Rockford Fosegate Fab Room and RND Facility

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05-13-2015
TheDavel

Rockford Fosegate Fab Room and RND Facility

While at Mobile Solutions Master Tech 3D training, we lined up a Rockford Fosgate facility tour. My jaw is still somewhere on the floor there.
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05-13-2015
TheDavel

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05-13-2015
BigAl205

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Quote:

Originally Posted by TheDavel

While at Mobile Solutions Master Tech 3D training, we lined up a Rockford Fosgate facility tour. My jaw is still somewhere on the floor there.

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Mark [MENTION=173]caraudiofab[/MENTION] is not impressed :p
05-13-2015
erinh

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Looks like they built a scaled IEC baffle for speaker testing.
05-13-2015
TheDavel

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That's correct Erin. They did one for every speaker in their line up they also use that infinity to do real world testing of all speakers/woofers. They have quick change baffles/enclosures for it too. Their mic setup was sweet, it was on a swing arm to test all the typical response angles 0,15,30, ect... They klippel test/cert all their stuff too. I didn't know that prior to going.
05-13-2015
TheDavel

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Tony D'Amore showcased some of his wizardry.
05-13-2015
chithead

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Very cool sir!
05-14-2015
caraudiofab

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Rockford has an amazing facility, it becomes clear quite quick how much engineering and testing goes into their products.
05-14-2015
TheDavel

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I loved all the actuated blast gates in the fab room! I must say, for anyone that wrote off Rockford Fosgate as a quality company, or a company that was concerned with sound quality... you out to rethink your thoughts... their speakers have more credible testing then many of the speakers most of us are in love with.
05-14-2015
chithead

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Ironically, I considered an all Rockford Fosgate build in the Ram. Purchased a set of their Power components (which sounded AMAZING during my testing).

The problem come in when attempting to inquire about which subwoofer to use. After contacting their tech team, it was very apparent that they were geared towards a, "Steve Meade" mentality. This was about two or three years ago though. Maybe they've shifted attention, but that pretty much ruined any interest I had in using their products. Sucked, because Rockford Fosgate was my gateway to good sound. Ran only their stuff for years back in the early to mid 2000s.