I'm sorry to hear that some of their product has gone down hill, the last I worked with their product, it was excellent (around 2000). I could see a movement towards some cheaper material, they had started Lightning Audio and I always thought that was going to be the route that Best Buy and the big boxes were going to take, a route with a decent name but with lesser quality materials.
I used to always recommend using a Fosgate subs as a replacement for when a customer would blow a Pioneer or Bazooka speaker too many times, they were my solution to a customer who was too abusive. Like I said, I'm sad that they've fallen off on their entry level line.