1995 Rockford Fosgate Power 250m2 Amp Dyno Test and Review

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1995 Rockford Fosgate Punch 250m2 Power Series Amplifier
(NOTE: I was wrong in the video, this amp IS ACTUALLY a dual mono. Update video will be on Williston Audio EXTRAS.)
Rated to deliver:
125x2 at 4 ohms
225x2 at 2 ohms or
450x1 bridged at 4 ohms
All at 12.6V and less than 0.1% THD
Original MSRP in 1995 $929 USD
Video of Punch 500m Power (Power Test): • Rockford Fosgate Punch...
Video overview of Punch 500m Power: • Rockford Fosgate Punch...
1993 Rockford Fosgate Punch 200 DSM Amp Dyno Test: • SMD AD-1 Amp Dyno vs. ...
Video Index:
0:00 INTRO
1:40 PRICE AND SPECS
2:38 FEATURES
4:34 BOTTOMS UP
5:53 AMP DYNO TESTS
9:17 WHAT'S INSIDE?
10:04 TRUE DUAL MONO?
12:08 SOUND DEMO
13:25 FINAL THOUGHTS
14:10 EXTRAS
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@one7decimal2eight Год назад

That paper the amp is wrapped in hits me right in the nostalgia when I bought my punch 100ix for over 400 bucks! Took me many hours working for 4.25 and then 5.50 an hour to get that bad boy! Loved it. Sold it in the late 90s.

@wal Год назад

Yeah man it was so cool they did that

@Carl_Jr Год назад

Me too! I bought an original Punch 100 DSM (no "ix") brand new in 1993 and I still have it. It finally gave out about 12 yrs ago but I refuse to part with it. 😂

@Adam-nv9zo Год назад

I know exactly what you mean. Love those old Rockfords.

@matthewstorm5188 5 месяцев назад

@Carl_Jr Consider getting it repaired. These old amps are becoming quite valuable these days, and are definitely worth repairing.

@squishtheprodigalson9298 Год назад

Man, I’ve been waiting for a LOOONG time for this video!

@ehrenkrause9861 Год назад

Great blast from the past. My favorite series of Rockford amplifiers

@wal Год назад

Awe Jeah!

@dagriz Год назад

Totally forgot about the crossovers being like that :) Great find, awesome vid.

@wal Год назад

➡ Support OSS / Williston Audio Labs for early access to videos: www.patreon.com/OldSchoolStereo One Time "Tip" for Video Support: paypal.me/BigDWiz Video Index: 0:00 INTRO 1:40 PRICE AND SPECS 2:38 FEATURES 4:34 BOTTOMS UP 5:53 AMP DYNO TESTS 9:17 WHAT'S INSIDE? 10:04 TRUE DUAL MONO? 12:08 SOUND DEMO 13:25 FINAL THOUGHTS 14:10 EXTRAS *PREVIOUS VIDEOS* Video of Punch 500m Power (Power Test): ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-2zeLhKjK2DM.html Video overview of Punch 500m Power: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-zqtOTd_BYhI.html 1993 Rockford Fosgate Punch 200 DSM Amp Dyno Test: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-jTR0dgWNFtg.html (Video Gear I Use) Camera - iPhone 13pro 1TB - amzn.to/3nCjGvc RODE Wireless Go II Microphones: amzn.to/3Q6NVHl Shure MV7 Microphone: amzn.to/3A4OICK Zoom H4n Audio Recorder: amzn.to/3BXjVsS 960 LED Panel: amzn.to/2Sxoq3S This VIDEO was EDITED with LumaFusion on an iPad Pro 12.9: iPad: amzn.to/2Ancr1W Software: goo.gl/6yvWss --------- Test Bench Equipment ------- SMD / D'Amore Engineering Amp Dyno: goo.gl/sJTcf7 XS Power D1400 Batteries - amzn.to/2BPFCKW XS Power PSC60 Charger - amzn.to/2CHGcfs Fluke 1000A AC/DC Clamp Meter: amzn.to/2Rw5WDA Handheld Dyno: amzn.to/2u2EgKV My Favorite Screwdriver Kit: amzn.to/2x0VzcE _DISCLAIMER: This video and description contains affiliate links, which means that if you purchase from one of the product links, I may receive a small commission. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases_

@saschacubexyz Год назад

Thx 4 this dyno.... i have this bad boy still in my ride....💪 and two punch 100....all that since 1995.... i love these oldschool RF amps...🥳🤩

@slimjim1104 Год назад

I had many fosgate punch series in the 90s and early 00s. Great stuff. Eclipse was another brand I loved. Had a massive 5 channel that just plain kicked ass. Never went back to multiple amps after that.

@the_dark_defender Год назад

Damn, I love this channel! Videos like this are why.

@wal Год назад

Thanks brother ✌️

@kenabi Год назад

i remember drooling over these so hard when i first got into audio deeply enough to start looking at the basshead world. these things and some of the sexy soundstreams.

@michaelzernie7092 Год назад

Awesome little amp. Should have hooked up that little led visual indicator bar they have too. Keep em coming man.

@vettepilot427 Год назад

I would love to see a review of the Power 50x2. This was the "cheater" tombstone amp from this time period and intended to compete with the Orion 225. The paint on these was more of a silver/gray and supposedly had ceramic added for better heat dissipation. I had 5 of the Power 50x2's in an Astro van on 12 Punch 15's with another 4 Power 50x2's running a pair of MB Quart 1" tweeters, 2 X 6.5" Quart mids, and 2 X 8" Quart mid basses in each front door. I was ROCKIN' in 1997!!

@wal Год назад

thanks for the suggestion!

@drewdoestrucks Год назад

End of an era!

@matthewstorm5188 5 месяцев назад

And I thought I was the only one who thought these amps looked like tombstones (especially with just one endcap)!

@nickstalhood5380 Год назад

Great video as always man!!!!!

@wal Год назад

Thanks for watching and commenting!

@ericbachmann8037 Год назад

Oh Nice!! I used to own a Punch 200 bought new back in 1994. Always been a Rockford Fosgate fan

@pimpsht421 Год назад

Awesome to see it in action! Glad it worked!

@wal Год назад

Yessir!

@kaknballz Год назад

I've always preferred a 200x2 over a 500m or one of the "mono" amps any day. Only draw back to the two channel amps and running a PSD-1 is you can only run one PSD-1 to a amp. The mono block amps of that era required an adapter to run two amps to one PSD-1. I plan on running six 200x2 amps in my install for sub amps and own five of the PSD-1 units. Still need to find one more. I want to say I have three quick vids on the PSD-1 on my channel? One had the audio removed from RU-vid unfortunately.

@wurgervomlichtenmoor5073 Год назад

Love the design of the old RF amps. Looks very solid.

@T_Burd_75 Год назад

The dynamic burst may be affected by the caps showing their age and not performing like they normally would. Even Nichicon caps don't last forever.

@BenDeSwert666 Год назад

Yea, I was thinking exactly the same thing.. These caps are almost 25 years old, they lost the capacity to give that extra little oomph to be the dynamic power house it probably once used to be.

@raymo6795 Год назад

@@BenDeSwert666 ...at 25 plus years old, this amp exceeded all specs. Lets see one of those Chinese "Down for Sound " 25 years from now, or any of RF current Chinese line up in a quarter century....Big D will be pushing 80 with his D'Amore and a cane ...probably a hearing aid

@wal Год назад

That’s funny!

@raymo6795 Год назад

@@wal yer the man big D, appreciate you Brother✌️🇺🇸💪🎶

@grantmackinnon1307 Год назад

@@raymo6795 those d4s class ab' are beauties. i dont really know much about anything, but the more you abuse equipment the faster it wears out.

@Djayrichierich2 Год назад

Being from new Orleans. Rockford fosgate and alpine pretty much ruled the land. I wish I would have kept all the Rockford amps I had from that era. I do still have a punch 250.2 Darth Vader series lol on (6) 6.5 skar evl subs at 2.66 mono. Still rocking it

@wal Год назад

Sweet!

@Djayrichierich2 Год назад

Actually I've been looking for a epx2 from that era. I had two and let them go. I'd love to find one with the e28.

@raymo6795 Год назад

Sooo much stuff I had that I wish I still.. I would never have thought all the legacy brands would be built in China 20 years ago….good thing for eBay

@rimfire2642 Год назад

Back in early 90s a buddy had a hatchback with MTX 12" x 2 box and 2 Rockford Punch 45s. He originally had 1 45, and it was pretty loud. There were never any measurements. Then he got another 45 and ran each 12 on each amp bridged. It definitely made a difference with the 2nd amp, but it absolutely was loud. I remember after one night finding blood on a q-tip cleaning out my ears. I don't know 100% it was from cruising around in his car but damn, it was loud and sounded good!

@logiticalresponse9574 Год назад

man them punch 45's were on the other side of the state as well in lake charles pushin all kinds of subs from 8's to 18's . there was a mini truck club that was so specific , u needed an s-10 lowered , aftermarket wheels an alpine deck (no lie ) and subs . almost all of'em had Rockford Fosgate or JL sumptin in'em . called them selves sweet & low and even used the logo , modified slightly .

@raymo6795 Год назад

...this amp exceeded all specs...at 25 plus years old! Nothing to be disappointed about here Big D, Ill bet it sounds great on the Elacs!...I love the Old School American stuff Big D, good show Brother!

@wal Год назад

I was spoiled by the Punch 200 DSM

@hookhousebeatz Год назад

ohhhhh what a treat for today.....always wanted to know what they actuall did....thanks!!!!

@wal Год назад

Thanks for watching and commenting!

@swizlstik Год назад

Had a Punch 40 and Punch 100 and a couple of 12” Kickers back in the day. Excellent sounding system.

@wal Год назад

Awesome 👏

@geoffreyjens238 Год назад

I had the Punch 200 and the Punch 4080 with the x-cards. Loved those amps.

@KuntalGhosh Год назад

Remember that "dual" 4ch amp "budget gem or budget bust" reviewed. It also had a similar construction to this . It just had two dual 2ch amps on one board side by side shareing one powersupply.

@zackjay71 Год назад

I ran 4 12’s orion xtr with my punch 60. Sounded so good. 20hz shook the whole car like an earthquake. Ran then in series into parallel

@hoebangin1 Год назад

Wish I still had mine , I was running 4 of them , I miss them 😪 truly a awesome amp, the whole series really

@charlespetersonii6989 Год назад

You should try the test in "Audiophile" mode. With the x cards removed. If you read in manual i think it states this. Thanks for the old school videos! Trans-Nova amps are my favorite SQ ever 👌💯

@SamCogley Год назад

My current go-to home setup is a Hafler Trans-Nova (same basic circuit design as the Rockford Fosgate Punch amps) pro amp driving a pair of first generation B&W 802s. I've recently found a match for my first Trans-Nova, the plan is to rehab both of them and run them in bridged mono. They're among the best-sounding, and most budget-friendly for their quality, solid-state amps I've found.

@battleop Год назад

I built stuff with guys at Rockford dealer and we got a pair of prototype 500m to test out. They were great amps.

@kswis Год назад

I def want to see the status delio you displayed. It just looks cool. It should be included with the amp for that much $. Very cool video as always.

@kaknballz Год назад

Search PSD-1 or Punch Status Display on here and you can see a few videos of one in action to hold you over till he uploads :)

@kswis Год назад

@@kaknballz excellent, that's kind of you thank you

@Jared535 Год назад

Love those amps. Best system I had was 2 500m and 2 soundstream spl 160s

@pgmurray76 Год назад

Oh man! SPL160's! Those came out after the CV Strokers when people realized listening to sinusoidal bursts was lame.

@Juggernaut-fg2up Год назад

Nothing better than a Rockford amp. Performance wise ans see which of these new ones are still working in 30 to 40 years like Rockford does

@heavy12inchsub79 Год назад

Glad to see those old school RF. Looking in good shape.

@wal Год назад

Yessir!!

@justinmurphy2227 Год назад

Yeah brother I'm a little surprised with the power levels as well ( you probably know I love this series), especially compared to the 200x2. I know you know (lol) that these were replaced with the silver 250x2 (the 500m replaced by the silver 250m). I wonder if there is any internal differences at all? I have several of the gray/silver Power Series and would gladly send them out to ya for a comparison. I would love to know if it was more than just a cosmetic change! Thanks for all you do sir!

@squishtheprodigalson9298 Год назад

I have a nonfunctional Punch 60, and Punch 100, both with end caps. 😁 Hoping to have them repaired some day.

@mattb9664 Год назад

I still remember going to the local mom and pop stereo store as a teenager without any money and the sales lady (owner) pushing a hard sale of one Rockford amps on me. A lot of people don't realize that the specified power rating at the < 0.1% THD is why the power ratings were so low on these mid-late 90s amps. When the amp would be pushed under normal circumstances up to right under clipping, that's where these amps would end up sounding way more powerful than rated. The reputable manufactures had the extra power headway built in by just stating the power at 0.1 % THD instead of < 1.0% THD.

@andyguest6543 Год назад

Any chance you could review soke Pheonix Gold Octain R amps from the early 2000's? I'd love to see what they do, I assume they were available in the US as well as the UK but they were a cheap version of phoenix gold with optional neon lighting. I wonder if they were just junk or reasonable cheap amps, could make a good video and if they are any good an easy to find budget used amp. I think I had the 4:0.2 and ran a 12" Octain sub with it, I remember being happy with it back then.

@mryang3644 Год назад

Best Fosgate amps..... Loving them DSMs

@marcussmart3275 Год назад

This is right at the time i got into my addiction to bass. I had a soundstream Rubicon 700.2 I have never seen dyno testing of this model but I had 3 JL audio 10w6's and it ran them really good In my 88 civic hatchback. I miss that car to this day!

@damianwebzyx6613 Год назад

In the former times I’ve installed mostly RF Amps and Soundstream SPL Woofers , sometimes Focal 15“ Multimagnet Polyglass 🤪

@damianwebzyx6613 Год назад

Running one of these Soundstream 15“ in my Studio with 2x300 W Ramsa and in my living room a RF Punch 300S fed from a MUNDORF 120 Ampere unit for my open baffle 15“ Focal … deep, mighty and superdry … so much fun 30 years later 😊

@smallblocksadventures6008 Год назад

Love the Rockford grill amps...

@acheleg Год назад

i hada punch 60 from about the same time- same heatsink. 30 wpc rms. the spec sheet tested it out at 600+ peak mono. it was truly beautiful

@wal Год назад

Those did 300W bridged all day. Crazy!

@onelostsoul1997 Год назад

Back in '97/98 year I was doing DB drag racing. I had two of the Rockford Fosgate 250M2 one to each Rockford Fosgate Power DVC15s 4-Ohms. running one to each amp at 2-Ohms so the amp was seeing 1- ohm per Sub. With a standard ported enclosure tuned at 35 Hertz it did 154 DB using 35 Hz Tone Burst off the DB Jams Vol.2 CD. Always had to have an extra set of subs during competition. Rockford Fosgate's power DVCs of the time just would not hold up, I would melt the voice coil into the magnet. Rockford's Grand rapid facility was not ever happy when I sent the woofers in for warranty.

@KMFDM781 Год назад

I had a little Punch 40 on a set of Fosgate Punch Series 1 12's back in the day....probably 1997 or so. Had it on 2 ohm mono and it bumped pretty hard for what it was, but it would occasionally overload and cut power. Still way better than the LA Sound amp I got on employee discount from Best Buy, lmao. Ended up returning it and running the Punch again.

@wal Год назад

Man those early-mid 90’s RF amps still killer amps!

@iamjackalope Год назад

I have one of those in my storage unit. Pulled it out of my Ford Exploder when I got rid of it last year. It happily resided there for the better part of two decades powering the front doors mid/tweets. I'll probably put it up for sale here before to long. It even has the end caps. I have a few old school amps that will likely end up on E-bay sooner then later. Like an ORION XTRPRO 2400 in great condition pulled from the same Exploder. Pretty rare amp as it was only in production for one year I believe. Bumped hard. I have been a big ORION fan for years. I'm building a system for my Tundra right now and it will be my first system that I am not using ORION amps. Thought I'd give Down4Sound a try.

@JorgeRodriguez-fm4cf Год назад

Big D I have a couple of old school rockford amps 800@2 and 250a|| I need end caps any idea where I can find some and replace some worn out gain controls?

@emo65170. Год назад

Woot! I still have my Punch 4020 DSM with both endcaps. I can't let it go though. It still sounds so good,

@wal Год назад

Sweet ✌️

@k-sell4065 Год назад

I have that same exact one still in use. It’s part of my garage system running a 12’’ Boston sub

@wal Год назад

Awesome 👏

@k-sell4065 Год назад

@@wal I also have the punch 40i and an old school SENTREK SPA 185w full stereo amplifier I’ve had them hooked up for years and have no problems with the😃

@spartanpatriot3163 Год назад

Ahhhh back in the day when voice coils smoked like my mom and dad after payday. Love the old school stuff brother, brings back a lot of good memories.

@wal Год назад

Thanks for watching and commenting!

@vinnyburton3626 Год назад

I i had the 500M and 250m2. loads of fun.

@lacboiatl Год назад

I had 1 of these beautiful amps back in like 2008 and it was powerful and very clean. Could tell the difference after I swapped it out for a ssl amp. Worst mistake. Had it pushing a second gen audiobahn immortal 15 awis15p

@johnregister6437 Год назад

I know you're not supposed to paint these amps, but I am putting together an old school system with a 200ix, a 160x4, a 60dsm, and a couple of links. My 200ix and one of my links looks rough. What are the best options to refinish these. Love your channel big D. It was my first subscription. North Carolina for the win. I'm from craven county and we've been die hard Rockford fans since waaaaay back.

@moxysoft Год назад

Don't you think the two coils might share a common toroid core? similar to capacitors that share the same package! love the video!

@wal Год назад

Hi Tom I’m making an update vid and will shed some light on this 🧐

@HillbillyRefrigeration Год назад

I had this same amp on 2 earthquake 12’s in a Toyota carolla in 1999 and it was FUN. It was brigded at 2 ohms.

@wal Год назад

😬👍

@davidsharp922 Год назад

Those amps are awesome. Probably the best fosgate ever made.

@scamchan Год назад

Well grilled sir

@wal Год назад

🤣👍

@jodyzung6455 5 месяцев назад

Hey Big D. Regarding the X-Cards, I worked at a Rockford shop back in the day and they sent me to an RTTI training seminar and they said you could replace the resistors in the X-Cards ( or buy a blank one and put resistors in it) and depending on the resistor values, you would turn that crossover into a subsonic filter at a given frequency for an added 3,6 or 12db bump. Did you know anything about that? I never knew of anyone that did it but was curious to try it.

@martijnholland1714 Год назад

Channel 2 on your dyno in every video seems to be lower. Can you do a bridge test on ch1 and ch2 with the same amp or turn around channels and retest the same amp?

@ryandrinkks759 Год назад

Hey I have some old Rockford amps around if I wanted to get them fixed would it be worth my time and money?

@briantucker4447 Год назад

Have you ever tested the S1 series. I used to sell them at my shop in the 90's. I still have an S 2300 and s 2600. They were a budget amp.

@mitraramsaroop6275 Год назад

Nice amp I still have my bd 1000a working perfect 💯❤

@wal Год назад

Awesome 👏

@audiokeller1975 Год назад

Nice Video👍👍👍 You also have the original box. On the bottom you should see the powercube dynamic ratings printed down to 1 ohm per channel. Would be interesting to know what is printed there. The powercube simulates inductance and capacitance to simulate a speaker which is not a fixed load like our dyno-run-power resistors. These powercube tests were made with 1kHz bursts. This will result in higher numbers. I dynoed a lot of 25- 30year old fosgates. i never had a problem with aged caps. replace them when they start to get bumpy. would be very nice if you can take the time to post the powercube wattage 👍👍👍

@wal Год назад

Hi it’s not on the box anywhere but I have the 1995 RTTI training manual and it’s in there. Shoot me an email WillistonAudio (at) gmail and I’ll send you a scan of the page

@audiokeller1975 Год назад

@@wal Thank you very much!!!! Check out your spam folder, mail sent, its from germany 😀

@wal Год назад

@@audiokeller1975 replied! I have more to send you also. Take care.

@Carl_Jr Год назад

You got me thinking about parting with the end caps of the amps I have. eBay, here I come! 🤣

@________GHOST________ Год назад

Question is Rockford back then was the only one with that clip light statues with that module if so bad ass :) and yes we would like to see that connected to this amp thanks.

@wal Год назад

😬👍

@Scrapla1 Год назад

This was one of my first real quality amps. I always ran cheap ole Pyramid amps which always lied on the power like if you wanted a 500 watt amp you needed to buy a 1,000 and possibly get close to 500 lol I had this amp and a 10" kicker comp and it sounded great.

@wal Год назад

👌😬👍

@volvo09 Год назад

yeah! classic Rockford!

@wal Год назад

👌😬👍

@BlueCollarBachelor Год назад

I miss these amps.

@AllboroLCD 6 месяцев назад

Rummaging through my neighborhood shadetree mechanics misc parts pile, I came across an old 2ch CRAIG amp. Fairly low power BUT, looking inside there were 2 discrete transformers for each channel.... dual mono.

@johndilauro3462 Год назад

Big D Whiz,It’s funny 😎You mentioned that this amplifier looks like a George Foreman Grill 😱 Because I knew the founder of Phoenix Gold Keith Peterson .I also knew the designer of The Cyclone .The only Servo Woofer .Plus he designed the Titanium Series and the Tantrum series speakers .It was a very aggressive line of speakers .His name is Dominic Bonocontri . I was good friends with him Plus Jerry Demaze who was the head of installation and technical support and custom fabrications Anyways when we saw the New Rockford Fosgate Amplifiers .We all agreed they looked like a George Foreman Grill So we were going get a Rockford Fosgate heat sink and make it into a George Foreman style grill .Then say we are “.We are Cookin with Fosgate lol Now you will probably think how will he do it ? Or could he do it ? Remember the Show Get Smart ? With Secret Agent Maxwell Smart? He had a phone in his shoe ? Well I made a functional Shoe Phone Also I mentioned 2 people at Phoenix Gold who were expert designers ,engineers and fabricators So the possibilities were unlimited Plus Phoenix Gold Hand built all there heat sinks and everything in house From start to finish They also made Crown and Carver Professional. Derek I enjoy your content.Your a honest and straight forward guy .Who loves old school car audio Who could blame you . The Old school audio had much more character ,more interesting and innovative They were hand making speakers and amplifier.Right here in the United States I actually watched my Phoenix Gold amplifiers being built Plus they modified them for me 😇

@mattharding103 Год назад

Looking to get an OldSchool RockfordFosgate Mosfet Power 650 repaired/refurbished. Does anyone know a good contact? Just started looking.

@raymo6795 Год назад

RF made great stuff. But they did appear a bit crude compared to Zapco, Soundstream, PPI and Orion. But I installed many RF amps, always first rate products.

@catch22frubert Год назад

I think Rockford started having bigger dynamic numbers when they went to using class D designs. I also imagine a refresh of the caps and components in this 250m2 might help the dynamic numbers. At almost 30 years old now, those internals could use a refresh.

@audiokeller1975 Год назад

no. the 200ix is a dynamic monster. the dyno here is made with 40hz which gives lower numbers. do it again with 1kHz and lets see again. the dynamic power makes the amp more musical.

@carlitot5388 Год назад

My dad had the 4040 dsm rockford fosgate amplifier pushing the highs and two ten inch 🔊! How ? It’s a 4 channel! Sounded nice too !

@thoraudio2848 Год назад

The Symmetry EPX2 had balanced inputs as well, and the very rare RF 8250 head unit had balanced outputs. Interesting that the EXP2 didn't have balanced out to go all the way to the amps.

@pgmurray76 Год назад

So pissed I almost bought the Clarion ADSL system. Alpine DSP was superior and eventually had 80% of the processing power packed into head units along with Kenwood and everyone else.

@1rexrex Год назад

I had 2 pair of Rockfords White Wolf RCA cables. Had built in remote and 18 carat connections. 16' cost $200 each pair.

@I6VALVEFREAK Год назад

have you ever tested a 400A4 and and 500A2?

@primus711 Год назад

Yep had 1 been a long time since i seen those crossover cards

@wal Год назад

😬👍

@parker1ray Год назад

I had one of those pushing cerwin vega subs!

@mikeshobbiesandrandomstuff Год назад

I still have a punch 500a2 in the box with caps. The box is rough but the amp looks new.

@fabriziobrutti1205 Год назад

10:03 (talking about the electronics inside) nicely built and quality components, but the long flying wires coming out of that trafo are making my heart scream in EMI...

@wal Год назад

Yeah wassup with that?

@fabriziobrutti1205 Год назад

@@wal ow it may interfere with other electronics (remember the crazy pixels on the dyno's display when testing some class D amps?) and it may interfere with sound quality. Actually none of these has happened, but I just wanted to point it out

@SnubBarracuda Год назад

I just gave away a busted 500 watt one a few months ago. Wonder if buddy ever fixed it.

@N3CrO Год назад

I have just acquired a kicker zr360 without the module or end plates. If you would like to make a video let me know.

@74midwestbass74 Год назад

OLD SCHOOL FTW!

@vincentchua917 Год назад

can test lightning audio s2.400.2?

@jasonheard4610 Год назад

🔥🔥🔥🔥

@jasonl5523 Год назад

I remember the wolf no joke. It was on the wall at a local car stereo shop.

@TheHitDat Год назад

I can remember I had a punch 45 on my mids and punch 60 on my 2 12’s was the 1st in Alexandria,La to have a 60 on 12’s

@joeycameron4744 Год назад

yeeeeeaaaars ago I had this amp when I was first learning about car audio and could not for the life of me figure out why it made my subs sound like crap. Way back I had two SVC 4ohm Pioneer IMPP 12" each rated at 300W...I wired them in parallel and bridged the amp. I eventually figured it was just too much amp...now seeing this reminds me of that and confirms that I was right....by about 50% per sub too much lol. Ah, to be young and dumb.

@wal Год назад

We’ve all been there

@SamCogley Год назад

When I was first getting into higher end car audio, I had a good friend that I helped do installs. He had a 12" green IMQ Infinty sub sitting around that he sold to me for next to nothing because he couldn't get it to sound right. I downloaded the manual (way back in the early days of such things being online) and started reading through the manual and the specs - he'd been trying to run it in a huge ported box, when Infinity recommended a sealed box that was so small that the sub would barely fit in it. I ran off to my dad's wood shop with some MDF, whipped out a test box in the recommended volume, and it sounded amazing. I still have that sub. :D

@MrMister1227 Год назад

I like how they actually where measured at 12v...

@wal Год назад

I agree mid 12’s is more realistic

@markeithcash Год назад

You should do the newer style P300x1 with the clip light.

@Tron1731 Год назад

I'm surprised you found a working example of that amp I had 2 of them and they both popped at 4 ohm , my next amp was a philips sound labs it absolutely slammed I wish I never sold it .

@Tron1731 Год назад

It was a a2150 pcb was gold and I had it on 2 10 inch Kicker solo subs in a 1983 z28 they where in a long sealed truck box face down in the kick it hit so hard people would reach over turn it down cause it caused ear pain

@wal Год назад

Oh snap?

@bassmansl9596 Год назад

Nice old skool amp 💪💪💯💯

@jameslucas3161 Год назад

These silly crossover modules from Kicker and Rockford back in the day were a big turn-off for me on my very limited budget. Alpine had 80hz LP/HP selectable crossover on their later 35XX amps in the very early '90s and fully adjustable crossovers in their first-gen V12 amps in '95, which is why I went with an Alpine MRV-F400 for my first amp. I still have it today! 😀👍

@marcmagee5975 Год назад

Same here. I'm not paying extra to buy modules for different settings when I could just buy an amp with knobs & switches that I can set to whatever I want. I used Phoenix Gold & Alpine instead (and JL when the Slash series came out).

@chrisyangtze8403 Год назад

Damn brother I still have my PPI amps pc2600 (2channeles and PC 6600 /6 channels) any any one wants let me know ahhhh 🙊🙉🙈🦘🦜😺😻😹😸🤗🤑💰💰💰💰💰

@drewdoestrucks Год назад

I have several older alpine amps. They are TANKS. I definitely slept on them in the 90’s. Their Japanese made stuff was very well made.

@gaziltapig Год назад

This is dual mono electronically. The transformer has two separate windings for output. Does it need two 120v plugs as well to be dual mono?

@wal Год назад

I’m posting an update video soon on my extras channel

@robtremble2277 Год назад

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY we called those the bar b q grill the next-gen we called the batman Big d wussup with a 500m retest on your new equipment I'm satisfied with mono 2ohm test cause that what we used them for if they fell in our hands i wish i had known that I could have run one to my jbl gti 12s back in the day instead of two punch 200s thanks for the test big d

@wal Год назад

👌😬👍

@willyschmidlkofer1753 Год назад

Awesome

@wal Год назад

😬👍

@jordanciaramitaro6351 Год назад

In my years of installing every one of these amps had a single power and ground haphazardly split into a y and fed into the amp. Rarely ever saw double power wires or a distribution block.

@gilbertos1984 Год назад

Daaaaamn. That grill

@wal Год назад

Got a grin on it 🤣

@JusstyteN Год назад

whats the song name starting 13:25 until 13:58

@DibeezyTheGifted Год назад

United chemicon and nichicon back in the day... I started with two punch 40s that looked like this amplifier.

@MAD450r2 Год назад

Does anyone u know still run pioneer EQ6500 in there vehicles. I installed one last week in my friends car he cant believe how much better his sub sounds when amp is in full range.