How underrated are these fosgates?

[Johnny Law.Lulz 5,000+ posts]

Older fosgates are great.

 

[GAM3OVR 5,000+ posts]

i have an 800a4 i use for my highes....its the 95 model though....polished with the black end caps. (i believe it was tested at around 1100w) very nice...when RF was good. i used to run 2 punch 200ix's to 3 12's....was getting about 700w out of each of them. i sold them for $200/ea and my buddy got it off the guy i sold one to and he sold it for like $75...lol
either way...just a story to tell.

keep em, bridge em down, and keep em cool.

nothing wrong with rockford today //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

 

[Brian_smith06 10+ year member]

You might or you might not -- I can't be the one to judge what you prefer.

yeah that was a bit of a newb question i asked:emb:

 

[GAM3OVR 5,000+ posts]

yeah that was a bit of a newb question i asked:emb:

Hey brian, did you get some new images of some cool wrecks?

 

[Brian_smith06 10+ year member]

Hey brian, did you get some new images of some cool wrecks?

no //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif i really need to go down to my parents house and see if there is anything new. what about you?

 

[manbeer 10+ year member]

i have an 800a4 i use for my highes....its the 95 model though....polished with the black end caps. (i believe it was tested at around 1100w) very nice...when RF was good. i used to run 2 punch 200ix's to 3 12's....was getting about 700w out of each of them. i sold them for $200/ea and my buddy got it off the guy i sold one to and he sold it for like $75...lol
either way...just a story to tell.

keep em, bridge em down, and keep em cool.

the bare metal and black was actually a LATER model, came out in 97 i think. those are the ones i had. the gold/silver painted are the early ones

 

[Trixter 10+ year member]

the bare metal and black was actually a LATER model, came out in 97 i think. those are the ones i had. the gold/silver painted are the early ones

ahh...thanks for clarifying....i looked it up online but found little info as far as build dates go.

 

[Trixter 10+ year member]

nothing wrong with rockford today //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

if your a rf supporter thats cool....personally the amp i mentioned i have (which i guess was the 97 model) was the last line of good amps they made...imo. you can't really even compare the old ones to the new ones....the new ones can't be bridged to 0.5ohm or even 0.25ohm and bang all day and get so hot you can't touch them without frying like the old ones could.

 

[Brian_smith06 10+ year member]

so i shouldnt have any issues with the 160.4 bridged and running it at 3 ohms?

 

[audioholic 5,000+ posts]

Your amps are newer than 96. 1996 was the last year of the older model amplifiers like these...

 

[BigJoker 10+ year member]

http://ampguts.realmofexcursion.com/Rockford_Fosgate_160.4/

 

[Brian_smith06 10+ year member]

Your amps are newer than 96. 1996 was the last year of the older model amplifiers like these...

nice dsm amps //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif i think i like those soundstreams better though //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[audioholic 5,000+ posts]

http://ampguts.realmofexcursion.com/Rockford_Fosgate_160.4/

Odd, I purchased 2 of the amps shown above, bnib in 1996. It was just before the new models came out, I guess they arrived in late 96.
I agree I like the SS amps better. That's why i run them instead of the RF's. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[manbeer 10+ year member]

i had both, the Ref. 300 was my first amp ever. I liked the power and precision of the SS amps but they were more delicate compared to the old RF's imo. i had a few of the reference series over the years, and after a long period of running them hard i would have output transistors blow, where the RF's could basically survive an atom bomb //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

BTW that is a sexy ass table of amps, i just wanna roll around on it!

 

[audioholic 5,000+ posts]

BTW that is a sexy ass table of amps, i just wanna roll around on it!

Thanks lol.