Man, that Sherwood brought back some memories. Before about 1986 that's what most all car audio amps looked like. Alpine, Concord, Sanyo, etc. They were all big, chunky lumps with massive heatsinks. No esthetic value whatsoever! Who would have thought in just a few short years we would have sexy red anodized amps and even a few that were gold plated. It was an amazing time.
Yep! I had a Sherwood XA-1240Q... just a big grey lump of heatsinks. Pretty meh sound quality at full range, but it made my 2 Cerwin-Vega 12's thump pretty good.
My uncle had multiple of these Sherwood amplifiers. He might still have a couple of them. They are what got me into car audio. My uncle doesn't actually know how much he has influenced my life. He is still a major part of my life, but he still doesn't know how much he means to me.
I had both the Rockwood in the video and a Detonator 300. The 300 was a lot better amp that was actually worth the money. Fortunately I didn't give much of anything for the big one.
WOW...The Sherwood was my first amp back in 1988. That amp was a beast. Rated for 8 ohm and it ran 4 ohm its entire life trying to Run two MTX Terminator 12's. The giant heatsink would get smoking hot. Love this channel.
DAM I LOVE THESE VIDEOS... I REMEMBER USING ALL OF THESE AMPS. WATCHING THIS VIDEO MADE MY DAM DAY !!! CAN'T STOP SMILING.. BRINGS BACK ALOT OF GOOD MEMORIES OF ME AND MY BUDDIES WORKING ON OUR STEREOS TIL 2 OR 3 IN THE MORNING, JUST TO SOUND LOUD WHEN WE WENT TO SCHOOL THE NEXT DAY.
I had the "400W" version of the Rockwood Detonator back in the day. Roughly 1992-1993 timeframe. The light blue paint would flake off if you ran your fingernail across it, LOL. This video brought back some memories!!
I think seeing some of these oddities is just as cool as seeing some of the classic and coveted all stars of yesteryear. I have an old school Sherwood amp sitting on a shelf and it is surprisingly well built.
Sherwood was a pretty solid mid-range brand back then in the mid 80s. I worked at a small stereo shop that was a Sherwood dealer and I still own my Sherwood home integrated amp from back then. The Sherwood car decks were also pretty decent for the money as well. I installed quite a few at the time.
Those Blaupunkt class T amps were known to wreak havoc with radio reception and certain vehicle systems. The electromagnetic interference they create is epic!!
I had the 4 channel version of that blaupunkt. Worked great. Took it out of that plastic shell, it was sorta like class D, was very cool and never got hot. Worked for years and never had any issues with it. 4x100w @ 4ohm
@@BblastedD It's been so long and I now suffer a brain injury, but I know I set the record in NM for 500w and under. Took a music teacher, a science teacher, and two months working with MTX and a bunch of testing, but if I remember, I hit over 150db. And musically on a SQ drag I tied for first against a guy running 5000w. I basically did a 7th order loaded horn, but using the natural design of the car made it like a horn but with the subs in a ported box. 2 12" blue coned MTX Blue Thunders. Pioneer components on a 50x2 Art Series Precision Power ran off a Clarion head Unit and Clarion electronic crossover. Last I heard a few years ago, no one has beat it yet. I actually want to find the same car and retry with current technology
🔵Blaupunkt was an early adopter of the Tripath chips, whose technology is now used in the majority of amplifiers. That amp was Blaupunkt's innovative push to take market share in the American car audio market. Smaller than any other competing amp with a similar power output at the time and half the price, its plastic body was unheard of in any other application, because amps all got so hot that it was impossible to use a plastic shell. 🥵 I'm genuinely stoked to see what that amp can do, and how hot it gets when running at a full load. Keep up the great work, Big D.
Awesome timing! You never fail my friend! 😁❤️ You know we appreciate you and the slick things you do! Crank that puppy up and enjoy your day! 🕺🏻 YOU'RE SUCH A TEASE and I should have read the title better. Loved the outro though!
Wow this is cool i rememder these amps when they were out it was 1983 when i first seen mine . I remember installing it an it sound great . This is the second one iv seen ever. Thanks for posting
I bought the 2 channel version of that Rockwood amp brand spanking new from Raynham Flea Market in like 96. I remember it like it was yesterday. I paid $200 for it out the door. I got it home and ran it to a set of Aura 12” subs and the right channel was dead from the start. The guy didn’t want to take it back but I had bought a bunch of stuff off of him at his Fall River MA store over the years. He knew I knew how to run audio and that I’d never buy anything from him again if he didn’t take it. The following weekend I saw it for sale again. He said he fixed it by jumping the left positive speaker lead to the right positive speaker lead on the inside and was selling it at a reduced price. Never bought anything from him after that 🤣
That Blaupunkt amp reminds me of those candy colored Mac computers of the same era. Back when Apple took a chance to try something different and succeeded. :)
The Sherwood is beautiful 😍.... But I think that the blaupunkt should have a surprising performance for its age and size.... I had no idea that any manufacturer used the Tripath chips! They were able to produce high power at lower temperatures.... Good clean sound too! Those two I'm waiting to see how they perform....
that was my first amp in 89 or 1990 had bridged on one eminence 15 in a 79 sunbird hatchback it seemed like a monster at the time compared to the power boosters i was used to
Wow!!! I had 2 of those sherwoods😂pretty solid amps.installed many rockwoods🙄thats Blaupunkt is cool af,but that American graffiti 😮😮😮i been in 12v for 40yrs and have never seen one of those,i cant wait to see dyno!!!
I got 3 new in box sherwood dts-x80. Somethin like that. 1/2 din Dobly 5.1 surround decoder for the car. They are super cool but nobody had center channels anymore. I still like mine. At work today i was in a bmw with center channels and it sounded so nice
Looking forward to the Sherwood tests. I had a Sherwood XA-1240Q which did pretty decent on subs for a bargain company in the 90's. My guess is it'll be within 15% of rated power.
Dude I remember someone bringing in one of those big fleamarket amps for me to install. I took the bottom off of it, and the actual amplifier board was like 1/3 the size of the aluminum body, and had a steel plate bolted in the other end to give it some weight 😂
I can't wait to see that Sherwood I have silver Sherwood BP series amps XA-2105BP amps 1 in near mint condition the other is just as good just had an issue with the fuse holder but they both work and running my deck this makes me want to do a video on them if I do in like a week it would be an honor if Big D Wiz checked it out much love from Jersey 💯
Do the Sphere first. That thing looks cool. Man I remember when that Blaupunkt was originally released. I remember thinking it looked cool but was overpriced
sherwood stuff - hifi amps and AV stuff was sold here in the UK by Richer Sounds a long time ago, maybe 10 or 15 years. Made some pretty beefy power amps.
That Sherwood 70 + 70 was my first amp back in 1987! I can’t wait to see what it does in the dyno! I’m betting somewhere in the 25 watt range if my memory serves me. Not super impressive, especially when my buddy had a Punch 30 that would outperform it. Any bets on the numbers???
