Need some amp consulting

[90LXKING]

I want to buy a mono sub looking at the P1 from rocksford fosgate How is it ?

[jcoleman_11]

couldnt tell you, never heard it. but first thing is first, whats your budget and how much power do you want out of it?

[90LXKING]

nothing too crazy i guess average price like $150 for the sub alone.

[WilliamW]

You can do a lot on a small budget. Do not *I repeat* do not, get the Rockford Fosgate P1 anything!!!!! Their stuff is way too cheap and not enough quality was put into them. You know those older amps and what not, The black steel and the silver steel amps. Go for one of those. I got the 301X (4 way) and 601S (2 way) and they sound amazing. I paid 250 for everything. They also came with a matching bridge.

Also Rockford really doesn't make anything that's for quality sound. They just don't. Anyone who tells you otherwise hasn't run a different amplifier. JL Eclipse, Clarion, these brands will put out cleaner sound than Rockford Foagate but will set your wallet back much much more.

I forgot to mention, If you go with the rockford line, don't turn the gain up. It really distorts the inside sound and the bass is loud enough. There is no reason you should use all that gain, it just give you crackles through your speakers and you get that noise through the speakers when you turn the volume all the way down. The noise sounds like a older tube TV when it's on. It's hard to describe but trust me, it's very VERY annoying.

[sonikaccord]

I agree. You can buy some good things on a budget. I bought both my amps for $188.26 total.
I recommend an alpine type-r. For the price, they're good subs.

[Chords]

An older finned amp is def. better. raw power not fancy but efficient. I dont remember the comapnys name but i had an on silver amp with 100! yes 100 watts and it played 10 times better than an 800w that i have right now. but if you do go new, Go JL or another good company.

[radiuslight]

I dont know man....Ive had orion,kenwood,kicker,JL,MTX,soundstream and Nakamichi....

some of the best amps for powerful bass are the Old School Punch and Power amps.....unless you can get like a nakamichi......
I personally like the DSM punch class.....they sound especially clear for highs.....deep deep bass also....

I seen some guy saying something about turning up the gain......I dont think he has any idea what gain is for......

[radiuslight]

An older finned amp is def. better. raw power not fancy but efficient. I dont remember the comapnys name but i had an on silver amp with 100! yes 100 watts and it played 10 times better than an 800w that i have right now. but if you do go new, Go JL or another good company.

Reminds of the 100.2 Rockford Punch Trans ana Gray Cheater Competition amp.....mono bridge puts out about 500watts @4ohm.....even more with a good stable 14.6v+

[CB7 EX]

I'll be able to tell you bout the Rockford P1000 its goin in my car tomorrow and i think RF is the Shit never had any problems with it. i never had a noise problem either but then again i always had a good ground

[carbonaccord69]

Reminds of the 100.2 Rockford Punch Trans ana Gray Cheater Competition amp.....mono bridge puts out about 500watts @4ohm.....even more with a good stable 14.6v+

I had the 250a2 wired several different ways, and it lasted me 7 years before I sold it. Still don't know why I did. As far as subs, I also had an Alpine type R 15 and it rocked. Really low. Really.

[187 customs]

i put 2 12" MTX subs in my car with a 2000 watt SPL amp and it subs really good

[90Haccord]

Reminds of the 100.2 Rockford Punch Trans ana Gray Cheater Competition amp.....mono bridge puts out about 500watts @4ohm.....even more with a good stable 14.6v+

That's what I'm running in my car, got RF 125.2(1996 era) identical to the one you posted. They put out around 600 watts RMS with 14.7 volts.

I've got another 125.2 and a 200.2 just sitting in storage due to these gas prices.