Chip Foose Does Car Audio? Arc Audio FD2200 Amplifier

....not a future collectors item

Looks like he ppi power class amp

Nice amplifier for mids and highs.

There seems to be a lot of hate towards Chip Foose in the comment section for some reason. They say, wherever there's hate there's jealousy.

Personally, I love the amplifier design but then again I grew up in that era and I was extremely passionate towards radical car designs like this and hot rodding itself, so I guess I can relate more to the overall theme that this amplifier represents.

It's a Zapco Z220 with a bumped up power supply.
Arco audio was a tire place. Mr. Demitrias ( spelling ) is the owner.
Google Zapco Ford Torino. That's his ride.

Can't get behind the design to be honest,, it almost looks like Chip forgot he had to design the case of an amp and got a glimpse of the upcoming PS3 and said "That's pretty cool actually" and based his design on it.

The difference in lengths is you measuring to the end caps and them measuring to the mounting ears. Prob center to center.

Could anyone suggest a good budget 15" sub in the £1 to £200 range 😂

Nice work man. I've always wondered about these then forgot about em till now.

Those were great amps. Used many of them. Nothing Arc makes isn’t great

My SE 4000 cost $2700 for very good reason

👇 ARC SE owners club

Foose is so f**** overated, boomer cringe garbage

Get yourself at least 1 of these

YES!!! it sound just as good as the XXK series if not better!

hey willy how ru doing bro ,please i request you to make dyno for Sundown SDX1200.1 on ur link which u gave before i buyed i need to know its power on your call i buyed that amp so please need to see its video,did i make a good decision to buy that amp thanks

Foose was just heat sink

I've been looking at these amps for so long now, debating on getting one

That’s one ugly ass amp….. 😂

Arc audio is known for making solid equipment..They are right there with diamond audio and JL..Been around for a good while..

Back then was not much on the Foose design amps but was happy he went with arc to work with. Im more for the Signature Edition by Robert Zeff and or the old zapco amps Zeff made.
For me Zeff was the go to when comes to SQ and power. Same time many really good amps made back then and if any thing still better than a lot of new ones, unless you really need crazy power.

Would love to see the kicker zx2500.1 2011 model on your dyno 😊

Pretty decent 👌 lil amp... glad to see Savard as a sponsor, Ironically I am in town 😀

The design of that amp looks like the old thunder bird

The shape of the amp reminds me of old school Rodek's from Zed Audio.

Can't go wrong with Arc if you're looking for good SQ at a reasonable price. I had two of the KAR Extreme 12s on a KAR1000V1 in an S-10 Blazer. It sounded amazing.

If ARC audio brings back a limited run of the XEQ I’ll pick one up.

I recently had my system installed…they recommended Arc Audio(first experience with them)2016 Tacoma double cab…ArcAudio X2-1200.6 amplifier…2 Arc Audio A10 subwoofers(sealed box)…I did a road-trip to test the system…I’m impressed with Arc Audio by how it handled the high volume with no issues…(90 degree weather..windows down)…my system also includes Focal’s Flax speakers and Digital Design signal processor(factory head unit)…overall really impressed with how clear the sound is at extremely high levels…big difference between a clear sound and loud sound…Car audio came a long way from 80’-90’s…I had a Nakamichi cassette deck…Hifonics amp and subwoofers in the bed…😂

Dumb Who is chip Foose he's not nobody to be putting his name on any amp 😒

I worked for an Arc Audio dealer back in 2002. Their Arc Series subs were rebranded Image dynamics IDQs. The CXL amps used the same boards as Clarion.
They had an entry level line called Kar. These were then later rebranded as Foose. They're Chinese crap.

I love it when an amp does the rated power and then some. 😂

Looks like old rodek

Hey big d do you know any of the specs of an old eclipse 33250? I’ve looked everywhere trying to find the specs on it and can’t find much on it. Old fosgate dsm collector here.

Does anyone know, are the ones from WooferETC for sale now newly manufactured or are they new old stock? Are they all 19ish years old?

Hi, I've got a question about amps. I'm looking for an amp with specific specifications to power a sub in my Hybrid. My head unit is a Sony DSX GS80 which already draws 180 watts rms and pulls a max of 15 amps. The Sony powers all my door speakers but I want a second small amp to power one 8 inch JBL STAGE 82am. I'm going off of crutchfields recommendation that I shouldn't exceed 350 watts rms or 30 amps total draw from my 12v battery. Me already using up half of that with my head unit lies my dilemma for finding an amp that wont fry the electricals on my car. Is there any amp you could recommend that might fit the need of not exceeding around 150 watts rms as well as being usable with a 15 amp fuse?

Are you going to slamology this year?

You had me at Zeff designed....lol....man I miss my old Zapco gear...

Hey Williston I have a 2013 audi a6 3.0t and my factory sub starting to blow I hear a lot of vibration and rattling. If never done a free air in a car before so I was wondering what would you recommend for a replacement..it is still running the factory bose amp and the factory subwoofer is a 10 inch

Would you be interested in making a trade?
I have 2 pg m25'S AND 2 PG M50's
All still working
Recapped

Hey I got two kicker comp 10s and I was wondering if you could recommend a budget friendly amp?

Chip foose definitely one of the best custom car builders out there he knows how to make clean suddel changes that flow very well his line of custom rims are awesome but on the pricey side. his friend that use to paint paint all of his car was one of the best painters ever mike lavaliey he was none for the true flames were the paint looked like real 🔥 unfortunately he passed away. I actually have met chip foose about 10 years ago wich was awesome i did realize that he really short till i met him and im not really tall . if i had to guess id say he's around 5,3=5,5 hes really mellow dude .💯👍✌️

Is there any way you could do some more 4 channel amp videos? Most cars and trucks have speakers in the doors and/or side panels for 4 total speakers.

Arc audio are very high quality amplifiers. The output are STMicroelectronics semiconductors are also quality parts. They are not clones like the others in the market.

I just scored a used FD600.1 mono block for $140 on the ‘bay… Rated at 620w at 2ohms and 600w at 1 ohm, which is kind of strange. It has an incredible >3345 Damping factor rating, which is the highest publish DF rating I’ve ever seen, not sure that equates to anything audible though, interesting… Should push my SI HT18v3 to Xmax pretty well though : )

I had the 12" sub in a truck box hooked to a JL 500/1 slash amp. Sounded good

3 yrs I purchase Arc Audio X2 2500.1 I love it , never had an issue, clean raw power very good S.Q very low distortion ..

🤣😂 I wouldn’t use his amps if it was given to me

Its looks really good like a hotrod. Not many people drive thier hotrod at 100mph constantly, they look and sound good, cruising.