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 load For an AB amp it’s very light Connections are easy to get to and manipulate Operationally it’s quiet. The dual fans don’t bother me Both 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.

I bought my first stereo in 1972 when I was 16. Became an "audiophile" in my 50's and have bought and sold enough stereo equipment to buy a small house. I recently had to have my vintage Phase Linear 700b amp repaired (vintage gear needs maintenance). This amp and my McIntosh 2270 amp are the nicest sounding amps I have ever owned (for different reasons) I needed a quick back up for a few months until the 700b could be repaired. My vintage AR9's are 4 ohm speakers and require Lots of Power. The RPA9 actually sounds very nice! Being a rock drummer for over 40 years you know PA gear and some amps will handle 4 ohm loads very well. The super inexpensive amp is doing a great job plus it's also pushing (4) 12" woofers! My two other home audio amps are the price of a used car and this amp was about $150 so it is a great buy and does a really nice job. Here's my comparison: A 92' Corvette LT1 is 300 hp, A Dodge HellCat Challenger is 707 hp. BOTH are powerful but different. No need to diss this amp so much. It sounds very good, especially for the amazing price. Very happy as a back-up amp and will keep it for other stuff when the Phase Linear comes back from the shop. Lots of experience means everything people.

Runs 4x18” subs and 2x15” tops and 2x12” tops for our CDJ 3000 setup. No issues and it’s been about a year now. Enough power to fill a 4000sqft room with equipment Great setup. Easy connection. Weight is easy to store in most racks without any additional support.

I really wanted to like this amp for my mobile DJ setup, but there is not much good I can say about it. The case, connectors and knobs seem to be of decent quality for the price point. Unfortunately, the specs are majorly inflated vs actual performance. I only discovered this after difficulty mounting in my rack due to the mounting holes not aligning well to standard spacing. (6 other devices all line up well in the same rack) I bought this amp specifically to drive a pair of Rockville 3-way 12" 8 ohm pa speakers that I normally only use as a backup to my normal main speakers. I had a more crowded gig than normal this weekend so I decided to add this amp and use my backups in addition to my primary speakers. In order to drive them marginally I had to crank the gain all the way. With pretty much no headroom left it was all this amp had to drive the speakers well below their normal output as compared to my powered mixer output which is only 400 Watt. Keep in mind I've never pushed them beyond about 70% of my mixers max. The sound quality was also not as crisp through the Rockville amp. After reading many positive reviews, I thought this unit may stand a chance, but it just doesn't measure up in the real world. At the price I knew it wouldn't keep up with my Peavy or Mackie amps which are only rated 1500w - 1/2 the Rockville's rating, but I really thought it could be suitable to drive a couple of 12" pa cabinets that preformed well with the 400 Watt mixer output. Maybe the positive reviews are from better success with 4 ohm speakers, but even if that's the case, the amps power ratings are still grossly overstated. I plan on switching to an unpowered mixer in the near future and adding additional amps to my rack. I was hopeful that this amp would be suitable for that task, but it clearly falls short. I would have to use 2 of these amps and settle for lesser sound quality to replace my current 400 Watt output.

Price is good but more like 500w rms at 4 ohms bridged. Little disappointing but you get what you pay for

i get a lot of second hand PA equipment from people and my home theater receivers couldn't power the equipment i was getting. one day i got an 18" corner speaker i just could not power to save my life. i knew i needed a mono amplifier with high wattage so i could test it. i decided to look into vintage amplifiers on ebay but the good ones cost upwards of 500usd. i stumbled across a cheap power amplifier by mistake and started looking into budget dj equipment. eventually i narrowed my choices down to a few companies that had high reputations. i knew rockville because i had tried their powered monitors before, so i thought i'd give them a chance on this. it was a pretty good deal. 3000w peak with bridge mode for my corner speaker. setup was easy. i just plugged in my speakers and my source and flipped the switch to bridge, and turned up the "a" channel. worked like a charm. the fans are loud but it keeps the machine cool when working in high temperature environments, which is what this is meant for. the distortion is nill as far as i can tell. sounds as good as you would expect from any good power amp. build quality is great. all metal, easy to mount chassis with feet pre-attached. much better than i expected. overall, this is a very nice budget amp i will be using for future equipment.