Reference Lives!
Can you believe that it has been over a decade since the legendary Soundstream Reference amps graced the car audio industry?! Maybe you bought this amplifier because the best amplifier you ever had was a Reference from back in the day. Maybe you bought it for its legendary performance. Regardless of the reason, we know you’ll love your new SS Ref & will appreciate its unparalleled quality.
When we first decided to reintroduce the coveted amplifiers, we just wanted something as fine as the originals. They were finer than most amplifiers in the marketplace today. After failing to deliver for a couple of years, we decided to hold back until we were 100% certain that there was nothing else we could do to make the amplifiers any better. Many crappy clone amps popped up in Germany and Asia, but none were real Soundstream Reference amplifiers, and they certainly did not come from us. We feel confident that we came up with everything you’d ever want. The preamp controls are extensive. The circuitry is very advanced. Even the painstaking task of making sure every board trace is in the perfect location yielded phenomenal results – damping factors from >1500 to >3000! Don’t fall for the foolish tale that this doesn’t matter! The ability of an amplifier to accurately control the speaker is of critical importance! Duh!
Most amplifier manuals get thrown in the trash or never even make it out of the box. The new Ref amps are very sophisticated and the silk screening on the front of the amplifier cannot begin to unfurl the powers of the new preamp sections. It would not be wise to ditch this manual without thoroughly reading it over first. So grab a beer, a glass of wine or a stupid latte and take a few minutes to chill out and absorb the intensity of the new SS Refs. Actually, if you are reaching for a latte, you’re a fruitcake and do not deserve this amplifier. Grow a pair! Grab a
*Note – while drinking some great beer is one of life’s greatest pleasures, please do not drink the whole
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