Fosgate vs. Crossfire

[cleansoundzz 10+ year member]

What are your opinions about Crossfire amplifiers vs Rockford Fosgate amplifiers? Which amplifiers are better in your mind?

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[benchambers80]

Rockford.

 

[SethPhillips 5,000+ posts]

What are your opinions about Crossfire amplifiers vs Rockford Fosgate amplifiers? Which amplifiers are better in your mind?

realy depends on what power output at what ohm load you want to run...

i just got my hands on a Crossfire VR2000D and so far i love it...

 

[Loaked 10+ year member]

I think bang for your buck a fosgate would deliver pretty well. Crossfire's are good amps as well, can go wrong with either. But if it was my money forsgate for shure. The bd amps put out good power for the footprint and are pretty efficient. My buddy ran an older crossfire 1000w(it was white with blue stripe/design along the top middle) to a DD 3515 and it was very loud and made the DD sound descent.

 

[yunvme666 10+ year member]

maybe its just me, but id by far rather have a crossfire/ catchfire then a fosgate,but hey thats just me.....

 

[pawn man 10+ year member]

there is a reason that they got the nick name of catchfire. running them with low voltage they will selfdestruct & take the subs with it. the fosgate amps are better built than the vr amps. i used to be a crossfire dealer but did not renew my contract with them years ago because of the problems with there amps.

 

[cleansoundzz 10+ year member]

I would run the Crossfire amp VR 1000 @ 1 ohm. The VR 404 would run the mids and highs. So far I am going back and forth. Everyone's opinions are helping me quite a bit.

 

[mojobass 10+ year member]

id go RF ftw. crossfire is great dont get me wrong but id deffinatley say the RF is built better if we are talking about the power series

 

[yunvme666 10+ year member]

i didnt have any problems running mine daily at 1.4 each on a 9515 then 9518, i had 2 vr2000d's......i just baught a few old crossfires actually too......cfa 302 and cfa602

 

[cleansoundzz 10+ year member]

I have 2 new RF power series amps. And was thinking of swapping with 2 Crossfire VR amplifiers.

 

[dragnix 5,000+ posts]

if you already have the RF then no point in swapping. VR and Power series are at about the same level of quality

 

[cleansoundzz 10+ year member]

Do the VR amps have high quality parts?

 

[cleansoundzz 10+ year member]

When would a car have low voltage? Only when the ignition isn't running right.

 

[jaredspl 10+ year member]

When would a car have low voltage? Only when the ignition isn't running right.

when the amp is pulling current away from your car the voltage will drop, how much depends on your electrical upgrades.

 

[cleansoundzz 10+ year member]

I checked out the Crossfire amps on ampguts and I was very impressed. Many of their amps seem to be like old school style amps.

 

[dragnix 5,000+ posts]

seems like you really want to do the swap. If so, just do it and see how you like the difference, if any.

 

[cleansoundzz 10+ year member]

Yeah, whatever happens I am holding on to both of my RF power series amps. I am tired of switching. The Crossfire seems like it would be much easier for me to tune. I do not like the "Made in Korea" sign on the back of my VR 1000. Even though the amp is designed and engineered in the USA. Both of my RF amps are made in the USA.

 

[J3M Concepts 10+ year member]

the old cfa crossfires were almost bullet proof. very solid amps. when they switched to the tek mods. is when they started having problems. the vrs were no better.

 

[cleansoundzz 10+ year member]

Have you ever owned a Crossfire amp?

 

[cleansoundzz 10+ year member]

I am still growing back and forth but my gut tells me to leave the RF power series in. I also talked to several people and they all also tell me that both amps are equal in quality.