Rockford T-1500BDCP

[Guyver 10+ year member]

Been a while since I upgrade my audio equipment. Looking to upgrade to a Rockford Fosgate T-1500bdcp from a CT Sounds 1400. I keep hearing that Rockford gets hot, anyone care to chime in with their experience before I drop $699 on one.

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[dragon.breath 10+ year member]

Rockford makes good stuff, but that is a lot of money for a 1500 watt rms subwoofer amp.

 

[Doxquzme Premium Member]

JL and RF, great brands, TOO much $$. In my last build, ran a DS18 (Korean) EXL2500.1 and the current ride, a H-K03. Couple of 2000 watt H-KO2's on eBay:

$329

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This one looks like new $399:

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Refurb with a 3 year warranty $450

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[Doxquzme Premium Member]

And yes, all amplifiers will get warm when you are talking 1500 to 2000 watts on tap.

 

[spokey9]

And yes, all amplifiers will get warm when you are talking 1500 to 2000 watts on tap.

My taramps smart3 don't

 

[Doxquzme Premium Member]

My taramps smart3 don't

Is it as noisy as the previous BASS models? I am not a "fan" of "fans"...

 

[spokey9]

Is it as noisy as the previous BASS models? I am not a "fan" of "fans"...

It's only noticeable when it first turns on and does it start up cycle and when you turn it off...I've never heard it while music was playing and it's about 4-6ft behind me in a small suv thing

 

[Doxquzme Premium Member]

I'd say the Smart BASS would be worth looking into, if I was going full bridge. As they improve, they are moving up in price, one of the features of the design was lower cost, just not sold on full bridge designs yet.

 

[spokey9]

Keeping mind the smart bass amps are rated at 14v

The smart line at 12v

Honestly unless you're below 1 ohm...the smart line would probably be the better choice

For ref that's smart bass 3k (top) and smart 3 (bottom)

 

[Doxquzme Premium Member]

I'd say given that even 1200 is pushing it for his setup, get this and run it at 4 ohms, no issues at all.

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[1aespinoza 10+ year member]

anyone care to chime in

Rockford Fosgate is a quality company with it's own R&D department. They know car enviornents get brutal and design accordingly. It will not burn itself out because of a little self induced heat.

 

[Guyver 10+ year member]

Thanks ya. Just pulled the trigger on the 1500BDCP because of the constant power that RF developed to help with the ohm rise.