I remember lusting after the 500ss back i the day. I would study the crutchfield catalogs for hours.

@scottie6-573

3 жыл бұрын

+1 so many hours spent lusting over all the good stuffing there!

This amp started my career (still in) in the automotive industry. My dad took me to a car audio shop when I was 15 and bought this amp and the 100si. Ended up in Car Audio & Electronics magazine (May 1996). My first system I ever installed

@lagginswag

3 жыл бұрын

👍

@yeahitskimmel

Жыл бұрын

What was the car?

@dobledekersoulwrekr

Жыл бұрын

@@yeahitskimmel 1991 Grand Am

Dang near thirty years old still does it’s rated power that is just amazing good quality amplifier built by kicker !!!

@wal

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed!

@danabarnes4751

3 жыл бұрын

Spoiler! :-)

@mr.c6674

3 жыл бұрын

But if it wasn't used, I would think it still should do what it said it would do (given Kicker is a reputable brand). It's not as if it had shelf life and degraded by sitting around.

@richhancock3110

3 жыл бұрын

@@mr.c6674 actually caps do lose some life over years typically just like all electronic do

@jadadsr.8351

Жыл бұрын

They always were a love of mine, those and Rockford. They always had easy on the eye amplifiers.

I was watching this amplifier on ebay. You beat me to the purchase. Thanks for sharing such a GEM 💎

@josephlovett644

3 жыл бұрын

I don't think he said but how much did it go for?

@brentblack5025

3 жыл бұрын

I searched sold listings and couldn't find it. I would really like to know as well.

I still remember when Kicker founder came in to store I worked at selling the OG truck box back in like 1981 or 1982...what a game changer.....

@attackroflchopter4403

2 жыл бұрын

Wow, i had no idea they were around that long ago. I was 5 in 82, didn't know kicker was a thing until like 1990, thought they were brand new.

I wonder how many people were looking to buy an amp , stumbled across big D , watched a couple tests , then subbed , and now watch every single "episode (?)".

@iceman1648

3 жыл бұрын

He test stuff so we don't have to.

@iceman1648

3 жыл бұрын

He's the go to man before buying equipment.

@logiticalresponse9574

3 жыл бұрын

@@iceman1648 I bought that ignite amp after watching some test vids

That dude is mint! I was hoping to see those suitcase guts tho yo!

@wal

3 жыл бұрын

Fo sho, I thought about it, but the hex bolts still had the OG paint on them and I didn't want to disrupt the look. These are hard to open up as you know.

@austintyler7991

3 жыл бұрын

@@wal what was ur $ price $ ? Thanks big D. I wonder if my Clarion APX 400.2 would dyno similar results?

@justinmurphy2227

3 жыл бұрын

He doesn't want to void the warranty bro.....geez. He didn't even send the warranty card in! LOL could you imagine sending it in for warranty repair? I bet you get a different amp back!

@jamesplotkin4674

3 жыл бұрын

@DJ WRAITH As if some paint and a Q-tip couldn't be sourced?

@It-b-Blair

2 жыл бұрын

@@jamesplotkin4674 changes it’s collector’s nostalgia 🤷‍♂️ as an original- could easily be made an NFT

I still have a C10 Kicker subwoofer, using since 1997 and i like very much, low fs and easy to drive, very low frequencies from a 4th bandpass in my beetle!

@wal

3 жыл бұрын

😬👍

Badass amps. These are what got me into car audio. Seen a system with just two of these amps, one running 4 kicker 12s and the other running 12 mids and tweets. Crazy!!!!

One of the selling points of these Amps was being able to Hide the Wiring for a "Clean" Install. Especially in cars with rear deck lids, you could have the Amp on display and no wires showing through the rear window. That is why Kicker let the installer cut out that part of the cover for the wire install.

@wal

3 жыл бұрын

Good point 🤙

Love your video today!!!! Thank you for the upload. Wow, a mint step back in time.

Kicker always amazes me with how everything is created or built.

Awesome video man! All i could think about is my old x50s competition i had and then you mentioned at the end that you tested one! Im going to look for that video now!! Again thanks for the trip down memory road!! Keep the awesome content flowing!! Respect from Canada brother!

Kicker was the shit when I was in highschool in the 90s. I can't believe it was 30 years ago 😲🤤✌️✌️

It's crazy how much better looking the old amps are! Some of these new amps out today look all plastic and junk but this piece right here has a professional look to it!

@wal

3 жыл бұрын

You said it brother

Awesome video Big D, we love to see that fresh lookin' old school goodness. Yea boy!!!

Very nice! Another good vidya from mah boy Bid D. I find it interesting how good that sounds with how little power it puts out. Definitely not competition level output, but still very impressive. Thanks Big D!

Really nice old school amp. Thanks for sharing this gem.

Awesome! Takes me back to my teenage days. Great video 👍👊

It was funny to see Kraco in the listing in the beginning of the video. That was all I could afford back then :)

100w x 2 and we were HAPPY to get that kind of power!!

YEAH BOI! Got to love it when you find an amp in that condition and carefully shipped - nice find! :D And it works - sweet!!! It bump doe very nicely in Tri-mode. KICK'N IT OLD SCHOOL STYLE!

@wal

3 жыл бұрын

😎👍

Everything I ever owned looks like new even after several decades! When I sold stuff, people always ask "did you even use it?"

@robertdavis5495

3 жыл бұрын

Same here

this is super cool to see. all original boxes and everything! that amp is older than me!

You found yourself a Time capsule ! Excellent video and review of a piece of C.A history .

@wal

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks 🙏

Looks like new old stock!! Legends of car audio type stuff!! Beautiful amp.

I was happy to be into car audio in the mid to late 90s the golden era ! Too bad I had no money back then ! lol

@tenacious5735

3 жыл бұрын

I'm 16 wish I could have been there I've always grown up hearing abt my dads Camaro and how crazy the OG kicker solo barrack's were so I got the 2020 versions and I truly wish I was alive when this was big

@mikegreen2229

Жыл бұрын

@@tenacious5735 I was 16 in 1996, and it was a dream to own this stuff. Worked forever at minimum wage to buy anything. And then, you make dumbass teenager mistakes. Like when I finally bought a 300 watt class d MTX amp, and then 6 months later allowed it to get flooded with water 😢. At least you young guys can buy better beat than we had. Also, we burned up batteries and alternators quite easily. Everything ran hot in those days. The average car had a 60 amp alternator or so. We always ended up abusing the cars electrical system because of it. Rough times lol

The "breakout plate" was an option so you could have the wires hidden by going out the bottom of the amp, which was in the amp cut out template. If you didnt want them to be completely hidden you could break off the breakout plate and have the wires come out through the front instead.

Once in a lifetime purchase there it's nice than I could ever imagine.

Same happened to me when I ordered a Kicker Impulse amp years ago. wasn't supposed to work, but with the exception of a fussy gain control it works great!!!

I know Dereck's feeling of joy getting this amp. I just scored 2 USA made JBL GTX 15" subs circa 1995 from eBay. Were listed as mint condition. In reality they were brand freaking new, never been mounted, in original boxes with the manuals! Back in the day these subs were the bomb. I had a set in the high school days and needed them again... You know what I mean!

@wal

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah man it’s incredible to see minty stuff that’s this old

Once again my man BigD nailed another dyno spot on the money… some one buy this guy a beer 🍺

Somebody has a secret admirer lol 💕❤️

@wal

3 жыл бұрын

Obviously hasn’t seen a big dummy 🤣

Great find and pick up Big D. Can't wait for the kicker podcast tuesday to find out what Kip has to say about this.

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MAN, you came up right here D! AWSOME AMP!

Love it. You brought us back in time

@wal

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching and commenting!

The section that can be broken out is left in if you wanted to back wire the amp so you don’t see the wires 👍🏻. Kind of like my 90’s Fosgate amps, you had to back wire the amp to put on the end covers so you’d have a clean looking install. One of my good friends owns Custom Enclosures Car Audio in Bristol VA and back in the days I’ve seen quite a few installed by him that way. Beautiful amp in perfect condition and it works to boot!

Oldie but a goodie 💪 Great score on that amp. 👌

You the man great work and showing that old school amp WTG keep rolling on the master at this life 4real .The Man

Love that 90’s Pr0N tune at the beginning!

I think when you test the older amplifiers like this you should play music for those years cause that's what is was built for

@raynellwelch8483

3 жыл бұрын

That deep, Thinking Brother👍

FYI i have been watching your videos for about a year now. I have never owned a car amp 😆 or a car hi-Fi of any note. Love your videos. Keep up the good work.

@lagginswag

3 жыл бұрын

Why not, make it thump, totally worth it!!!

I have one in almost as good condition. Glad to see it still makes rated power without being recapped.

Green LED’s were more expensive than red ones in the early 90’s

@gregbridgesjr5535

3 жыл бұрын

Why

@samdustin6733

3 жыл бұрын

pro tip: you can watch series at InstaFlixxer. Me and my gf have been using them for watching lots of of movies these days.

@daxdeandre700

3 жыл бұрын

@Sam Dustin Yea, I have been using instaflixxer for since december myself :)

@sylkelster

3 жыл бұрын

Blue ones were about $5/ea in late 90s

@Onizukachan915

2 жыл бұрын

@@gregbridgesjr5535 they just were more expensive to make in the early days. Blues and whites didn’t even exist back then.

Nice find.. Ya back in the 90s i knew several ppl that uses a single Phoenix gold m25 to power all there speakers. Not many ppl do it anymore.

Soo awesome!! I was 9.. thanks for sharing that with us! I figured ot worked when i seen it. 😎

That was Awesome I wanted a Kicker amp back in the day

One of the amplifiers that I had a chance to own. Great memories.

Lol, watching this takes me back to High School. My buddy had a Kicker amp, and one of those Stillwater Designs SS boxes. It had 2-12" s with a set of mids, and tweets. Had a house stereo style speaker grill made of nylon. Good times back then.

Very clean amp and sounds clean as well. Tri-mode working good.

im still using a kicker 100si that I won in a sound comp back in the 90's. it definitely doesn't look as good as that one and the plastic trim got lost during one of the many times I loaned it out. But it still does the job.

@brandonbelongstocharlottef1798

2 жыл бұрын

Hell yeah...good is good and don't go out of date 👍

Ran a Kicker Impulse 1252xi in tri mode on an old school Crunch 12 and two Crunch 10s. That setup SLAPPED

Score! Excellent find 👏

First Video I ever seen of you Sir. I have to say, Were a lot of like. Wish I had some of your knowledge and wisdom of That ERA.! AWSOME Stuff DOOD.!!!! I have so many of this stuff myself , from when my dad Had the Family Car lot.. I kept all that stuff I would find from the late 80;s to Current. GREAT CONTENT.! I still USE all of it Until today, All through out are Property. I know From experience that Amplifieers From that time Are Often, Way more Powerful!

I had a Sansui, 2 channel 75 watt RMS car amplifier from the late 80’s/early 90’s. All it had was one sensitivity adjustment, power in and RCA plugs. A simple no frills plug and play amplifier. I wish I had that amplifier today. Great Old School amplifier that kicked ass. We didn’t realize how great some of the old school car stereo products were from Japan until manufacturers first started making lower quality products made in China. I wish I still had my old Nakamichi head unit made in Japan, along with my old school Boston Acoustics 6 X 9 speakers. Today I have all JLAUDIO that is dated. Older. JLAUDIO Slash series A/B amplifier’s, 4 channel and 5 channel with JLAUDIO speakers and sub. I am keeping those.

@mikegreen2229

Жыл бұрын

My dad had an awesome Sansui home receiver he brought home from Vietnam. “100 watts per channel”. Yeah, right. No full size old school floor speakers could handle it at half power. I would crank it after high school before he got home. What killer sound and quality

Whoa! A blast from the past

I remember when I was about 12 or 13 (1993-94) I wanted to get that kicker logo tattooed on myself. Glad I grew out of that by the time I was legally allowed to be doodled on. Loved kicker stuff

What a beautiful piece of equipment these new amplifiers don't hold a candle to the old stuff as far as design

Thanks for another great OS review Big D! So, what made you choose ELAC bookshelf speakers over any other home audio brand? My love for aftermarket audio started in the mid 90s in my car, and now I'm into both home and mobile. Curious... Peace out!

When an eBay package comes in and there's a mint amp, man that is a experience. I get the same feeling buying old school Aiwa integrated amps.

Tri-way crossover, I remember reading about those, even understood/understand how they worked, but your video is the first time I have ever actually seen one. I think I understand why Kicker made it to where you have to break out that plastic on the cover. If you look at the install template, there is a section for "Cut Along dotted lines for hidden wire mounting" I suspect you could bring the wires in from the bottom and just leave the plastic piece there for a super clean look! That would have been super slick!

That Tri mode got me thinking 🤔 lol That’s awesome it worked right out the box ! Some people just don’t know what they have !

A real survivor there. Nice time capsule!

@wal

3 жыл бұрын

Facts!

Beautiful old school amplifier. Take care of that one. I kinda wish some of the new amps now had had some fins for cooling and looks. 😁🤛🤛

WOW in the box and with the Kicker ID card and everything?!!

200si is the one I let get away! I was about 18 and bought one of these (so it was a 5-6 year old amp) from a friend for $200- I was 'using it' and basically the bass made a couch fart sound prior to the main fuse popping and smelling the magic smoke. I used it for maybe 1 year. Sent it to Kicker for repair, they wanted $200 plus return shipping to fix an amp I spent $200 on, so it I let it stay with Kicker. In my case, the vehicle didn't have enough alternator output to keep up with that amp, and the amp in turn tried to pull more current to sustain the load. This created a real hot spot right at the voltage input and return, so hot it caused the plastic and 8 gauge wire jacket to melt right at that input on the amp. Who knows, it could have been an insufficient ground as well. Gotta love those first systems.

That amp is mint and clean love it.. Wow now about price. It was very expensive for what your getting back in the day back in 1994 when my Dad's old 94 Buick Roadmaster was new.

Reminds me of my old A/D/S/ powerplate amps back in the day!

@chrisyeahbuuwassrileegowyn9279

3 жыл бұрын

I thought so to and it IS an A/D/S made for Kicker I'm guessing, not sure why big D didn't say anything, I'm about to ask him. Go to .41 in the video where he is showing the Ad in the 94 directory at the bottom of the page you see A/D/S. I as well had a P80, P120, and a PQ15.....

I remember back in the early 00s I traded my jacked up 1994 Eddie Bauer Explorer on 33x12.50s for a 1992 Acura Integra, a set of 17" chrome wheels (which were REALLY cheesy), a Soundstream Rubicon 4 channel 1000w amp, and four Kicker Solobaric 10s. I remember the motors on the subs said Stillwater Designs on them. They were definitely old, but my cousin was owed a favor by a local stereo shop and they built me a custom fit box for the hatch area. Those subs sounded SO good and hit fairly hard. I remember that I had a Sony (the ONLY car stereos that I would buy back then) Xplod tape deck with a Sony 10-disc CD changer. I even had an old Sony unpowered tape deck with a motorized face that folded down to expose the tape deck and I had a Sony 4 channel amp that went with it. I also had an old red anodized US Amps 125x4 that was .25 ohm stable with a plexiglass bottom and about 4 feet long. When I was in high school I had an 89 Chevy Beretta GT with two Image Dynamic amps and two Image Dynamic 15s and people at my school said that it sounded like thunder. I shattered my rear windshield in front of the school one day while I was leaving the parking lot and I was suspended for 3 days because of it.

@wal

2 жыл бұрын

Good times 👌…well, except for the suspension part 🤣

@mikegreen2229

Жыл бұрын

I also loved the tape deck and cd changer setup. Mostly because tape decks were not prime targets for theft. It was awesome. Listen to anything, make mix tapes and in a beater car, nobody knew you were packing

Love the old school stuff.

I had one of those style crossovers made by Cerwin Vega. It was the original way to hookup 2 satélites and 2 subs. I made 2 sub cabinets same color and width as a pair of Bose 301 and converted them into lar power handling big bass speakers.

I looked at the ELAC bookshelf speakers you use. The woofer has a huge magnet on it! The woofer itself is almost $100 on EBay. Wow.

I still have my kicker 200xi. Still works

Beautiful Amp

I was used to the red power light, I never got used the green light, I like that they are using blue lights now, awesome amp thou

yeah i remember those modules. they used them all the way into the ZR amps. those ZR's were great amps. expensive, but usually way more powerful than rated, even the 120's bumped lol

@wal

2 жыл бұрын

One of the first amps I tested when I got my Dyno was the ZR120 Old School Kicker ZR120 Amp Power Output Test SMD DD-1 o'scope kzread.info/dash/bejne/l2WjypOKkrGpfNY.html

Awesome video as always! Where the video intros?

Nobody knows why we did what we did in the '90s. It was an acceptable excuse to just say "it's the '90s" and move on without explanation.

I bought the model down from this one. 160si or 120si. I cant remember. I saved all my money from working minimum wage. It was the first part of my system I bought. It ended up blowing. I contacted kicker and they offered me the current model up from it for just a bit more money. Think it was the SS line. It was an amazing amp.

Kicker still builds some killer amps 💪💪

I remember selling these back in the day. I so wish I'd gotten one.

I like the giant heatsink look!

I Remember those! We use to call them "BARBECUE GRILLES" because of how the heat sinks are built.

My first nice amp would have been a 500si, but my dad sent it back not realizing it was mine as I had it under the business name 😞 that being said I called up Speed & Sound and explained, but also decided to go with my other pick instead which they were ok with. A Hifonics gen x Zues. Glad I ended up with Hifonics gen x amps after all 👍 Yet still ran Kicker comp 15's and later 18's which were beast in the mid 90's

The power & protect light extenders are ,east to be seen from the top of them. They’re made from plexi & just work like an extension to the top of the amp cover. With the cover on you will only see the tips of those extender rods from the top of the amp & wire cover. Killer new amp Brotien!!!

This is a testament to the quality components Kicker used back then. Cheap caps would have probably failed by now. You should do a custom retro install in your vehicle. Would probably look dope. And sound even better.

Love channel btw brother!

@wal

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching and commenting!

I went to an estate auction about 2 years ago and the dude used to own a car audio shop, all the speakers where junk but I got 4 Precision Power 800W amps brand new in the original box for $100!! Best deal I ever got! The lady was like "Get this junk out of here" lol!!

@brandonbelongstocharlottef1798

2 жыл бұрын

Hahahaha lucky fucker 😁👍

@ 1:28 . Fun fact , when using the " a super knife " never shift yourself into a flashback . When returning from said flashback there is a 28.3 percent chance u will get disoriented and scratch a heat sink or a finger

I love kicker car audio amps.

Thank you for all the outstanding work you are doing. Amazing! What kind of nice colorful bike is it in the backround? What make is it? Best regards Lars

Still sounds good to be that old.

@wal

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah boi she smooth

This magazine was HUGE!!!!

that crossover is so cool for adding a sub to a full range stereo amp setup!!

@wal

2 жыл бұрын

Old skool cool

I had 1 of these on 2 kicker 15's some serious power

Good stuff!!!

Dang thats so cool... like early 90s IASCA- SQ. Put an audio control EQ infront of the amp and youre all set. LOL at those efficiency numbers, I don't think anyone even cared about efficiency back then. thanks Derek!! Shout out to Jessica too!!

Great video. I have an alpine tri mode crossover like that.

My wife better not be reading this lol I died 🤣

@wal

3 жыл бұрын

She never watches my vids so I’m good. Oh wait, “smack!!” OOPS 🤦‍♂️

@tatialo37

3 жыл бұрын

@@wal lol,

@findingnemo696

3 жыл бұрын

My love would smack me with a sandal lol

@ricardomolina4605

3 жыл бұрын

@@findingnemo696 Chancletaso!