Exactly. Also burning up amps or blowing subs is 90 percent installer error. Ive personally only messed up 1 amp and it was one of the old school black PPI amps. I played a sub for about 2 hours and the voicecoil got so hot that it froze and burnt up a couple resistors in the amp. U can burn up any amp if u are not careful at what u are doing when u are installing it.

 

As luke81 said, the new Clarion amps I have dealt with have been okay (and I am NOT a Clarion dealer-we've just installed a few customer carry-in Clarions).

But, as with many manu's, they change who builds them like we change socks-whoever is the cheapest. That is why I try to encourage people to stick with companies that manufacturer their own amps-you will get more consistency across the board for the most part.