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so what is the real story on these covers? were they made for all size of the xenon line
how many are there? any selling one for a x400 and x100.2 or 200.2?

I remeber something like there was a protype but it cost to much to make but
than i have seen some for the 200.4 ect

any info please chime in

What do you want to know exactly?

The first one made was anodized black and made overseas at the original production factory and would prove to be too expensive to produce, I recently sold that one. The rest are powder coated black and were made here in the PG factory. PG had several extra's that didn't go on amps and Tibbs started buying them from the factory direct. I have seen/owned all but the X400.1. I'm not sure they made them for that amp.

so why were they made? just like the yellow zx to be differnt or to be sold over seas?
so when he bought them from the factory was that pg or were the amp/cover were made?

PG made the Onyx amp covers "in-house" for a limited number of amps after they realized it would be too expensive to have them anodized from where they were being produced, overseas.

The amp was still produced overseas, but not the cover. They made a few extra covers which people started buying until they were gone.

Why were they made? I guess cuz they looked good. There were only a limited amount of actual Onyx amps made. For the real answer someone from PG from that time period will have to speak up.

what is Tibbs full user name i would like to contact him. thanks again

No problem. His username is "mr tibbs". He's prolly gonna have the same information, he just so happened to be the first person to call PG and ask if they had any extra Onyx covers. I believe he bought a X1200.1 and X100.4 cover. He still has the X100.4 cover with amp that he's selling right now.

thanks again

Ok so i picked up a working very very clean x400.1
on the back the serial number said USA than the number?
so is this one of the one that pg Portland went over and tweaked after they had some bad batches?
just odd
when i see USA, Canada, China on something i would have thought that is were it was made.
Just asking another that own the xenon amp is ti the same with yours
hope i have a good one as i cant wait to start installing these

kg1961 wrote:so is this one of the one that pg Portland went over and tweaked after they had some bad batches?
just odd

This is my understanding. I've only had one (so far) that had issues and it was brand new, and I have owned MANY Xenons . If it goes out, it will go out fairly quickly.

Here's some good reading Errin wrote a while back on the Xenons if you haven't read it yet.

http://phoenixphorum.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=183