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@sergiobisonte

Жыл бұрын

we want old school amps!! no more advertising amps!! lolol

@ashylarry1589

Жыл бұрын

@@sergiobisonte you gonna pay his bills? Lmao!

@marscounty

Жыл бұрын

Love me some old school MTX. Brings me right back to high school. I never see Hertz amps on your channel. Why is that?

@ashylarry1589

Жыл бұрын

@@marscounty cause it Hertz to take all of that money out of your pocket just to test one 🤣

@sergiobisonte

Жыл бұрын

@@ashylarry1589 what bills? he did a question and i gave my opinion... isn't this the ooooooooold school stereo channel? or am I wrong?

I love the old school reviews--I understand it's a limited viewing market though so I feel extra spoiled when we get episodes like this! Thanks and Thumbs Up!

@jasonhastings5538

10 ай бұрын

These young cats dont know old school cool!!!😂😂😂

@JESUSISCALLINGYOU7

6 ай бұрын

Me too. I feel such nostalgia!

@JESUSISCALLINGYOU7

6 ай бұрын

​@@jasonhastings5538They'll die without knowing how it felt to listen to a quality sound system from those days! 😅

MTX. Is a very underrated car audio company. They’ve always made great equipment. I’ve had a lot of it over the years. I still have my first gen Blue Thunder 12’s. They were the 💩 back in the day. This amp was no different. As soon as I saw the thumb nail I knew it would surpass its ratings big time. Great vid Big D! Circuit City FTW!!!!!

@wal

Жыл бұрын

I show a 10” MTX Blue Thunder at the very end!

@ksavage681

Жыл бұрын

I'm running MTX dual 12's this very moment in sealed box. *chefs kiss*

@ashylarry1589

Жыл бұрын

@@wal seen it my brother. I remember talking to you about my Blue Thunders a few years back and you told me you had one. Great sub for the time 👊🏽

@steve390gold

Жыл бұрын

@ashy Larry, as a former employee of CIrcuit shitty, no they didn't. They sucked major ass after they got rid of sales comissions.

@steve390gold

Жыл бұрын

That said, I agree MTX is the bomb diggity!! As far as amplifier design goes, they bucked most of the major trends. Nothing the end user would notice bit thosenof us repairing them are usually like "omg wow is that right?!" the first time diving in.

Late 90s will always be my favorite years of car audio. Ppi, rockford, jl, and kicker were just a high school kids dream.

I'm still running a Thunder 2300 amp in my wife's car, and my home theater subwoofers are two 12" Road Thunder Pros (kevlar cone, red rubber surround) powered by a Crown DC-300A Series 2 in custom birch-plywood ported boxes.

@administratorperson3272

Жыл бұрын

i have 2 2300's and a 3002

@jodyzung6455

3 ай бұрын

@@administratorperson3272 Oof! those 2300's are the best. I'd take one off your hands if you're willing to part with one. I can never find them for sale.

@administratorperson3272

3 ай бұрын

@@jodyzung6455 im using them. trying to find another 4320

I remember the high school days hanging out at Circuit City and listening to entire albums before buying them lol. Hey does anyone remember they had free sub/amp/radio installation whenever you spent over 75 bucks? Ahhh the good days

@LowLevelNC

Жыл бұрын

I remember buying an Alpine CDA-9805 head unit at Circuit City back in 2003. I forget now exactly when they closed that store, but it wasn’t long after.

@WSKRBSCT

Жыл бұрын

That was obviously after I was gone from there. Just about anything was $75, so I don't see how they made any money doing that. IIRC, a radio, amp, and four speakers was $149.95 and there is not enough margin there to justify it, especially on some products - there were some CD players (Pioneer was really bad like that when on sale) we sold below cost. Only real benefit would have been not taking as many returns and maybe the additional opportunity to upsell and sell accessories, like harnesses and cables. But, if the sales counselor was doing his or her job, that should have already been done. I guess that's why they are no more.

@iamgriff

Жыл бұрын

I bought a LANZAR Optidrive 300 with the analog needles. It came with a (cheese whiz) 12” pioneer 400watt. I installed it in my wife’s Dodge Neon in a 1.5 cubic ft sealed box. I also bought a Pioneer head unit, and got a set of free 6.5” door speakers. Pretty sure the speakers ended up in a ice truck I leased one summer😂

@doctormidnight

Жыл бұрын

I worked at a Circuit City from 97 to 98, and the Blue Thunders each came with Dyno results. Never saw one that didn't exceed rated power by at least 10%.

@carl9964

9 ай бұрын

Heck yeah me and my buddies would spend hours there. I bought my system there. I had that MTX box and MTX subs.

If you had 50 clean watts back in the day, you was banging!! Amazing how many more watts we get these days for the money. Now if they could just keep the quality up.

@robsolf

Жыл бұрын

Yep. I had a Sherwood "60x4" amp I would have described then as "blowing me out of the car". Then I got a Punch 40 for the front, put the Sherwood on Cerwin Vega sub duty and I was the envy of my neighborhood buddies. A 400 watt system at most.

@jodyzung6455

3 ай бұрын

Right! Heck IASCA classes in the 90's I think topped out at the 1000+ watts class for the entire system. Now "kids these days" complain if they "only" have 1000 watts per sub.

I had this amp! I was a car stereo manager at Circuit City! Loved this series of amps!

@briandoss8552

Жыл бұрын

Circuit City was the best job I ever had and I got to work on my car in the install Bay and no one cared and I got all my subwoofers warrantied whenever I wanted for whatever reason the good old days

@raymo6795

Жыл бұрын

they were great amps

@mcsqueegee81

Жыл бұрын

I had this amp & ended up upgrading to the 300x2. both were great at the time. was running the 3- 10" blue thunder sealed box. did well, esp with the 300x2. I think was getting 700w or so rms

@Z-Ack

Жыл бұрын

Yo brian.. have you ever dated a girl named brooke by chance?

@brianvarnes4803

Жыл бұрын

Circuit City Roadshop, how may I direct your call? Lol I worked there too in Houston

Ran a thunder 2300 and a 280 on highs back around 96. That 2300 would put the beat on my 3 jl12w6s. The good ole days

@epicmotorcyclechannel307

Жыл бұрын

Yea the thunder 2300 was probably the ultimate sleeper amp of the 90's. That thing was bonkers. Have you seen Big D's dyno video on it? It's pretty crazy what it put out.

We need to know what we were dealing with in the 90s! Show the kids how good they have it these days!

@robsorgdrager8477

Жыл бұрын

The amps were not horrible. The subs were so sensitive back in the day it all worked out fine. They were just wicked expensive. A good deal was $1/watt.

@JohnBelknap

Жыл бұрын

I remember in the late 80's having 250w was amazing.

@RobertDickens2002

Жыл бұрын

Yeah when we find out our 400 watts amps are more like 45 watts 😆

@r6chronicle676

Жыл бұрын

Man its like the older guys are in a pissing match in who had it worst every generation has there own struggles its not a game of who had the worst stuff

@edawge-zeloy1755

Жыл бұрын

Old school over this new stuff all day !!! American made greatness !! Love these videos !! I have a mint thunder 2300 never used , was a display . Sexy !! Compared to this class d stuff

MTX was my brand in the 90s. All I ever ran. Subs and amp. Wish they were still in the game today. Thanks big d. Enjoy all the videos.

I had that amp in 1997 when I worked at Circuit City. I had it running (4) MTX Blue Thunder 10s wired to 4 Ohms total. It SLAMMED!

@THEMARS0NE

Жыл бұрын

Yup! Them little Blue Thunders were the shit back in the day. Very efficient for the $. I still have one in a old school bandpass box. They hum in a Hatchback! 🤙🏽💪🏽

@Roof_Pizza

Жыл бұрын

I ran this with 2 JL 10W6D4s at 2x2 ohms and they were monsters. I swear you could turn off the engine and get propelled down the street by the subs alone.

@briandoss8552

Жыл бұрын

Do you remember the hot box

@CivicMonkey

11 ай бұрын

I too worked at circuit city. Started with them the summer of 96. Number 87838. I had this amp running a pair of jbl 10s in a hotbox. Ran great. Later upped it to the pro3002. Miss these amps.

@2slofouru

7 ай бұрын

I sold and installed tons of mtx amps and others at circuit city.

I had one of these when I worked at Circuit City back in the day. Hahaha They powered my 6.5" Infinity Kappa perfect components.

I was a sales and installation manager with CC for 16 years. Sold many of these. At our annual managers meetings MTX always gave us the most awesome merch to take home with us... All you old school CC guys get in touch..

I LOVE mtx. I had 2 15" thunder 5000 in a sealed box back in the day. The price for those amps are unreal 😳

I’m grateful for these oldies.

Great review thankyou. After 25 years that amp still rockin. I think more care and time was put into equipment back in the day .

Awesome old school amp! I like all the videos, new and old amps. Keep em coming man !

Nice work! I have this whole line up of Blue Thunder amps even the rare 754. Great amps. Keep the great videos coming.

The fact that you test all the amps the same way just adds to your credibilty.

My GUY... The Old School stuff is the REASON i watch ur channel!!!

Thank you for this video. Please keep the old-school amp tests coming.

My first taste of MTX was a little Termintor amp pushing two Terminator 12s in a sealed enclosure, mounted in the cab of a '96 Ranger. Instantly fell in love. I have a similar setup now. Couldn't be happier 🙂🙂🙂

I remember the marketing hype that split bottom covers were to cut electrical noise. I never ran MTX amps but I was a huge fan of the Blue Thunder subs. I competed in USAC and always got excellent scores on SQ especially in the low end. Keep up the great work Big D!

I installed a lot of these amps when I worked as a Roadshop installer from '96-'01. Great amps

Love your videos!!

I like seeing old school amps from back in the 90's. I'm also subscribed! Lol

Hey! Us old guys like to see the amps from our time on the Dyno. But that said, I knew it would so better than rated. Almost all of the old school MTX amps which I’ve used/owned always made my systems play louder than others.

We love the old school reviews and testing!! keep up the cool videos man!

@wal

7 ай бұрын

Make sure to subscribe to my other channel Old School Stereo. I have dozens of old school amp tests there!

I'm here for the old school stuff!

Great video. Takes me back for sure.

Saw this video pop up in the notification, so i poured me a nice cup of coffee and grabbed a snack to get ready to see another interesting,nice and well made amp-dyno video👍 Greetings from a huge fan from Norway

Your channel is a true GEM. Makes me more excited to install my 752 and 504s this season. Thanks Big D!

I'm subscribed.. have been for a while .. love what ya do

@wal

Жыл бұрын

Greatly appreciated!!

I'm subscribed and love the old school amps!!! I've owned so many of those amps it's not even funny

Thanks for bringing the old school. Remember testing these out at good guys back then.

I used to have that amp, a couple years newer and in silver. I remember it being a brute of an amp, driving anything I threw at it. I also remember it being very hot.

i love seeing these old amp videos. brings you back to the old days!

Nice surprise at the end. My first 2 subs back in 92 were a couple of 12" Blue Thunders. I like the old school gear tests but probably like the tests on the new stuff the most. I'm always keeping an eye out for my next upgrade and the amp tests are pretty useful. I mostly watch the channel as new videos come out either way though.

Can't say I've had bad experiences with MTX amps - I had an MTX MXA6001 mono block back in the mid 00's and that thing was super solid and reliable.

Had this amp back in the day, loved it ! Wish I still had it.

Subscribed for years. Cheers

I had that same amp. Back in the day. Loved it. Sucker really hits

I worked as a Roadshop manager at Circuit City from 1990-2000. Still have the same blue thunder amp and a blue thunder subwoofer. They still work and sound great 20 yrs later.

Just want you to know. I - AM - subbed! Love the content, too.

Awesome! Old school ftw.

@ashylarry1589

Жыл бұрын

👊🏽

Here from the UK. I remember seeing the MTX show van in the late 90s. I had never heard anything like it. Unbelievable bass and sound quality. This video triggered some good memories!

The one thing about buying a quality amplifier all through the 90’s… Is that they ALL were underrated on the specifications. MTX, Rockford Fosgate, PPI, JL Audio. It was almost like a gentleman’s game of sandbagging the power output.

MTX speakers really woke me up to car audio way back... had a setup in my little '84 Isuzu P'up with no bump. Went to my audio place which also did automotive stuff and my guy slid a pair of MTX co-ax at me... someone had exchanged 'em because no highs on one side. They fixed the tweeter wire and they'd been hanging around, try these he said. I tried, I liked... good stuff. Thanks as always, I love your detailed and insightful reviews. Regards,

The old school mtx amps was always some my favorite they just sounded so good

I still have my 1502 and the QA certificate that came with it. I remember it also came with a cloth to keep the gold badging nice and shiny. haha. Very good, VERY sturdy amp.

I started as an installer in march of 2000 with circuit city. It was a great time and these amp were awesome

Awesome. Just picked one up for $25 in the box!! Loving it. Running it to 2 old school solo baric 8s

...great video , my Friend

...love the old school amps

I had this amp. Loved it

I used to be a CC Roadshop Manager for several years. I also did most of the custom installs. I have so many install pictures using these MTX amps.

not gonna lie, i cried a little when you cut the sticker..... I'm running 2 MTX Jackhammer 12's that I bought when Circuit City had their going out of business sale back in Jan 2009. The manager upgraded me to the upper end 1600 watt prefab enclosure/subs and a Terminator TN250 amp (tested by a buddy of mine at his shop at 568 watts) and i paid around $369 when all was said and done. I gave the amp to my nephew but the subs are still hitting hard in 2023. MTX was badass back in the day...Can't attest to their quality now, but I'd say they still have decent stuff (if I had to guess).

My first foray into real quality car audio was back in 83. Just purchased my Loaded 1983 Toyota SR5 4x4 long bed pickup. There was a new stereo shop in town (San Diego) called Dow Sound Stereo. I saved up a bundle that summer and purchased a Concord PL-515 (very best unit of the day) made in the U.S. Dolby B&C noise reduction Cassette deck with a great tuner and RCA outputs. I also purchased a Linear Power 100x100 watt amplifier which was basically an 8”x12”x2.5" (10x12x2.5 to the fins) inch 15 pound brushed aluminum amp with 2” heat sinks on either side. I purchased (Top of the line in the day) Phillips (Phillips Europe) 8inch woofers, paired with a 3” dome mid and the classic Phillips soft dome tweeters and home-made x-over’s from a design recommendation from the tech’s over at the local ADS speaker shop where we bought all the Phillips drivers). PC’s were not around yet and there was no internet to peruse for the latest design software, products or devices. All in all, after hooking that system up, was the talk of the town. OMG, it flat out stomped on everything, loud, SQ, nothing like it in my neighborhood - anywhere, for a little while anyway. I was hooked on Hi-fi from that moment on!

I had one of these amps. Little thing would get so hot. Lol but then again. This was late 90’s early 2000’s. And 3/4 turned gain was LIFE!

Still have my Pro 1502 and the 3 10's I purchased at Circuit City. The car it was in is long gone but the Amp and speakers are still with me today :-)

This brought back some memories. 1502 was my first AMP in 1996 or 97. I upgraded to the 3002 soon after.

You know you actually should want a 60% plus of viewers who are not subscribed. The reason is simple, it means YT is promoting your video to people who are not subscribed. That's how your audience grows.

Still have one of these Blue Thunder amps, used to be one of my favorite. I used this amp with a MTX Tri Thunder triple 10” sub box. It was sweet for back in the day, and I regretted swapping it out for a pair of 12” Hyphonics Zeus subs. Always been a huge triple 10” fan ever since.

I have that same exact amp I love mtx amps and their high end subs

I’ve got 2 of the 1502s and 2 of the Pro 504s. I love those amps. I always run the 1502s on subs at 2 ohms. It would get hot, but still run like a champ

I was an installer at Circuit City Roadshop!! Introduced me to the my lifelong obsession!! Not that their equipment was striking, but I know about Ford Keys!!!

I had an MTX road thunder amp and loved it. Also has the same subs, 2 10" I got from a friend because he thought he blew them. Same exact box too !

BIG DDDDDDD !! Love new video days !!! :) and also update on my Audiozerone ZE1000.1 ITS kinda epic... i mean i just bought 2 SA GFC 10s in a custom box and THEY bump :) im very pleased with your reviews :)

I had a sponsorship with circuit city. I built their custom boxes. I used to go to show. Ended up with 8 MTX btl 12s in a escort with JBL mids and highs. As a bass junkie the sponsorship helped feed the addiction lmao...

I had this amp! Powering a 10in Fosgate hx2 dvc in a bandpass. I'd have to buy a box of fuses every other week I'd pop one st least once a week.

Great video audio tutorial commentary demo editing unbias testing thanks Big D Wiz Old School is real education Like my dad says its ONLY new once & they don't make them like they use to...

Back in high school I had one of these running two JL Audio 10w0 8 ohm subs bridged and it absolutely hammered.

Nice work! Old school amplifier testing is a niche viewership IMHO. I like seeing these types of videos. I bet that amp sounds buttery vs Class D or digital amps. Heat is fine on these as long as it gets dissipated properly (and is mounted where it gets some airflow).

Had too watch this because I just picked up a blue thunder pro504 and only paid $60 for it and actually it's pretty nice condition. Everytime I pick up an old 90s or early 2000s amp I always go through your channel to see if you've covered it at some point and 95% of the time you don't let me down. 😊

I remember being jealous of my older cousin he was 1 year older than me and got a set of mtx blue thunder 12s and a Rockford punch 75 amp for his Christmas present when he was 16 ...drove a little single cab Mazda mini truck and man did it pound the ground ....I mean loud ....he knew how much I liked them and bought me a set of 8in blue thunder truck boxes and a punch 45 for my graduation present when I was 18 ...I drove a 71 c10 and had a gas tank behind the seat so the truck boxes fit perfectly under each side of the bench seat....I really appreciated him doing that ....wish I had kept them ...but let them go with the truck....which I never should have sold either

Sold, Installed and owned a few of this model and the four channel.. they were outstanding and powerful.

The Boss is back !! I sold Blue Thunder speakers back in 1988-1992 We had some of there amplifiers The Red Terminator Amplifiers and the Red Terminator 2 ohm woofers The Blue Thunder was MTX attempt to go after the high end market The Blue Thunder Woofers had a rubber surround . The Blue Thunder had tighter bass .They didn’t have the boom the Terminators had Road Thunder was MTX entry level line.They weren’t bad .They were cost effective

Circuit city was mynfavorite store back in the day. I had the mix 4500 12s in the thunder box. Still some of my all time favorite subs

I love the old school tests!

I genuinely appreciate the classic car audio tests. Especially the stuff in couldn't afford and the stuff I owned. What I want to see though, is motorcycle and ATV stuff. Micro amps, that kind of stuff. I also appreciate when you suggest equipment.

These videos are what built this channel. Never forget where you're from.

Dude I didn't knew I wasn't subscribed lol, I always check out your videos btw I just got a 800.1 taramps bass amp to move a 800w alphasonik psw810e subwoofer, gotta admit for the size and price was good! yet my ported box is too small

Videos on the old school stuff are awesome. It’s what got me interested in your channel, and your videos are really what got me back into car audio after about a 15 year break. I personally now prefer watching tests on the new stuff, that’s what’s available to buy, but I’m curious why you don’t test any big amps. Power supply won’t keep up maybe?

Damn Blue Thunder, OG OG.

Man, have a lot of memories with this amp.. had 2 of them powering 2 Orion 2 intense dvc 12s in a 88 Nissan pathfinder.. man them were the days

I have one of these running my component set, and infinity 1k running two 10s in a gp audio box. Sounds fantastic. Not the loudest but clean

Holy smokes! MTX is where it all started for me in the mid 90's!

I always loved MTX from the 90s. Probabaly because it was my first setuo

Man, the nostalgia. My friend had the same sub, and some version of those amps. He let me borrow it in my 65 Mustang Coupe. That was my first taste of a subwoofer. Man time flies.

The good ol' days!! They might have been able to cook on but boy did they bang! I miss mine, I had 2 running 2 12" directed subs and omg did they get down an dirty!

Yes more old school please

I remember this amp. Not bad for the day. I should have kept all of my Car Audio & Electronics magazines

That amp and a pair of blue thunder extreme 10's served me well for many years

I love the MTX logo on the subs with the aluminum cones. What a good looking subwoofer.

@bigassfordsd

Жыл бұрын

I still have one in my basement. Thunder 7500 12" in an mtx ported box. still in good shape.

@calvinevans8305

Жыл бұрын

@@bigassfordsd Lucky

I am actually running my 4 door speakers which are 4x6 Image Dynamic coaxial with my MTX Blue Thunder Pro 504… sounds great!

I had a blue thunder amp back then. It was a open box special and it was awesome

I smoked One of those back in 99. Didn't know what I was doing back then. 😢

I was that high school kid working at a Circuit City warehouse in 1997. Took forever to save up and buy my first MTX amp and subs

i can smell that bandpass box from here mmmmmmmm the 90's remember saying the 70'S smell well .......lol cheers!