is Rockford Fosgate for real hear?

[bigdub_diesel 10+ year member]

i was just looking at there power series amps, and on their official website it says that their T3002, which is rated as a 300 watt amp when at a 2 ohm load bridged, is not correct. That looking at the rated watts is incorrect, and they have an actual rating as well, and for this amp, they say the average actual wattage output in that setup is 838 watts? is that for real? and its not just that amp, they say all their power series amps have lik 30-50% more actual wattage than what is rated.

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[ntense702 10+ year member]

I think I remember reading somewhere that RF's amps are usually underrated, but they may be referring to when they are bridged, or maybe the "peak" rating

 

[squeak9798 5,000+ posts]

i was just looking at there power series amps, and on their official website it says that their T3002, which is rated as a 300 watt amp when at a 2 ohm load bridged, is not correct. That looking at the rated watts is incorrect, and they have an actual rating as well, and for this amp, they say the average actual wattage output in that setup is 838 watts? is that for real? and its not just that amp, they say all their power series amps have lik 30-50% more actual wattage than what is rated.

Yes. The new RF power series amps are underrated by a generous amount.

Though that "actual power" number on their website is an average. Which obviously means some will be higher, but some will also be lower. You may get one that does 650w, while your buddy gets one that does 850w.

 

[Fosgate Forever 10+ year member]

Yes. The new RF power series amps are underrated by a generous amount.
Though that "actual power" number on their website is an average. Which obviously means some will be higher, but some will also be lower. You may get one that does 650w, while your buddy gets one that does 850w.

havnt the RF amps always been underrated as weve seen from the old school RF amps

 

[KnOkIn It 420 10+ year member]

The birth sheets on my punch 3002 the peak power out put 1137 @ 14.4volts, but I think that would be at like one ohm or someting but i have it brigded at 4 ohms goin to a solo baric l5 and sounds good and powerful, not to mention it requires a 4 gauge wire.

 

[FoxPro5 5,000+ posts]

The T3002 is rated at 50 x 2 @ 4 ohms but puts out an actual 223 watts @ 4 ohms, which is more than 4 times the rated power...WTF is that all about!!!

http://www.rockfordfosgate.com/products/amp_watts.asp#power

 

[blaze383]

My 501s was 1500 peak and like 686 rms

 

[Hundreth 10+ year member]

I love RF amps. Nice power. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[squeak9798 5,000+ posts]

havnt the RF amps always been underrated as weve seen from the old school RF amps

There was a stint there where their Power series amps were *only* underrated by 5-10%........now they come in anywhere from 30%-75% underrated.

Though I've never really understood the point of underrating amplifiers. One company builds a 500w amp and calls it a 500w amp, while another company builds a 500w amp but calls it a 200w amp.......and then somehow company 2 is better than company 1 because of that.........

 

[Fosgate Forever 10+ year member]

There was a stint there where their Power series amps were *only* underrated by 5-10%........now they come in anywhere from 30%-75% underrated.


Though I've never really understood the point of underrating amplifiers. One company builds a 500w amp and calls it a 500w amp, while another company builds a 500w amp but calls it a 200w amp.......and then somehow company 2 is better than company 1 because of that.........

well my dad said way back in the day companys use to do that because of competition, they would make a 200w amp that did 500 to blow away the competition and etc with the other amps

 

[squeak9798 5,000+ posts]

well my dad said way back in the day companys use to do that because of competition, they would make a 200w amp that did 500 to blow away the competition and etc with the other amps

Those would be the "cheater" amps....such as the old Orions or LP's.

But most formats today don't use rated power, but actual power. And even at 4ohm/ch those RF Power amps still surpass their rated power by quite a bit......so it doesn't really help anybody.

 

[Fosgate Forever 10+ year member]

well i think its because its so hard to put everything at exact rating when theres always one that gonna put out mor or less just as long as it puts out whats stated

 

[Cbass 10+ year member]

RF amps are the best!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!