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Generally, if you can get away from insanely mainstream brands you are ahead of the game

Look into JBL, US Acoustics (without the blue led's), old school Rockford (like '93-'96 range), Pheonix Gold (older style is completely awesome, newer style I'm sceptical about), MTX is decent as someone suggested, PPI, Zapco, Arc, Clarion, etc. etc. You can find some sweet amps if you get away from Sony, Audiobahn, Legacy, Pyramid, Pyle, those types of brands.