What amp is the for the love of god

[nateberrier 10+ year member]

Got this amp long time ago. it says power 275 on it like a rockford but its just a vinyl like the crooked stereo integrity sticker. Stereo Integrity was an old install shop in Ohio I guess. Louisiana should be on this one.

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[benzmansl65amg 10+ year member]

that p definitely reminds me of rockford

 

[Louisiana_CRX 5,000+ posts]

hmmmm early Rockford before Fosgate ?

 

[nateberrier 10+ year member]

Yeah it looks like a rockford logo but there is nothing on the board about rockford plus its not their style either

 

[Rich B 5,000+ posts]

Maybe its like a Kenford, or a Rockwood, a kind of poorly done clone?

 

[nateberrier 10+ year member]

Im not sure but its got some beefy fets it looks like, two 25 amp fuses and everything is clean on the board. it puts out some awesome clean power too. We played it at 1ohm for a bit and it *****.

 

[VWBobby 10+ year member]

Could even be a prototype amp or a limited production run of some type? Could be a 1-off design that was shopped around to other amp companies to be reproduced. Looks like it was made in the early 80's....

 

[Vossy 10+ year member]

Ol' rockford if you ask me.

 

[Johnny Law.Lulz 5,000+ posts]

It goes pretty hard IMO.

 

[Spooney 10+ year member]

Definitely not a rockford. Somebody was probably trying to copy the logo or make someone think this amp was something its not. Looks a lot like an old fusion amplifier I used to have(internally anyways). Also I know that the older directed amplifiers looked similiar to the fusion internally as well. Almost positive this is out of that same build house. The transistor clamp downs and the circuit board layout are a dead give away. I worked on a few of those amplifiers and remember the clamp downs being a real ***** to get back in if you didn't get them started just right. Definitely not an early 80's amp. Circuit boards were nowhere near this sophisticated and clean in the early 80's although the outside does make it look older than what I think it really is. I guess mid to late 90's as thats how old the fusion and directed amps were that I am comparing this too. Not exactly sure what you have but looks to be respectable quality if it's anything like the fusion/directed amps. I would say you'll get a clean 400 watts rms at least out of this.

 

[nateberrier 10+ year member]

Definitely not a rockford. Somebody was probably trying to copy the logo or make someone think this amp was something its not. Looks a lot like an old fusion amplifier I used to have(internally anyways). Also I know that the older directed amplifiers looked similiar to the fusion internally as well. Almost positive this is out of that same build house. The transistor clamp downs and the circuit board layout are a dead give away. I worked on a few of those amplifiers and remember the clamp downs being a real ***** to get back in if you didn't get them started just right. Definitely not an early 80's amp. Circuit boards were nowhere near this sophisticated and clean in the early 80's although the outside does make it look older than what I think it really is. I guess mid to late 90's as thats how old the fusion and directed amps were that I am comparing this too. Not exactly sure what you have but looks to be respectable quality if it's anything like the fusion/directed amps. I would say you'll get a clean 400 watts rms at least out of this.

Thank you for not saying its a rockford solely on the logo. Trust me Ive asked rockford and looked at every rockford possible and its nothing like them, plus it would have their name stamped into the board. Its really clean and at 1ohm, (not running it that way for long) I would guess we were getting 5-600 steady rms. I havent seen an amp this organized inside though. It definitely looks like the downgrade model of another amp guessing from the open pads on the board. One cap is missing but it plays fine so idk if it was like that by design or what

 

[Sarthos 10+ year member]

It looks like a real quality amp, the word power does look Rockfordy, but the rest of the logo is not rockford at all.

 

[Spooney 10+ year member]

I wish I could find the pics of the fusion and the directed I worked on. That fusion was very close to the same internally from what I remember. Was a little beast of an amp. My buddy still runs it to this day. If I saw him more often I would get a pic of the internals again.

 

[nateberrier 10+ year member]

Yes I realize the logos guys but honestly both logos are vinyls and one is crooked, do you have the models from any of those amps? I might be able to find them. I wish I knew

 

[Spooney 10+ year member]

also wanted to add that its definitely not supposed to be missing that cap. Looking at the pic I can see the little bit of the lead from the cap that was there still stuck to the solder pad. If you plan on keeping this it may be worthwhile to replace all of the larger electrolytic caps. From the looks of them it kinda seems like they have seen some excessive heat. Looks like the shrink wrap on some of them has started to slide off the top of the caps and down the sides. Good indicator that the amp has been ran hard.