Fosgate

i work at Best buy 2, not a huge fan of the subs anymore but the amps are sweet and look good too.but we also carry Alpine now too. just wish we sold one other top brand

I work for a Rockford Dealer... there stuff is alright... the face of the subs on the punch series stuff seems to spider crack... but u can't feel it... just see it.. the power stuff is great other than the fact if u put a lot of power on it it seems to rattle... my favorite brands are Pioneer and Memphis... the Pioneer subs kick ass... and are hard as hell to break...

Originally posted by ///RA StRkDiSuZu



I've had nothing but Fosgate in my rides since 1994..when it wasnt cool to run Fosgate (everyone was a Kicker fan.)

Wow I'm not sure what planet McKinney Texas is on but here on earth in 1994 Rockford was some of the best stuff you could buy and EVERYBODY was running it. :lol: I'm just kidding of course, but your town must have been different than the rest of the US if everyone liked Kicker better.

They had just introduced the Punch 40i and their DSM circuitry changed the way everyone built their amps. In fact thats where Kicker got their design for their first line of amps, and the idea of using plug in x over modules, etc.

Originally posted by ShakinPlates

Even though they did sell out to best buy

thats not really an "even though" kind of statement if you were a specialty retailer that supported the line for years and years, and then they sold out to go to best buy. that would actually be the reason I will never buy another rockford product ever in my life.

And people who have never heard the old school Punch amps dont know what you are missing. Todays designs are made to work with lower power consumption and higher distortion, and most every brand name amplifier is the same under its skin, just rebadged technology that is shared by everyone. DEI, Rockford, Orion, its all the same anymore. If you ever took a Punch 200i DSM and compared it to the new 1000watt rockfords you would find that the 13 year old amp would kick the new amps ass quite easily despite having "800w less". For proof, look up an old Punch 200 on ebay and a new rockford amp in Best Buy. A new one is what, 200 bucks? 250? A 13 year old Punch amp is 300 on ebay, that should tell you everything you need to know about design, because it isnt nostalgia making the prices so high.

well said russ!

Originally posted by Twisted Galant



Rockford is good stuff. I am an old rockford fan. I like the old punch series stuff. Nothing could touch those amps. I dont think the new stuff is quite comparable but still good equipment

HaHa I had like four fifteens on a punch 45 and that little bastard was unbreakable.I would buy a pile of 45's if I could find them..

Russ..at the time i was in orlando, fl and all the shops around there were pushing Kicker. I use to get shit from all my old club members for running Rockford Fosgate.

Originally posted by ///RA StRkDiSuZu



Russ..at the time i was in orlando, fl and all the shops around there were pushing Kicker. I use to get shit from all my old club members for running Rockford Fosgate.



I know, I was just making a joke. Rockford was king here, we were talking last night about the only shop that used to carry it and some of the minis we saw come out of there.

Originally posted by grip

HaHa I had like four fifteens on a punch 45 and that little bastard was unbreakable.I would buy a pile of 45's if I could find them..

haha I'm going to look through my toolbox today and see if I still have any of the "high current conversion kits" for old punch amps.

They were just a couple solid bars of metal that took the place of the slow-blow fuses inside the amp. :lol . This was the actual kit supplied to rockford dealers. The punch 45 was like 1/4 ohm stable with these, IF you could keep enough current to it. Spectacular fireworks if you couldnt.

Rockford actully made a Punch 45, 75, and 150, and 1000 last year.. It was part of there 25th anniversery edition... Each dealer was suppose to get 1 apeice.. But they were some pretty badass amps..

Originally posted by jdldeereboy03



Rockford actully made a Punch 45, 75, and 150, and 1000 last year.. It was part of there 25th anniversery edition... Each dealer was suppose to get 1 apeice.. But they were some pretty badass amps..

They are called the 25 to life series...

I am beginng to to sustpect that everything that Rockford ships to best buy is from overseas. I was talking to a a guy who owns a local car audio shop andhe said that if he gets anything that is bad thats fosgate, usually it was bought at Best Buy.... Just a thought I guess... The only thing to my knowlewdge thats made overseas is the P1. Soo I dunno.

I know Fosgate had some good amps in the day but for me to have a brand new T3002 amp thats rated 50x2 watts pushing 4 P2 10's @ 1ohm and make my ears tickle is still a pretty badd ass amp to me.

As far as subs go, I will never buy anything but JLW7. I have a 13w7 right now and it will run you out of my truck. Sounds great and has a killer low note. Been beating it to death for 3 years now and havent' had a problem. The old school fosgate goes hard but I think the new school fosgate is a joke.