I Can't Believe This Was a Flea Market Amp - Rockwood AMP-1245x

[@wal]

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[@dyslectische]

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[@Hexa8]

Can you provide link to list of bass tracks you play 🎉

[@havolia127]

Sure would love to see a test of the 5 channel NVX NDA501 amplifier😊

[@Keith-hz9zd]

Hey, can u tell me what is the best amp for me? I have 6 massive xl 122r 6000w max 12s

[@Keith-hz9zd]

What do you have for sale?

[@Alcarods]

Wow! That packaging alone gave me chills! I grew up going to flea markets every weekend and remember seeing that amp in particular. Thanks forbthe memories! Love it!

[@craigbraswell4269]

I love seeing these amps from when i was a teenager. Brings back fond memories of hooking up equipment and wondering if you were gonna have the best bump on the street! I've smoked many cheap amps in my day of trying to be the loudest, now I like sound quality over quantity.

[@Adam-nv9zo]

Man, those graphics on the amp bring back some memories. That was pretty good performance for an old flea market amp. I was surprised. Great video, as always, Big D.

[@deezzam4672]

I was thinking the same thing. I definately remember that amp.

[@oldguyBMX]

Here in Chicago we have a store called Cooks Bros and they originally started selling these amps. I had every model available and I still have my 300 watt in blue and it still works really well. I had it pushing a set of pioneer 6x9 4 ways and push them it did very well, in my 1980 chevy Malibu. Everyone thought I had a sub in my car lol.

[@Alcarods]

I FONDLY remember Cook Bros off Ashland and Lake! They opened a will-call warehouse on Kedzie and 37th in the late 90s which is where I bought my Rockwood 7 band equalizer 😂

[@oldguyBMX]

@Alcarods Yup Ashland & Fulton I believe it was just north of lake st. The last time I was there like 10 years ago they was located on Kostner and Grand.

[@SuperBongface]

Holy CRAP I HAVE THIS AMP and it STILL works!!!

[@brockallentaylor]

I had two white Rockwood 500x2’s each bridged running 2 Cerwin Vega 12’s in the back of an 1984 Rx7 back in the day. I thought it was fresh back then! Never blew up on me and I banged it for years!

[@jamesplotkin4674]

"Never blew up on me..." Either she's on the pill, or it was a guy. Not that there's anything wrong with that ;-)

[@YellowSn0man]

Man this Rockwood impressed me because it’s actually decent. But I’m also disappointed that it wasn’t complete junk. I’m so conflicted… We’re gonna need to see a surfboard BOSS or Pyramid amp at this point. Great Video, these are fun!

[@wal]

Maybe you missed this Pyramid from a few years ago - kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z3u6c2ujab5sl6s

[@YellowSn0man]

@@wal Thank you for the heads up! That’s the amp cheese that I was craving!

[@matthewstorm5188]

PB300G!

[@Ruquick1]

Flea Market Amp reminded me of my Pyramid amps and Pyramid eq with all the moving lights. I thought I was doing better when I stepped up to a Sherwood. Good times back in the 80's.

[@normalicy]

That was almost 2x better than expected. I was going to be pretty happy if it pulled off 200x2 at 4 ohms and it did.

[@wal]

Crazy, right?

[@dropzonemedia7811]

😒Thats what this video is about? Oh God 🤣

[@scottworelds2933]

I had Rockwood and Pyramid back in the day. Pushing Jensen 6x9s a 2 JLW0 10s lol

[@shadymaint1]

Friend of mine used to do competitions with a couple Pyramid Super Blue subs. They hit ridiculously hard.

[@mattm2684]

Who?​@@shadymaint1

[@destrymaggard2623]

I had this exact amp back in the day, pushing two 15” MTX Terminators with two horn tweeters and two sealed back midranges in each side. For what little I had in my system, it sounded really good. This was in a 1985 Honda Civic Hatchback.

[@R.J.1]

Super fun. I had a white Profile California A1200 on 4 10" Blaupunkt in series parallel in the mid 90s that beat the brakes off a Kicker sponsored car with 3 round Seeolobarics unfortunately.

[@KoryTaylor]

I ran that same amp with quad JL 12W4's. It was a fun amp! :D

[@R.J.1]

@@KoryTaylor Things were more musical back then. I don't get down with this SPL thing. I still have 90s and early 2000s stuff I keep telling myself I'm going to use.

[@wal]

I have a Profile amp coming up in a future video either here or over on the Old School Stereo channel

[@MuvoTX]

Yeah I had one of those too... big long white powder coated one with the red LED strip. It never gave me any troubles.

[@R.J.1]

@@MuvoTX Precisely. Couldn't keep up with a PPI Art Series but it did the job.

[@undernature2799]

Thought about Rockwood when you were showing the sherwood. All them woods back in the day

[@TheSFFV]

Sherwood was also Urban Audio.

[@JasonWW2000]

They all wanted to be like Ken. Lol

[@DavidBrown-wm7zx]

@@TheSFFVurban audio works / targa / and radion. Don’t think Sherwood was in that mix

[@TheSFFV]

@@DavidBrown-wm7zx Sherwood made Urban audio.

[@alexgarcia9554]

I had the white 150x2 version with 2 kicker mohawk 12s. My first real amp. After i blew this. Lanzar opti 100. Thanks Big D!

[@TheSara200424]

I had a rockwood amp it literally had a small board that took up 1/4 of the heat sink this one looks actually pretty good 👍

[@kblopp]

If you didn't spend at least a grand or more back in those days you didn't get an amp worth a dam.

[@FuskyTheHusky]

I beg to differ. Many older amps to go with that were much better.

[@MrFinisher111]

I disagree too, my LA sounds MALIBU 120 was throwing 2 12s. Hermosa throwing 4 12s then I found a lanzar 160 amp that bit bumped like a mofo and on 4 12s. It did get hot. And cut off but the point is cheap but LOUD. PPI ALSO HAD ME BUMPING

[@kblopp]

@@MrFinisher111 you didn't bump shit with that little bullshit.

[@TheLionAndTheLamb777]

I bought a Rockwood 8" sub to replace a blown sub in a friends bandpass box and it worked better than anticipated.

[@jessecline4226]

Color me impressed with the old Rockwood, never expected it to do that!😳 Possibly the best Rockwood I've ever seen, for a Rockwood that is.

[@the_nondrive_side]

I had a friend with that amp in stereo to a matching rockwood box in an old celica supra.. I was good then lol makes sense it wasn't doing 500 wpc

[@the_nondrive_side]

IIRC it was a Thump split wedge set 15" or 12"

[@YRR_J]

Almost 800 watts burst bridged at 2ohm / 14 volts? Man, I wouldn't even be mad having a 1000W MAX with those numbers! Surely an elite flea market special. Almost 70 % efficiency at 4 ohms sounds like a damn good number?

[@rlg222]

Oh God! Swapmeet amps! Its the only ones I could afford back in the day in California!

[@cutweldngrind]

Around 1999 I tried hooking up a Rockwood to 24v to get more power, I unleashed the magic smoke.

[@ravenzbot]

I'm running a JBL GTQ-190 in my wrx and channel 1 is running my door speakers with channel 2 running my alpine sbs-1043d bandpass box. it doesn't like going below 3 but from 4 on it's an absolutely amazing amp. best amp I have ever had and gives me bass that's tighter than the hifonics a1200.1d I was using before i simplified the system after discovering I could use my amp in dual mode. so satisfied and have no reason to upgrade. just going to sort out a bass knob with a passive 1/8" jack volume box.

[@420dportkid]

My 1st amp was a rockwood. Yes I bought it at a flea market. Its was 100x2. I had it on my Jensen 6x9s. I didn’t have any subs but I consider this my first Soundsystem. I later put my house speakers in my trunk. 1996.

[@arrepuess]

I remember having a couple of these before, I never really thought they were powerful, but they were reliable and boosted sound enough.

[@BasJon]

I had this exact amp same colour when I was a youngster, I used it to power my twin 15" box, sadly it just didnt have enough guts to push them, so I sold the amp and bought a punch 60 and was so much happier....

[@camv5193]

This amp reminded me of the old pyramid pb800 and pb1000 2 channel amps had the same side panel and heat sinks. I believe the.pyramid was red

[@hookhousebeatz]

Yessir!

[@ernestclark21]

I'm 1:32 into the video and I'll bet my house the amp guts are half the size of the amp body (Or less). I had that exact model back in '92, just red and gold. One of my buddies asked me to take a look at his system, see if i could figure out why the bass wouldnt pump. I had a suspicion, and i took the amp apart. A bunch of lead weights glued on the inside. He told me to keep the amp. Don't remember what happened to it tho

[@ernestclark21]

@Fdeubcfhbbjhfd Yeah, I woulda lost by a couple inches.

[@woodrowmcdonald2907]

Looks just like the big blue 4 channel Jensen amp from that same era. Same specs and size. The Jensen was a nice little amp and took a lot of abuse.

[@MrMackievelli]

I had this exact amp back when I was into this, bought it from the back of a van. It was great value for the day and much cheaper than other brands.

[@JasonWW2000]

So you've actually experienced that old meme of buying audio components from the back of a van? I thought that was an urban legend. Lol

[@MrMackievelli]

@@JasonWW2000 it was for real, small town Kansas for you.

[@keith38able]

How did it get damaged?(1:47 right side)

[@BACKFIREFUR]

omg. I have one of these I picked up on the side of the road. It rocks and hits hard with 2 old school KICKER 12’ subs.

[@ericcockrel7154]

Nice review- clean look- great review!!! Thanks as always!!!

[@xxskizzumxx]

Those knobs are so nice. I understand why we moved to recessed flathead knobs, but these are nice

[@bozanimal5576]

🟪I think you've got a soft-spot for all purple amps!🟪

[@GoldenCroc]

Who doesnt? That fresh 90s look is "tha bomb"

[@bozanimal5576]

​@@GoldenCroc 🟪Urban Audio🟪 agrees! Big D has a bunch more in the channel I never heard of, too.

[@dougbrown7316]

I HAD THIS AMP. It was awesome. I had it running two kicker gold letter 12s in my 1985 Toyota supra. It sounded great. I got it blown up and replaced the output transistors and gate resistors. If I remember correctly they have Irfz 44 transistors. Lol.

[@aaronatwood9298]

Glad to see them fleas were working overtime. Not bad for what it is... Even though i build tube amplifiers that take up less footprint than that... 😂😂

[@nelynell5287]

That's awesome big D you pulled my mind to back in the day when I Rocked one and I still have a Rockwood amp 1000 superclean ❤

[@geoffreyjens238]

I had this amp in the white finish. This thing rocked. I think I paid $100 used. I ran 2 MTX road thunder 12" boxes at the same time. 2 boxes. 4 subs. And it never blew.

[@geoffreyjens238]

My 1980 grand Marque had a huge trunk.

[@MuvoTX]

Very cool Derek... Yeah this one is surprising, Rockwood was the bottom feeder brand of all the flea market products. Surprised it did that much bridged, also surprised the heatsink is mostly filled up with PC board.

[@lupillos7404]

Man bringing me way back to the 90’s I remember them Rockwood brand amps good video 👍🏻

[@buddylee19082]

I had one of these in the mid 90's but mine was anodized a different color (red/burgundy iirc? maybe even pinkish?). But yea it definitely a huge Rockwoqod amp and I had it on 2 Rockford Fosgate 10's in a bandpass box. lmao!

[@forsale313]

I had a White one like that in '92-'93 with 2 15 in Rockwood Subs in a Datsun B210 sedan.

[@georgethoman82]

Big D try to get a old pioneer gm-722 or the gm-922 i used to run these at 1ohm bridged always wounder what the output was on them. They never let me down . I just swapped them out for after awhile for all Rockford Fosgate A-series amps 250 a-2's and a couple BD-1000's on hx-2 d4's 12's.

[@undernature2799]

I'm impressed especially for the price. Kac-1020 Kenwood was around 300 at 2ohms if i remember correctly. Not to mention much more expensive

[@Brock_Landers]

I think I've said this before, but my best friend's first vehicle was a 1983 or 84 S-10 with a 2.8 5 speed and he put a power inverter in it, I gave him an OLD Technics amp/tuner, he hooked it into his stereo, and he bought a set of 6.5" woofers from Big Top Flea Market in Tampa and hooked it up. It didn't slam, or even really bump in any way, but it was clean sound. That was back in maybe 1998 or so. Then in 1999 I bought a 1994 Eddie Bauer Explorer and I put two JL Audio 15s in it, a pair of chrome Kenwood 600 watt amps, a Sony Xplod tape deck, and a Sony 10-disc CD changer. I miss that truck. I jacked it up 6" and put 33x12.50s on it with chrome bullethole wheels, chrome full step bars, and a full chrome front bull-bar. I also swapped the 4.0L V6 for a 302W V8 with an Explorer Express supercharger kit and that truck was a beast! It also had BBK shorty headers, a full 3" dual exhaust back to 58" Dynomax glasspack mufflers, and I had it tuned. It made 308 whp on a stock 302W from a F-150 that I got out of the local U-Pull-It for $150.

[@Natetron1000]

This such a cool amp!! The look is great! I may be a little weird but I do love the color they went with on this model. Old tech still work is always cool as well! Fun video!!

[@bamafan-in-OZ]

I need to dig out my power accoustik 1000w amp I bought from Bali back in the late 90's as it claims the same output but in a smaller case so curious to see if the internals are similar.

[@cgreenfield6655]

These videos should never stop.

[@wal]

I have more over on my 2nd channel - www.youtube.com/@wal2

[@xoxojohnandres4616]

Back in the 90s, I had a 4 channel version rated at 60 watts. I always wondered how it performed. I saw that max power rating and thought it was overrated but as long as it bumped, I did not care. It did very well on the system I had at a very good price (don't remember the price). It eventually got stolen along with my Earthquake Annihilator subs.

[@wishusknight3009]

I had some rockwood 15"s for a while. They actually seemed ok for a budget sub. 3" voice coil and decent motor size.

[@nickstalhood5380]

That was super cool! I remember seeing those back in the day

[@randallp2144]

I wouldnt rock a wood but i do remember seeing these back in the day. Who knew i thought it was complete junk but im actually kinda impressed also.

[@kencreten7308]

That's a cool amp! Looks good inside.

[@tomb9566]

Most people dont know that rockwood is the skar of its day. I had a keenwood kac 4042 baby eq, and i also had the rockwood 80 baby eq. They were the same. The rockwood didnt have the lights on the sliders and you couldn't change the colors from green to orange, but it did have a aux input that the kenwood didnt have

[@MrEdsPirit]

Had the Rockwood 1200watt,, hooked to 2 x12" x 1500watt speakers, it did bumped 😅 on the 1997-99

[@Williamxmr]

Very cool! I remember some of those old crappy brands at flea markets, pyramid was one.

[@hankshobbies]

Wish I could find some of these old school amps to buy

[@KG785.0]

Awesome! I was lucky enough to get 2 beautiful amps from that stash of old school as well!

[@jeffrobinson4841]

Bridged into 2ohms, at 400w, she would have driven a quad Fosgate series 1 12" box to very satisfying levels in her day.

[@colorblind1983]

Great video! What A Beaut Of An Amp! I’d rock the HECK outta that bad boy!

[@raymo6795]

Great show Big D. Have you ever dynoed the same amp using different gauge speaker leads? I noticed that you used 18 gauge speaker leads

[@secrets746]

That was one of my first amps from canal st . Had it in white and the second one was blue on 4 - 10 inch Pyle pro 1070 and 2- 15 Pyle pro 1570 behind the seat and it was loud .

[@luisillo1987]

I remember the red one I had was pretty strong. I was happy to see that I didn't imagine it.

[@abrown5516]

I use to have 2 Rockwood 600 hooked up to my mids and highs sound great. I have a question I still have my 2 JBC from 1999 they are 4ch amps not sure what the output of them are have you ever done a dyno on them? I had the on 8 10" subs could not bridge them due to protect mode comes on every time. Couldn't even run the under 4 ohm I am planning on using them as mids and highs amps.

[@MrKilijan]

Thank you verry much for showing transistors model,you da best! greetings

[@TheSFFV]

That amp looks like it was made in the same factory as the MA/Mobile Authoriry early amps. Kraco also had a series of amps using a similar heatsink.

[@MagicAlaskan]

Duuuude I havent heard this name in a while. When I was 16 I bought 2 Rockwood 15"s from like Jc Whitney I believe.I stuffed them in a slot ported box, which for the day was kind of new still, and they slammed. Well. Was WAY worth the $75 each they cost new

[@MRPIPPER1000]

Man how time flies I used to love those Rockwood unic majestic amps back in the early 90's.... Cheap amps they did the job though

[@TheAshuar]

Iv got a kenwood excelon slide amp from the 90s thats super neat, any kenwoods in your collection?

[@russelldaniels1797]

That thing is straight out of the Fingergut catalog! 😅

[@bdog1199]

I was actually impressed. Never thought a rockwood would get close to its rated power. 😂

[@James-sir]

I had a power acoustik 12 inch woofer back in the day have you seen one it was late 90’s early 00

[@miketaylor2197]

I remember the red rockwood detonator amps at the local flea market. Never owned one or knew anyone who did though

[@JohnDoe-le8fy]

Also, noticed my Crunch V-600 up on the self in that first picture with all the gear, blue side box with silver around,, silver Amp.. still have mine in pristine condition in the box! Hasn't been used in over a decade. Edit, the one in the pic seems to be a V-200 .. but same line.

[@davidschoenrock]

Had one of those on 2 crunch 10" 😂😂😂😂

[@bobdodge3171]

The OG crunch? Or after the sellout. If it was og stuff we're not bad stuff.

[@davidschoenrock]

@@bobdodge3171 1993 bro.

[@davidschoenrock]

@@bobdodge3171 maybe 94 or 95 lol it's kinda a blur now

[@ganeshnarayan5505]

Pretty impressive.

[@RealPivotTV]

great job man, what a find!

[@KevRalph]

Our go to car audio place was in Staten Island New York called clone audio. They closed around 1990 or so but they installed the benzie box on my radio back in the day. What's your experience with those. But then again you'd have to be at least early to mid-50s to be old enough to drive and use a benzi box

[@matthewstorm5188]

Ever heard of an amp called Hott Setup back in the day? It was not exactly cheap. Some even say it was made by Orion, and was a top-notch amp. But I had their top-of-the-line 2.125. And although rated at 2x125W, I wasn’t impressed - the Punch 60DSM I replaced it with was FAR stronger. I would LOVE to see how THAT amp would fare on the amp dyno.

[@generalkickass6385]

I had one back in 94 are 95 similar just a little smaller and it was blue with the graphics on it and it was a 2ch I got from the flea market I end up letting my brother have the amp and he blew it on some Zeus 12's in a sealed box

[@paulgood2218]

That was way better than I expected . I thought maybe 100 watts . This has to be that one demo amp they sent out lol

[@mugendrewable]

I'm impressed.

[@shadymaint1]

I remember Rockwood from back in the day. Never ran any of thier stuff though.

[@holeshotinspectionllc2412]

Impressive 💯%. Thanks, Big D🤙

[@DrGonzo12676]

Try and get that ultra linear on the bottom of the rack at the shop. I still have one of their subs from back in the day. and love it.

[@lourock9702]

Awesome video, Elac still going strong 💪🏼

[@donjaun540]

Like the look of the amp but that is not enough. 😮😊

[@KD0LRG]

I found a Special Edition in my old amp collection this week. It was the poors mans Precision Power.

[@kurtbrisch5776]

I worked electronic/stereo retail in the early 90's, fun times.

[@dustinerickson1253]

i wonder if that amp would meet the ratings with fresh capacitors. i often wonder when you test 20+ year old amps what fresh caps would do in comparison.

[@ivandion2011]

I remember this brand I was in high school they had a full line of products

[@brockmarquis8511]

Man I do not remember the name but i had a black amp in the mid 90s that was identical. May have had a different name and graphics but it was the same amp. It was an ok amp for its time. Moved up to something more powerful. It was a boss bridged 😅

[@robsolf]

So they deliberately made the amp longer than it needed to be... for oooh's and ahhhhhs, maybe? That's funny. Crazier still though... it's a real amp! Great test!

[@adyjw33]

We used to crack up at all the generic ass names like Rockwood and Kenford. One time we had one with a big lead weight inside to make it seem like it had power 😂😂😂

[@detreknash4505]

😮 REMEMBER THEM AMPS IN HIGH SCHOOL

[@loaked3000]

Rockwood made subs with purple surrounds too back in the day, would be cool to get a couple 15s to run off this amp

[@NickMillerlouisiana]

i had a rockwood 2 channel amp back in the early 90's i remember thinking this is some junk but it turned out to be a decent lil amp.

[@danrogers9945]

I figured it was going to be a big boat anchor! It actually has some power!