I doubt any of you guys remember any of my posts, but for a few months i have been askin about various amps because i was not at all pleased with my kenwood kac-7201. well after talkin to a friend who is redoing his system, he offered me his rockford fosgate 1200 watt amp for $120 with 3 years left on the service plan. i bought it off him and installed it last night, finished tweekin it today and so far i am very pleased. sounds much cleaner and i think it looks way better. i havent really been able to go out and bump it yet because i am stuck home but i will find out just how loud it is later tonight. here are some pics of the install, i also made sure i did a real clean wireing job on this.




any of you guys have this amp? how do you like it?

 

is that the 300M? if so, you're not seeing anywhere close to 1200 watts. but glad you like the amp i got one that looks similar...the Power 451S.

 

no its the 601s

 

ah, thanks for the correction.

those RF amps can take a lot of abuse and keeps on playing.

 

i could see that, i havent heard anybody complain about one yet, and hey even if it does fail, i get a brand new amp for free w00t!

 

That should drive those Infinity's real nicely. Good choice on the 601S....can't wait to get mine up and running now.

 

i had a 500bd power series RF amp ages ago on a 12w6v2 worked very well but it got hot.

 

i had a problem with it getting really hot the first night i had it in then i have to unbridge the amp.

 

That isa very nice amp, I had the 401s and ran it at 2 ohms bridged for almost a year in my sisters car before I sold it to a friend. It should get warm bridged but not burning hot. Maybe you have to reset your gains, did you set it with a DMM or by ear? I would recommend setting it using a DMM and bridgeing hte amp to get the most outta it.

 

RF amps are not stable at 2 ohms bridged. they're only stable at 4.

 

My point exactly, the amps can take a beating. Just make your your signal is not clipped and dont overdo the basss boost and such.

 

Yeah i've got a RF 1051s and after about an hour or more of driving it overheats and shuts off and turns back on every few minutes. Really powerful but heats up too quickly.

 

gains set right? not wired too low of a load? my amp have never shut off on me yet, even in the crazy texas heat.

 

I sold my rockford 301s and bought that same Kenwood amp, and now im kicking myself for it, it just doesnt sound as good....