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Reviewed By DIIS Review Date 02/06/2007 Overall Rating ![]() 5 of 5 Value Rating ![]() 5 of 5 Visitors rate this review 5.00 of 5, 1 votes Rate this review? Price Paid: $330.00 from Ebay Summary Overall an extremely good amp. I had a Rockford Fosgate G800a2 back in 1999, but sold it after purchasing a Soundstream CA 10.0. What a mistake! After signing a sales agreement with Audiobahn, I sold the Soundstream for yet another (2000w) disappointment. I sold off my business and all my demo car equipment in spring of 2002, and went with just a factory headunit and factory speakers for the next year. It left a void in the car, so in spring of 2003, I went shopping again. Remembering back to how good that G800a2 sounded, I purchased the "New Old Stock" bd1000 and a Boston Acoustics Pro 12.5lf. I had problems with my box design, and melted the coils on the 12.5lf soon after buying it (Boston 12.5lf in my opinion is still one of the best sounding subs I have ever owned). I decided to purchase something overkill and once again, thinking back to my early days of car audio, ended up purchasing a Orion HCCA II. The 12" sub is rated at 2500w RMS in a sealed enclosure. It is a DVC sub being driven at 2 Ohms by the Rockford. It sounds amazing, and the entire setup is completely stealth in my 1990 Geo Metro (go ahead and laugh). I am running Premium 4 gauge wire to the Amp, and Premium 8 Gauge wire to the sub. People are very supprised when I decide to show off which is usually when "some kid" is playing rap with his license plate rattling off and trunk buzzing. I have dynomat throughout the floor and fenders of the car. It is deafing inside the car, and you can actually watch the windows move in and out of their frames from the outside.Strength Very strong, clean amp when properly installed. Amp needs GOOD 4 ga. wire, and don't underestimate your speaker wire either. No clipping, or high piched sounds as reported by some other reviews, Installation issues?Weakness Very high draw, but a good amp needs a good power supply and cable. Think of it as trying to suck a grapefruit through a straw. 12 ga. wire is like the straw, the grapefruit the energy.Would you like to Comment? Join audioReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Reviewed By taylora Review Date 01/21/2007 Overall Rating ![]() 5 of 5 Value Rating ![]() 5 of 5 Visitors rate this review 5.00 of 5, 1 votes Rate this review? Price Paid: $0.00 Summary Anyone who talks bad about this amp is wrong.Dead wrong!It is better than the jl 1000 slash series.I know cuz i had one and the rockford out preforms it by a long shot! its twice the amp than most. if you dont think so you never had it installed correctly. so dont blame the amp.Great equipment to have in your system.Strength 1 ohm stable with no cap.just 4 g and sum subs is all you needWeakness amp whines a little but then goes awayWould you like to Comment? Join audioReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Reviewed By GeraldReview Date 07/25/2006 Overall Rating ![]() 4 of 5 Value Rating ![]() 4 of 5 Visitors rate this review 5.00 of 5, 1 votes Rate this review? Price Paid: $1000.00 from mobile one - metairi Summary i bought my bd1000 in about 2001...i had it running 3 12'' jl w3's...and it pushed the hell out of them with no problems....i would have gotten the bd1500 but they were out of them....i now have it pushing a 15'' diamond audio...and still 5 years later its still pushing strong. i have no problem with it heating up...it gets a little warm but nothing outragous....i do have a 1 farade cap with it...only because the amp i had before that was a kenwood 600 and it was killing my battery and alternator....so i knew this would also having more power.....and with the cap i have no problems with any flickering of my lights...and besides the amp and the normal eletrical things running i also have 4 fog lights, 2 KC lights.....an underbody light kit...and numerious lights inside running and havent had any need for a upgraded or second battery. now my bd1000 is screaming in my 99 suburban (its 4th car its been in) and is still doing great.Strength i like that its small...and its durabe...i have had mine for 5 years and its been through 4 vehicles and its still going strong.Weakness i havent found any yetWould you like to Comment? Join audioReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Price Paid: $290.00 from ebay Summary I have 4 of this monsters each one of them powering 3 6ohm dvc's 400rms ma audio subs in a toyota pickup a let me tell you that i've never fell that much bass... this amp are way underrated and they're 1ohm stable daily.Strength everythingWeakness noneWould you like to Comment? Join audioReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Price Paid: $379.00 from ULTIMATE ELECTRONICS Summary THIS AMP EASILY PUSHES MY PPI DCX 124 SUBWOOFER. I HAVE BEEN A LONG USER OF FOSGATE AND THERE IS A REASON WHY. THEY MAKE GOOD PRODUCT.Strength 1200 RMS STAYS COOL...BARELY WARM AFTER POUNDING FOR HOURSWeakness NONEWould you like to Comment? Join audioReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member.
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