my buddy wants to trade his oldschool rockford 800a2 for my new alpine MRP-M450... i dont even know what to think... essentially twice the power for free... it will only be powering a single old rockford 10" (rfp-1210), but im trying to find another to pair with it. anyways... any opinions on the dealio?

 

well alpine makes a nice sounding amp, i have an old MRV-F352 and iv heard nothing but good from them, it depends what u want to power, rockfords make a stirdy amp aswell

 

Take the deal. Those old amps were good for almost if not over 1000w rms into 4 ohm mono. Find a pair of dvc 4 ohm subs and wire them in series parallel to 4 ohm and reap the benefits.

 

Jeeper, I agree with Rob. I am running 4 15's (rockford dvc's) with two 800a2's and still love them after 5+ years of owning them. I'd take that deal in a new york minute.

My best friend used to have an 800a2 hooked up to two 10" rockford hx2's in a 98 civic. It was bangin, no doubt.

Solid amps imo.

 

There's a reason why there's still tons of those "a-series" RF's on Ebay even after 8 or more years of faithfull service: they're studs.

As long as that 800a2 hasn't had an unpleasant lifespan I would jump on it in a heartbeat.

 

sold haha... picking it up tomorrow... hope the 10" can take it

 

you'll need a new sub after you hook that beast up to it.. Thats from rockfords glory days. Nice amp my buddy had 4 of them, they run insane hot but work really well. Do not mount under a seat.

 

You might want to get yourself another 10.

 

are there any bad signs an old amp could potentially show? i've noticed the little gain **** is very sensitive and goes nuts when cranked.

btw... is there any harm in running the sub on 1 channel instead of bridging it?

and who knows where to find another rfp-1210 from around '98? ha