Rockville RPA9 3000W Peak/800W RMS 2 Channel Power Amplifier, High Output, Durable Build, Versatile Inputs, for DJs and Pro Audio

The amp is very nice. My fans are quiet at my power level. In fact, my computer fans are louder; perhaps after running with more power and heat they will kick-in.Construction is very nice. I do not believe the power rating stated (peak or rms).... I believe it is less, but without testing it......nevertheless, this amp is terrific. Clean, great sound for the price and works very well with my OSD Audio Pre-1 mixer / preamp. My speakers are home-made. Running (2) 8" woofers (low freq woofer and a low-mid woofer), a Bema horn from France when they were available.... running with my JBL 2445J , which is a 2446 Compression Mid Driver (16 ohm), and running a bullet tweeter. Crossovers are home made using 12GA wire (yes, very big and will never burn out).Anyway, I have only been using this amp for a few days but no regrets. In the future I will probably order 2 more of these amps to allow for 5.1 system, but still allow me to run 1 amp for 2ch music. To me, running the 5.1 / 7.1 / 9x /11x system never sound the same for listening to simple music on 2 channels.Many of the new and former stereo's over the past 20 years with all their "sound effects" do not support adequate current to drive speakers. They put too much of the special effects garbage (like toilet bowl, bedroom, auditorium, etc.... sound effects which are useless to me) and they could have made a better amp section. I also love Mac amps but could not afford at this time - maybe later.In the mean time I am happy with it. I will update as time goes on.

So coming from a self proclaimed (and friends and family too) audio snob, I can honestly say the Rockville RPA9 is a pretty decent amp. I’ve had it running in my home setup for three days and can honestly say this amp has great sound. All in all I’m pretty happy with it. I’m a collector of fine vintage speakers such as Cerwin Vega, Advent, DCM, Infinity and JBL all from the 80s and 90s. I strongly prefer Crown A/B amplifiers but wanted to give the RPA9 a try. Here’s what I think:Pros:It’s an A/B amp which I prefer to Class D. Class D just sounds so empty and flat. Which is a good thing because you can EQ the sound to your liking. But I enjoy the full bodied warm sound of AB.There is zero noise. Meaning no hiss or hun coming from the speakers when idle or under loadFor an AB amp it’s very lightConnections are easy to get to and manipulateOperationally it’s quiet. The dual fans don’t bother meBoth channels seemingly have equal power output. One does not seem to have more output than the other. My ears are trained for this.XLR balanced inputs and outputs to connect more amps if you desire.Cons:The power supply and transformer are very small. This amp will not give you outdoor concert levels. I believe when this amp has its gain knobs all the way up you are truly using all of its power. There’s no extra headroom.The paint work on mine is full of flaws.The power cord is really small. I’m talking 14 gauge with no built in filter.All in all this isn’t a horrible amp and I do recommend it if you’re looking for an inexpensive amp for your vintage speakers. At its price point and what I’m using it for, I’ll be keeping it inside the rack happily. It will power my Cerwin Vega D2s without any problems.

Delivery was 7-10 days, a bit longer than I had hoped. It arrived damaged. Likely damaged during delivery so I'm not holding the seller / manufacturer responsible. They responded promptly with a return shipping label and I packed it up and dropped it off at the UPS store. It took the same 7-10 days for the seller to receive it. They did say it would take a few days to review the damages prior to approving the replacement but I got the new tracking number the day after they received the damaged one. 7-10 days before I got the new arrived. Brutal timeline all together combined before I got my amp in good condition.I connected to my Onkyo 5.1 home theater system to drive my Cerwin Vega SL-12 3-way tower front main speakers. 90's nostalgia old school furniture speakers that rock the neighborhood. I had to use a Russound ADP-1.2 Speaker-level to Line-level Adapter to connect since my Onkyo doesn't have a pre-amp line out. Sometimes you can get a hissing sound when connecting with these type of adaptors. I'm extremely happy to report absolutely clean sound without any hissing. Note, this amp is not passive. Meaning I can't leave it off and let my Onkyo do the driving. And even if it was passive, the line level adaptor would prevent that anyways.The Onkyo alone did a good job but didn't necessarily drive these bad boys like I remembered in my youth. I got the 3000w peak / 800w RMS amp. Like most amp manufacturers I'm without doubt these numbers are over stated, and I should have known better so I hold my self accountable for that because other reviews state the same (duh). I have the gain turned all the way up on the amp. We gave it a good 2 hour long Friday night run. I can tell a slight difference with the amp and I'm positive the 12" subs are pounding slightly harder and faster. mids and highs are keeping up fine. The performance is matched and satisfactory. This is where I should have known better and just spent a little more and purchased the Rockville RPA12 5000W Peak/1400W. I've learned it is always better to have more power than less which gives you more performance at lower levels. 800w RMS still has me turned up to the limit. With the amp gain all the way up my Onkyo volume goes all the way to the mid 70's out of 80 before I saw the clipping light blink once or twice. So, to conclude, this amp would likely be great for 10"s, works fine on my 12" but is in no way adequate for 15"s. My rating is 3 1/2 stars. I didn't take any stars off due to the first one being damage but, I took half a star off due to shipping and return was a snails pace. I took one full star off for industry standard overstating power ratings. If the industry simply gave more accurate power ratings I would have bought the next size up and bingo, they would have got that star and more of my money. Am I satisfied, yes. My system is pretty bad a-$-$. Am I blown away, not completely. More power man. Hope that helps.