old school= bd1000a1 Rockford Fosgate

[AARON30 10+ year member]

What are your thoughts on this amp, and what is a compareable amp as far as true watts and reliability as this one out right now?

People say @ 2 ohms mono, this amp is a good 1200-1400rms...any info would be great, plus i am in lookout for a bass knob for it

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[Louisiana_CRX 5,000+ posts]

I have one of those amps...they are pretty nice when it is working....

 

[AARON30 10+ year member]

mine is in great shape, and never gives me a problem. i just havent had a sub that can handle it yet...

 

[kr15 5,000+ posts]

it will easily push 1200, and likely closer to 1400...as with many of those older RF tank armor amps, i assume it will run warm tho

 

[AARON30 10+ year member]

thanks^^^it does warm up a bit, but never real bad, but again ive never been able to put it to its limits either..@ half gain it works the hell outta the kicker cvr 15 d4 i have, but i have only had that speaker for 2 weeks and i cant stand it, so time to move on...

anyways, anything out that is compareable to my amp?

 

[gunz4me2 10+ year member]

I have this gen of the 2 ohm stable Power 1000bd:

I purchased it from a friend to run a pair of SVC 4 ohm Digital Designs 1508s in my Civic, then I sold the Civic. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

 

[kr15 5,000+ posts]

@ half gain it works the hell outta the kicker cvr 15 d4 i have,

wired at 2? that speaker will likely be toast soon if you are not careful...keep gain where you have it, no bass boost etc..

anyways, anything out that is compareable to my amp

as far as what? wattage? build? or just in general?...Not many companies make amps like that anymore..but there are many that compare as far as watts or sq is concerned

 

[AARON30 10+ year member]

yeah watts and sound quality..i was actually considering selling it because it is a basic amp as far as features go, no bass boost, or subsonic filter, just a low pass crossover that i cant really tell what its on...lol..it does have a bass knob option, but you cant get those anymore 4 that amp...

 

[AARON30 10+ year member]

oh, and yes i had it wired at 2 ohm to the kicker 15" @ half gain and it was too much so i took it off....

 

[pickup1 5,000+ posts]

I'll give you a hundred for it.

 

[chardy85 10+ year member]

My stepdad has one of these on 3 P3's in a standard cab truck. It sounds **** good.

I bought it for him off of ebay and it was supposedly BNIB. It worked for a little while and then just quit. DB-R said it looked like someone did a terrible job repairing it at one point in time.

It has been fixed for a couple yrs now and it still works fine.

It's a cool amp dude, I wouldn't get rid of it if it was mine.

 

[kr15 5,000+ posts]

I regret getting rid of my 800a2...many amps now will push that power, but that RF will run forever if taken care of.. You can get an AP1501d for 160$ that is as strong as that fosgate is, but Id much rather have the RF

 

[AARON30 10+ year member]

I'll give you a hundred for it.

plus 80 more and its yours....lol

 

[GAM3OVR 5,000+ posts]

great amps, unfortunatly those older models had a problem dissipating heat. I ran mine w/ a fan during summer

 

[AARON30 10+ year member]

^^^true..i have yet to put mine at full potential, and the amp is in great shape, just didnt think there was anything out there affordable to replace mine, other than Audiopipe i guess...lol