Rockford Fosgate Punch G800A2

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Value Rating
 4 of 5

Used product for
More than 1 year

Price Paid:  $300.00 from In the hood

Year / Model Reviewed:
1998 rockford 800@2

Summary:
I HAVE A LINCOLN TOWNCAR AND I HAD ONE OF MY ROCKFORD 800@2 HOOKED UP ON 2 JL 15 W3 SUBS DROPPED AT 2 OHMS AND COULDN'T NO ONE STOP ME.I WENT AGAINST A BOX CHEVY WITH A KICKER 1200.1 AMPLIFIER AND 2 KICKER CVR 15'S AND HE GOT BLEW AWAY.I BLEW THE 15'S MONTHS LATER SO KNOW I'M GOING TO INSTALL BOTH OF MY 800@2 AND 2 JUGGERNAUT 18,S.

Strengths:
(DEEP;DEEP BASS )IF YOU WANT YOUR FLOOR,SEATS ,AND WINDOWS SHAKING BUY A 1998 ROKFORD800@2

Weaknesses:
YOU MIGHT HAVE TO RESILICONE YOUR FRONT WINDOW AND POSSIBILTY OF A LOST OF HEARING

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ALPINE 9845 CD PLAYERS;HIGH VOLTAGE CAPACITOR;LANZAR IN DASH CROSSOVER;ROCKFORD 250@2 AMPLIFIERS;4 PIONEER 3 WAY 6X9 ;2 PIONEER 3 WAY 6X8;4 TWEETERS;AND A PAIR OF SOFT EAR PLUGS

Price Paid:  $295.00 from ebay

Year / Model Reviewed:
 2002/ RF Punch 800.2

Summary:
bought it off ebay for cheap... hooked it up originally to a friend's car and it pounded my audiobahn 12alum... clean power....... when i hooked it up in my car a few months later... it sounded great for a week or two, but the amp shorted today... i don't know why it shorted, i haven't listened to my hiphop yet, haven't played anything with a lot of bass, haven't done anything that would make an amp screw up... i don't get it... but the amp still shorted, so.... great sound, sh*t for durability

Strengths:
good output to my 2 12" rf hx2's, cleeeeean power...

Weaknesses:
amp shorted... for no reason at all... it was running fine three days ago, i started my car today and lost $300 worth of system

Similar Products Used:
audiobahn, jl audio, kicker, memphis, jbl, xtant (which i'm going back to, i'm sorry i sold it in the first place)

Price Paid:  $390.00 from www.thezeb.com

Year / Model Reviewed:
 1999 Punch G800a2

Summary:
This amp ROCKS! I used it for about a year powering two VEGA 124 SVC subs...I wish I had gone w/ the VEGA DVC''s, because I couldn''t get a 4 Ohm load out of the 4 ohm SVC''s. The amp runs stable at 4 ohm w/out getting too hot. I ran it at 2 ohm for quite some time on the VEGA''s and it pounded like hell. It was the loudest, cleanest-sounding system in town, but I eventually blew both of the VEGA''s because I was overpowering them. Never had any trouble with the amp other than the massive current it draws off my electrical system. I recently purchased a 1 farad power cap, but it still dims the lights a little (also, I upgraded to a 96Amp alternator). I also recently switched to two 15" PUNCH HX2 dual 4 ohm subs. It hits HARD and I now have the correct impeidence on the amp. Very good choice. BTW - It''s STILL the loudest system in town. Rattles my car quite a bit, though.

Strengths:
HUGE power output Clean sound

Weaknesses:
Once again, special tools required (hex keys and very small screwdriver for gains) Large Current draw - 60+ amps *Needs a cooling fan or two if run at 2 Ohm

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Alpine V12 MRV-1000 Fosgate 250a2, 500a2 California 800 watt

Price Paid:  $560.00 from Audio Midwest

Year / Model Reviewed:
 1999

Summary:
Awesome amp, gets a little hot manual says its not stable below 4ohm bridged mono BS! Go to your local radio shack and stick a 3" computer fan on each end wired into your remote wire and they will run at 1 ohm for hours. I have done so with 4 12" 2001 HE 8 Ohm subs wired in series works great highly suggested. I liked it so much I bought another so I have 6 12"s total I now have 2 800A2 each with 3 12" 8 Ohm HE''s wired in series equaling a 2.6 nominal impedance of 2.6 ohms but the amp sees 1.3 ohms since it is bridged. Very happy with Rockford.

Strengths:
Well underated, comes with a birthsheet my is 1046W @ 2 Ohms bridged. Clean Output and lots of output.

Weaknesses:
Gets hot but won''t turnoff

Similar Products Used:
1999 punch 1100A2 cant tell a difference the 800A2 is every bit as manly as the 1100A2

Year / Model Reviewed:
 2000 800a2

Summary:
i had the amp power increased at a local specialty stereo shop
running 2 earthquake magma 12's on about 4-500 watts with good responce
always losing the damn wrenches or cant find them
i got the amp at cost from my company so it was a good deal for me

Strengths:
very good amp
upgradable power
pushes competition subs easy
decent size

Weaknesses:
would be nice to have built in fuses
gets a lil warm
wrenches suck

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