What Was The Cheapo London Drugs Car Stereo Brand?!?

[Pauly Boy]

This came up in a discussion about the death of ICE while trying to help a buddy install a Bazooka tube to a factory deck the other day.

Does anyone remember what the hell the cheap, terrible subs and amps London Drugs used to sell were called?!?

My Google-Fu is weak. Hoping one of my fellow old farts on here can remember this, lol.

[EK 2.0]

Pyramid comes to mind....but it has been so long haha...

[T-Dubbs]

Pyramid comes to mind

+1

[ExtraSlow]

Wheres the best cheapo car audio place these days? Need a set of 6.5" speakers for the odyssey. Amazon or crutchfield? JBs power centre?

[01RedDX]

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[eglove]

Pyramid for sure, but also Koss

[mr2mike]

Wheres the best cheapo car audio place these days? Need a set of 6.5" speakers for the odyssey. Amazon or crutchfield? JBs power centre?

Probably in my garage I have a set. I'll take a look this weekend.
Or check out pick n pull. Look for an aftermarket head unit and that's a sign the speakers have been changed out.

[G-ZUS]

Wheres the best cheapo car audio place these days? Need a set of 6.5" speakers for the odyssey. Amazon or crutchfield? JBs power centre?

Kijiji? Sometimes you get lucky at pick n pull

[firebane]

Wheres the best cheapo car audio place these days? Need a set of 6.5" speakers for the odyssey. Amazon or crutchfield? JBs power centre?

Honestly... Crutchfield.

[ExtraSlow]

Probably in my garage I have a set. I'll take a look this weekend.
Or check out pick n pull. Look for an aftermarket head unit and that's a sign the speakers have been changed out.
mr2mike you are the man. Just needs to handle the savage power that the stock 2012 odyssey headunit throws down when my wife has the podcasts cranked, so needs to be pretty high performance.

[blownz]

Pyramid, Blaupunkt, Craig


Edit: Audiovox?

I bought an Audiovox cassette player from London Drugs back in highschool (93)!! So long ago. I think I paid about 80 bucks for that lol

[Lex350]

graco or craico something like that?

[spike98]

Pyramid and Boss.

[Pauly Boy]

Yes, Pyramid, lol!

Those are definitely the ones in my mind. Big, 'ol hideous purple trimmed amps. Bahahaha.

ExtraSlow - You could also go into a Visions and ask if they have any dead/old stock speakers they're willing to deal on... I did that after blowing a factory one a couple years back. Was like $50 for a set of old BNIB 6x9 JBL's

[01RedDX]

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[civic_stylez]

I remember them carrying Jensen exclusively.

[EK 2.0]

I remember them carrying Jensen exclusively.

OHHHHHHH YEAH!!!!!....I forgot about Jensen haha....

[spike98]

I remember them carrying Jensen exclusively.

YESSSSS!

They are still in the game with marine audio stuff.

[BokCh0y]

Pyramid brand for sure.

[bjstare]

Haha yep Pyramid. I had one of those big ugly amps in my first car. Said it was a 1600W amp, although I'm sure its output wasn't nearly that. Not like it mattered, it was definitely enough bass to rattle my car apart.

[ExtraSlow]

I used to run a 2x12" sub box and some cheap as hell massive amp in my first car, a Hyundai excel. Pulled the rear quarter windows out for a while one summer, and it felt pretty airy.

[Maxt]

Army and Navy sold Jensen, Audiovox and LearJet as well. I still have bunch of pyramid stuff, it actually was decent for the price. Back in the early 90's I bought a Radio Shack 10" sub, and a friend of mine was helping build a box for it, we compared it to his Alpine sub and it was identical right down to the specs but was about 1/4 of the price.
Is anyone on here old enough to remember the car audio guys at the old crossroads flea market? Now that stuff was pure junk...Everything I bought there died a quick death.. I can't remember the brand they had.

[Graham_A_M]

Fuck am I ever drawing a blank here. Bazooka tubes, purple anodized amps, Urban (want to say Exp, but dont want any bad press to Bob's business). Urban something though... shit gear though.

[adam c]

bazooka tubes, knew a guy who installed them and it was pure junk

thread derail - I remember going into soundsaround and seeing one of the first plasma tv's going for something like $23,000

[TurboMedic]

Is anyone on here old enough to remember the car audio guys at the old crossroads flea market? Now that stuff was pure junk...Everything I bought there died a quick death.. I can't remember the brand they had.

I'm pretty sure that guy is still there.....at least theres still a crappy electronics stand in there where you can buy yourself some tape decks, a star-tac cell phone, etc

[Gestalt]

I had to google pyramid ha/ look at this. 5000 watts for $90

https://www.amazon.com/Pyramid-PB3818-2-Channel-Bridgeable-Amplifier/dp/B004M9A0M8

[HuMz]

This thread reminded me of the XS cargo subs and amps, most of which were garbage.

[asp integra]

haha this thread brings back memories. What was the one sales guy at the car audio place on Macleod close to where Original Joe's is now? Ferocious?

[adam c]

haha this thread brings back memories. What was the one sales guy at the car audio place on Macleod close to where Original Joe's is now? Ferocious?

I remember that guy, saw him working as a cashier a couple years ago, can't remember where though

[03ozwhip]

I remember that guy, saw him working as a cashier a couple years ago, can't remember where though

He called everyone buddy. Worked at soundsaround.

[spike98]

I had to google pyramid ha/ look at this. 5000 watts for $90

https://www.amazon.com/Pyramid-PB3818-2-Channel-Bridgeable-Amplifier/dp/B004M9A0M8

dual 30a fuses lol.

[adam c]

He called everyone buddy. Worked at soundsaround.

Yea and he drove an accord that he said he spent thousands of dollars upgrading

I was saying after soundsaround closed, I saw him working as a cashier somewhere, still looked the same, just can't remember where it was

[civic_stylez]

I remember that guy, saw him working as a cashier a couple years ago, can't remember where though

Feroz.... "brother brother! Let me give you good price brother!!" Silver Accord with Vault Spinners lol. Remember it like yesterday. A buddy saw him working at staples by chinook a few months back. It was a big deal hahaha

[nismodrifter]

Feroz brotha, I'll give you the best price brotha.

This thread brings back some memories for sure.

[Swank]

This thread reminded me of the XS cargo subs and amps, most of which were garbage.
I had a Thump! amp and 2 subs for my first DIY budget system, I think I still have the one sub in my garage somewhere :rofl:

[Agent_Oorange]

I saw him working as a cashier somewhere, still looked the same, just can't remember where it was

Buddy said he saw him at Staples with the car still.

London Drugs definitely carried Pyle along with all the Pyramid stuff haha.

[Sugarphreak]

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[Maxt]

There were a lot of bad actors in the car audio world, the oem stock stuff got so good, a lot of them disappeared.
There was one prolific installer that would charge extra to hide the components, then a week later the same car would be broken into and stripped of its hidden parts.

[Maxt]

82736
While I was moving, I found this in my collectio, and brand new in box too.

[jonni44]

Holy shit, I totally remember this guy from SoundsAround on McLeod!!

Every-time I bought car audio stuff from that place it was like an event and I was the star, haha. That guy was awesome, I loved getting stuff from him!

What a blast down memory lane, I don't think I'd ever even think of this again if it wasn't for this thread

Oh man, I miss how he referred to himself as a "Tacky Paki" lol. But no shit many years ago I was talking to some executive at Soundsaround and he said Feros sold more car audio than every other sales employee, selling not car audio, combined. He was fucking fantastic at his job and yea when OEM stock car audio got real good no wonder Soundsaround went out of business.

I wonder if he still has spinners on that accord?

[J-hop]

Hahaha holy crap yea I remember feroz too. Went to buy a sub and he tried to up sell me, showed me his accord and seemed disappointed when I went for the cheap flyer item sub. Jokes on me I guess the sub blew up after 3 months or so