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@cueball981

4 жыл бұрын

Be interesting to see how the Alpine PDX-V9 compares.

@papigelz5759

4 жыл бұрын

It would be interesting to see you test the Arc Audio X2 1200.6. Love the channel 🙌🏻

@ericpollard299

4 жыл бұрын

NVX VS SKAR VS Rockford fosgate?

@jdipo16

4 жыл бұрын

Williston Audio Labs not sure if your scope has it but some Siglent scopes have the ability to display the screen on a pc using software from Siglent. You can do real time readings

@sealtielayalatorres9068

4 жыл бұрын

Hi how can I send or if you can find a ekoaudio 1200w for dyno test?

Big thumbs up for adding Sam's input.

@wal

4 жыл бұрын

Awe yeah!

@mazwellyouare0swm890

4 жыл бұрын

Totally agree..... and Fosgate just being Fosgate. Boy the industry must hate them....( big ol' shit eatin' grin )....😁😁 .......💥💥......🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

@easyamp123

4 жыл бұрын

Except Sam being a little unclear of what is actually going on in this amp, or not knowing what class ad is, I would agree.

I love it when you include Sam into your vids it takes it up a notch great collaboration between you two!

@wal

4 жыл бұрын

I agree 100%, balances out Big Dummy well 🤣

@mrchrisk36

4 жыл бұрын

@@wal lol!!

@wcp004

Жыл бұрын

@@wal can this amp handle .5ohms on the subwoofer channel?

I just want to laugh every time Rockford rates an amp. For a fact, you will get way more watts than you pay for. Thank for the upload.

@GlycerinZ

3 жыл бұрын

One of many things I love about RF.

I used to work in a small car stereo shop in the 90's. We did a custom Astro van with this 1000 RF amp to power 4 custom built 21inch subs from Rockord Fosgate. A 650 RF amp to power a total of 28 speakers, from mid bass, mid range to tweeters. We upgraded the alternator and added an extra marine battery. The amps covers were gold plated any speakers with exposed covers were gold plated,. Do you guys remember the silk dome Punch tweeters and the plates? That truck won a first prize in Las Vegas car show.

Just finished installing this very amp in my Jeep Wrangler. It absolutely rocks! To get this much output from such a small amp is just unreal. Thanks for testing it and sharing it with us!

I bought an Rockford R500x1d a week ago after watching your video on it. I installed it yesterday and I am very happy with it. Keep up the great videos.

The OG power 1000 was The Baddest thing out and still one of my favorites today, lol

@akidim13

3 жыл бұрын

And the 300-2 or was it the 400-2 that put out over 1k Watts rms

Love all the growth to the Channel my man!!! You are an official Staple of Car Audio. Almost CAN’T buy an amp unless Big D hits it up!!!!😎

@wal

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks brother 👌

Great idea to include Sam. Much appreciated. Valuable insights! keep healthy and safe!

@wal

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching and commenting!

This video dropped just in time. I've been hanging onto a Massive Edge 5 channel for a couple months, but your review a while back on a mono amp of theirs had me hesitant. I have long been wanting this RF amp instead anyway, and this is just the push I needed. Thanks for all you do!

Changed my mind this is w/o doubt in my top 5 favorites of yours. Absolutely wonderfully put together with a great collaboration, perfect explanations, testing, visuals , the works. Excellent video. Sucks you can only hit the like button once

@wal

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks brother!

I’ve had this amp going on 3 years. I liked it so much I bought another one. One I use in my daily the other I use in a semi. The one in the semi is usually on for 12 plus hours a day and I run it pretty hard. Both amps have been reliable. Thanks for the video and love seeing Sam in the last couple of videos you’ve done 👍

@affiliatedmember6940

4 жыл бұрын

Banging in a semi... that's cool...

@leereed219

4 жыл бұрын

Haha I just put one in my semi as well, driving a 12 inch magma at 1.6 ohms. Love this amp it's amazing, glad to hear yours is holding up, I was concerned about that.

@joelmaldonadojaldin5397

4 жыл бұрын

A question I want to buy it, but I wanted to know if I can use 4 speakers in the channels at 4ohm and the mono channel of the bass use a subwoofer at 1ohm or is it that all the channels have to be 4ohm speakers and 4ohm subwoofer?

Great review. I have been waiting for an independent dyno test for this amp. The birth sheet might be a tad conservative compared to the results you got. Very impressive. I have this amp running my old school MB Quart PSD 316 set up front, 4”coaxials rears, and 2 JL Audio 10w3’s. Its been in my truck for over a year now. It is an amazing sounding amp. It has allowed me to hear details in my music I hadn’t heard before. One of the the first things I noticed right away was how much more midbass I had and how sharp a snare drum attack was. The set up and gain settings are super convenient and easy. I do need to get a tighter focus on the x-over settings once I get the SMD tool. I also want to upgrade my Kenwood source unit to something a bit different. The only complaint, if it’s really a complaint, would be after sitting over night the fans squeal a little during power up. It goes away after the fans warm up a little. Not a big deal at all though. I’ve run it hard for hours and never had it shut down or roll back. The fans keep it cool and safe. This thing is totally worth the money.

I love my Rockford T750 amp, I’m actually running it at 0.67 ohms pushing six 6” Massive Audio subs. It does get hot but not too bad even when running it hard. Monster power in a tiny package!!

I used to run the Power 4x100 and bdcp1000.1, but I couldn’t fit that stuff in my new car. I’ve been waiting years for a new system, this is the amp for me.

I have the stage five system in both my UTV’s and I chose this amp for each with the PMX2 and my 2024 Can Am limited enclosed has 1(M1 10” sub) and 4 (6&1/2’s) installed in roof front and rear.The system is amazing and doesn’t dim lights or never fails to amaze me with the clarity❤I’m now working on 30yrs using Fosgate🇺🇸❤️

This video helped inform my decision to buy this amp. I have it installed upside-down in a tight, hot, stealth install. I beat the snot out of it regularly. Runs hot to the touch. But has been perfectly reliable. It sounds great too. Much "sweeter" or "warmer" than the Pioneer 9705 (a great budget 5ch BTW) it replaced

Wow. This amp performed very well. I didn't expect the sub channel output to be so high. I ended up getting the t400.4 and the t750.1. Obviously I would've been good with the 5 channel. Oh well I guess I'll go crazy t750.1. Awesome video Big D

i like these barevids collabs i didnt watch his videos for some while , its cool to hear a familiar voice!

It’s crazy to look back at these videos and see how much the prices changed

Awesome video Mr. Williston, really appreciate including Sam from BareVids as well.

@wal

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks brother 👍

We luv Sam. Please include him on all Dyno vids!

I really enjoy the insight from Sam, you guys make an awesome team....

@wal

4 жыл бұрын

He is freaking brilliant 👏

@holeshotinspectionllc2412

4 жыл бұрын

Williston Audio Labs yes and he has been very helpful on my DD builds, mad respect ✊ for both of you.....

Love the sam colabs.. Big D has taken over as the premier Amp tester in the game

Rockford Fosgate fanatic for life... Great vid

Absolutely a huge fan of Rockford!! Wish I could afford it. Have two Rockford Punch 400x4, prime 500.1 and a 2004 Punch 600.1! Buy them every chance I get!!! Great Video Big D keep them coming!

@wal

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching and commenting!

Always have and always will be a RF fan. Nice! your going more “Techy” for us tech nerds :). Saw Your cameo appearance on EXO’s channel that was super cool “besty’s” ha ha. In this crazy time we can still enjoy our Audio.

This amp is still going string I my Subaru after years of abuse. Love it! Small and mighty! Did have to install some fans though since I did hide it under a beauty panel and they do get hot.

@wal

4 жыл бұрын

Sweetness

@KC8YPK

4 жыл бұрын

Hey. it was your video and install that convinced me to buy one. Currently in my car now. RF T2 components front, T1 coax rear and RF P3 slim sub.

@caraudioetc

4 жыл бұрын

John Niedermier nice!

@ljrand3

4 жыл бұрын

Car Audio.etc I miss your videos!!

i was so bored dude, thank you so much!

Awesome video. That is a very nice little amp. I have JL 900/5 running my entire system. I believe this Rockford might be a better amp and it costs $300 less.

Thank you, Big D for not taking the corporate sponsorships from the amp manufacturers... we know & can trust your reviews. PLUS, you actually show the bench testing and bench sheet (results sheet). Around the end of April, I am going to be buying amps again (mostly retro), would like to have them sent to you lt do a vid on (I know that you don't like to do that for liability reasons but I would bot hold you responsible for a blown piece of equipment, blah, blah). My point being, how do we communicate with you directly via email or such? I've been on & off in the game for 25 years (literally) and love the retro equipment. This review blew me away though, as a lifelong Kicker fan/user (I currently have RF R169X3's in my car) but respect the RF beand 'almost' equally. RF took a dip in quality for a while years ago (Best Buy, big box appeasment curse). I am blown away at this amp, really. I was 100% planning on getting an IQ1000.5 (Kicker) but need to rethink it after this video.

the old school one is AWESOME. I just up until last year was rocking with old RF power series but after 20 years it was time to retire them

@wal

4 жыл бұрын

They are amazing amps, just need the space to dedicate for them. Seems they will last forever!

The power, size, and technology are crazy. Just imagine a crazy little system with 2 of these.

I'm waiting for my Rockford T1650s to come and I'm dying to install them 😫 I'm currently running 4 Rockford P1D4-10s on 1200W and hopefully the music (mostly metal) will sound awesome with the new front speakers installed 👌🏽 The sub enclosure is the first one I have ever calculated by myself so it's not perfect but I think some finetuning will do the trick. Your videos always get me motivated to improve my skills and to try to figure out how to do stuff.

@wal

4 жыл бұрын

😬👍

Had 2 Power 1000s on 6 Punch 15s back in the day. Around 1992 or 1993, and a Power 650 running mids and highs Oz Audio, a 6, two 4s, each door with Concord tweeters in the vents..... Sounded amazing!

@wal

4 жыл бұрын

Wow, quite a setup!! 😳

U can never go wrong with any rockford product any rockford amp i ever owened ran warm / hot but i did run subs in a 2 ohm load at almost max gain 1 of my fav brands

This amp will be on my Christmas list this year

Love the testing and the breakdown!

Those driver IC's will be very very very difficult to remove and replace once it starts throwing DC output, not to mention those riser boards with all the potting. With surface mount FETs for the sub...don't be running this thing at 1 ohm! Either way, this is definitely a legit amp (like Rockford, Kicker, Alpine, Pioneer, Sony and Kenwood still continue to be), and I've been wanting to see this layout. All the parts are just really really crammed together. As always, this is a great review by Big-D!

Great video as usual! Hope you and yours are well BigD...

@wal

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching and commenting!

Sam is a hell of a amp tech nice to see him here . Great video

@wal

4 жыл бұрын

👈😬👍

That’s pretty impressive for its size. I have an Alpine 5 channel from the 90’s. It’s only 35x4 with 50x1 sub channel.

My buddy had one in the back of his g-body regal back in around 2007? Had 3 10” rockfords and that thing banged. Wired it up a few different ways for him back then and those pig tails drove me crazy

@wal

4 жыл бұрын

Sweet 👌

I had bad luck with this RF Amp. The original unit I purchased was DOA. I returned that one and picked up another, locally. That one had the RR channel die after about 6 months. I RMA'd it and sold it. I picked up a Hertz amp that I enjoy. The RF T1000x5ad ran very hot even with active (noisy) cooling. The Hertz runs cool comparatively and it is passive.

I have no problem buying a rockford fosgate amp, my entire system in my truck is rockford, love the engineering behind these amps and speakers great video.

@wal

4 жыл бұрын

👌😬👍

@texasdarkhorse6227

4 жыл бұрын

Williston Audio Labs will you do some of the kicker line of amps?

Amazing video, thank you very much. I was so close to buying this amp and replacing some of my 1999-2002 amps. Very very close indeed. The amp looks amazing, so compact, would have saved me a lot of space. Maybe on my next build, time to go super stealthy :)

@edgonzalez7283

3 жыл бұрын

What did you end up going with?

@MisterEE100

3 жыл бұрын

@@edgonzalez7283 I stayed with my power 800.2 and 400.4 BnG

I love 5ch amps my favorite ones back in the late 90s was mtx thunder 5400x and most of all us amps 5600x

Its definitely worth what you pay for the amp. Those are awesome numbers from testing. It doesnt surprise me with rockford fosgate and their technology. I would be happy with my purchase of one.

Another awesome video, BigD. Rockford is a staple of the Old Skool way of bangin'. It cool that you and BareVids got together for the collaboration. Maybe you can get EXO out of his shell and he can collaborate on the bext one with you. Take er easy, ya big dummie!

I had the T1000 5 channel running the system in a car I recently sold.... it was legit. They run hot but they put out AMAZING power for the size, I honestly didn’t even think it was possible for an amp of that size to do what it does but it does.

@wal

4 жыл бұрын

Sweetness!

I use the Rockford Fosgate T2500 bd amp for my two Kickers. The Kicker S12 l7 on 2x2 ohms.. Im glad to have this. My first Bass In my car was a Rockford Punch hx2 with dual 2 Ohms on a Rockford t1000 bd.. I can tell you buy Rockford and you get so much more than you paid/ expected !! Greets from Germany 👍🏻

@wal

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching and commenting!

Wow they literally packed everything they could in that case.

Ordered mines 2 days ago can’t wait to install it.

@wal

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah boi

The older Rockford fosgate stuff was the stuff to own . I owned a power 1000 and a power 650 .

@wal

4 жыл бұрын

Crazy, Super expensive back in the day

I have one if these in my GTR. It's a great amp. First one lost the sub channel though after a few hours of use. Was replaced under warranty luckily. Running all my Hertz milli pros and my 8 inch infinity kappa sub in place of factory Bose. All sounds amazing. It's also in a location that has zero airflow because these amps supposedly can handle high temp applications. So far so good. Even running near clipping it has had no temp issues.

@wal

4 жыл бұрын

👌😬👍

@troyg3831

4 жыл бұрын

@@wal what 8inch sub would you choose with this amp if you had like 7.5 inch depth to work with? I was thinking a kicker L78 Q class since it's one of the highest end subs that will fit. I have a infinity kappa now and it has beautiful sound but I think it's lacking a tiny bit of thump. It barely over powers The Hertz milli pro 6.5 woofers in the doors. Hardest hitting 6.5 full range speakers I have ever heard. I tried a sundown but they have too much cone/mechanical noise to be in the cabin with me.

Thanks for the great review!

i have always love Rockford Fosgate amps since the 80's .... i am wondering if they make mini amps now like the other guys .... i'm excited if they do

I have one of these amplifiers running my system in my Sliverado. Alpine R-Series Components and coaxial, and two Savard Rap 10s.

@Bondovw

4 жыл бұрын

How is the sound quality?

Oh baby another video been fiendig for amp dynos

@wal

4 жыл бұрын

Yessir, time for a new vid!

have always loved the history of the power 1000. would love to see a test of the 25 to life power 1000. that amp was one of my favorite fosgate SQ amps. very dynamic and balanced

@wal

4 жыл бұрын

It is a huge amp too. Wish I would’ve picked one up around 2009 when they could be grabbed for $500 shipped brand new

@gen-X-trader

4 жыл бұрын

@@wal no kidding, now that would be a good price for an average used one

Not a big rf fan myself (although I am running a punch 300 right now) I got to give em credit on this amp. Nice job!

@wal

4 жыл бұрын

Aight 🤙

People are not happy with your test equipment? How much money are they spending watching a KZread video? Yeah I know some people are paying $1 per month but I'm sure you have a lot of freebies as well. I hope they're going to be happy now, analog on one that's going to be quick, digital on the oscilloscope that's going to be delayed. I don't know if I would have done the same thing for them, I'm sure you must have done it for yourself at the same time. Keep up the great work, you are the man.🎶

Omg😍😍 that's a nice amp. RF is my favorite brand in car audio. I still playing a head unit of them. So maybe I am not so clean about a other brands😁😁 But a nice job on the test bench👍👍👍👍

@wal

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching and commenting!

thats a sexy class a/b amp.. i miss the 90's when people ran subs off class a/b amps. 200x2 wasnt all that loud the quality was lightyears ahead of class D

I'm pretty impressed with this amp. I generally wouldnt consider a 1 for all amp, but I may have to rethink that.

I *loved* my Rockford T8004 and T20001bD each being 2 foot long x 1 foot high, but I longed for the bigger 3 foot long T15004 and T40001bD. The T2K killed my favorite 'loved like kin' Eclipse sub, it was more than enough power, but I really badly wanted the big 4 channel. But honestly, even though I actually burned myself on those amps kinda badly multiple times coz of the insane heat output, I loved their power an slew rate. I do love technologies progression though, I went from that HUUGE monoblock that cost $1k second hand to an Alpine MRP-M65 that cost me $50 second hand, and sure its 1\3rd of the power (I only run 4 ohm anyway so its not that much less power actually), but its *tiny* and it is efficient as hell, it creates no heat at all, and I abuse my amps like I cant describe, hot days, no ventilation, hours on end at max volume driving around, hence I get burned when I touch the heat sink, but this little Alpine I've had for 5 years now, its been bloody brilliant! No more giving up back seats and boot space, no more rebuilding alternators, no more fire hazards (*Always* carry a CO2 extinguisher guys!!)

Would love to see Sam speak on the Pioneer PRS-D800 amps. And I would love to hear the four channel section vs the prs-d800, things like noise floor, reserved clean power, etc.

you never disappoint.

Nice! Love Rockford Fosgate👍🏿

Awesome video. I was interested in PBR 400.4 D you think will run cooler and last longer than the PBR 300.4

I've put about 15 of the marine version of these in. They are great all in one amps!

@wal

4 жыл бұрын

I intended to mention the marine version, it was unintentionally left out

I almost bought one of those but went with the Phoenix Gold Ti3 1600.6. Was gonna see if you were interested in dynoing it.

Another great review. Sam is awesome too.

@wal

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching and commenting!

had a punch 45 and 75 , great amps , loved them.

@ICP1SBJ

4 жыл бұрын

I had the punch 150 in 90'. in 95 I bought 2 power 250 x2 and in 96 I added 2 power 250 M2 amps. I loved my RF stuff only wished they would've done more with symmetry back then cause it was a letdown. lol, I even bought the RF cd player.

Great video can you do one on the newer M5 amps from Rockford Fosgate?

I always lusted after the original Power 1000. Especially after seeing Mark Fukuda's last one ever made sitting in his office. I had the 25 To life in chrome. I sold it around 2 years ago. Sadly I needed the cash

Great video keep up the good work

Cool review bro

looking forward to your new measuring setup......me likes blinking lights and numbers

@wal

4 жыл бұрын

Oh yeah, sensory overload for sure

Very nice.....I would love to see what the DD Audio D5.1000 does!

Take a look at the outputs with an oscilloscope. the front channels on the TM400X4AD has almost 3 volts of High frequency noise due to a bad circuit board layout. the front channels pick up the switching frequency of the power supply. its enough noise to damage some tweeters!!

Such! a GOOD job Big D 10 out of 10 and Thx to Sam! home run!

Been waiting for some amp dyno vids

@wal

4 жыл бұрын

Awe yeah!

Looks well built for such a small chassis😊👍

Hello Mr Williston- I wonder with this test, since you have to test channels separately, does that skew the amp current readings? It shows a peak at 164 amp draw on subwoofer channel, would that be inclusive of the rest of amp channels? Thanks again & cheers

I have an old power 1000 and I was wanting to run them on my mids and highs but the speakers I have are rated 100-125 rms fosgates but there just 4ohm speakers. My question is can I somehow make them 2 ohm to get the 100 rms out of the amp I’m gonna use cause at 4 ohm the amp is rated at 50x4

It would be interesting to see how the Alpine PDX-V9 compares.

Rockford Fosgate are expensive for a reason! They’re freaking awesome! If you want the best SQ with pure clean power there is no other amplifier I would choose over RF! I have a T2500.1 and that amp is an animal!!! Big D Wiz another awesome video like always! 👍👍

@wal

4 жыл бұрын

Oh man that amp is BEAST MODE!!

I have the 400w version it's a beast pumping my speakers

Debating on saving for this. I have an old Power HX12 sub in a large sealed box, powered by a JL slash 500/1 v1. Front JBl GTO609C in the front. I want to either add a 4 channel amp, or just get something like this. and call it a day. Which would you do?

How well did it push your sub? How is the sound quality? What are you going to do with this amp?

Wow Sam totally killed it! Great job with the explanation! .........💯 So Sam, since you know components so well should consider making your own .... Hmmmm 😁😎

@jordanciaramitaro6351

4 жыл бұрын

G-Style go check out his latest live stream video. He has touched on this topic before but also in his most recent LS explained the differences between repairing amps and designing them and why very few people are capable of both, this why he will not be designing an amp anytime soon.

@BooyaBirdy

4 жыл бұрын

Sam has improved amplifiers. He has taken their base specs then added better components to create a better beast. He has a great library of content on his channel Barevids

Can you leave the 4 channels at 4ohm and bridge just the sub channel down to 2 ohms? Or is everything switched together from 4 ohms to 2 ohms.

I can see someone makeing one hell of a bluetooth speaker with that thing bc it is so small and efficient also puts out tuns of power for its size.

Some info on the AD, BD class selling names from RF: Those are modulation techniques (hopefully). Single chip amplifiers would have used a particular technique of operating in class D. For example, Texas Instruments parts like the TPA3116/3130 family can use BD or 1SPW modulation, while parts like TAS5630 and TPA3255 series use AD modulation. AD modulation is the standard classic technique, provides best audio performance but inevitably has lower efficiency and requires good output LC filtering. Not much information on BD modulation, though the TPA3116D2 series datasheet mentions halved voltages and better efficiency (supply voltage vs. full differential voltage swing of AD modulation) and output LC filtering not required (but further improves efficiency). RF uses BD class for subwoofer amps only.

Man, I want this amp, but I need to know one thing if anyone can answer. My head unit has 4 channels, how does the amp see the signal for the sub channel? Is it possible to connect the four channels normally via high level, but for the sub channel to get the signal from either the front or rear channels directly rather than having to create a wire input for the sub channel on the side?

It'd be nice to see what it's big little brother can do, the P1000x5 👍

Reminds me of the mosfet 300 I had back in the 90's

Great vid!!