USAmps was aquired by some oriental outfit last year... many rumors of their drop in quality have been floating around on other forums. Consequently, after the aquisition, the HQ was going to be moved to CA from FL... dunno if it ever did.

I can't say if the quality has dropped or not, but I can say that my old xterminator series rocked & never died after numerous times going into protection due to long playing times in hotter than the devils drawers summer days...