are any good? I was thinking about buying an amp off of ebay for about 200 with a warranty but didn't know if the warranty would be worth my time or not. Oh, and the amp that he showed me looked kind of small, but does size really matter that much in an amp? Thanks

 
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I know that everything is cheaper on the internet, but I hate to break it to you getting something warranteed from ebay will probably be impossible. Most creditable companies like Alpine, Zapco, Eclipse, and Focal discourage and actually hire people to hunt their products down on the internet and get them removed. Buying any of these lines off the internet will result in immeadiate void of warranty and then you will end up with the monkeys on EBAY telling you they stole the amp from their buddies car and cant or wont warranty it.
Some of the stores on ebay might be easier to deal with, but support your local retailer and buy from them. Not Best Buy or Circuit city a local small business they will break their back to take care of you on questions warranties or any other questions you have.
Like I said I know its cheap on the internet, but there is a reason why----Think about that.

As far as coustic goes that company is no better than sony or legacy pretty cheap brand if you want my opinion. Alpine sells a 600W amp for $300 and it has a warranty as well, only one year though. Eclipse offers a three year warranty if that is really important to you.