The Most Powerful Car or Home Audio Amplifier of the 1980's

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Vintage HiFonics Colossus VI Amplifier
Series 6 (VI) 1986-1989
1800 watts both channels combined

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[hadbl]

OMG
Godfather M&M is the first sub that I dreamed of back in the days.
There were others that I liked for sure, but I couldn’t afford them when I first got in to cat audio.

All of those Amps were on my dream list as well. Thank you for keeping the old school alive.

[StonerCreek]

In the 35 years or so I've been in the Car Audio industry I've seen alot of changes. I made a pretty good living over the years in the business and its cool to relive some of the good ol days here. I could go on and on...

[undernature]

I have the series vii colossus and Zeus. I'll be buried with it lol
Excellent video 👍🤞

[dayzed]

I ran a series viii Boltar to 4 fosgate punch 15s back in the early 90s in high school, killer output for its time. Gerald Kirklands 1985 Blazer had multiple Colossus amps and was legendary, worth a look

[WillBilly]

This channel is such a resource and historical reference for the car audio community! Thanks Big D!

[n.elliott]

Happy New Year America! Thanks Big D for putting together the videos that bring back such much needed teenage memories and joy. Priceless my brother.

[RJSDZNS]

It's incredible how much things have changed in just 30 years. This amp is massive on size compared to how small that same amount of power is today. The face-lift on that amp is pretty awesome. Love all the uploads this last week Dereck!

[elfuego]

I loved this review! I may be one of the most dedicated Old School Zed Audio fans out there. I had my late 80's Autotek amps completely restored by Stephen Mantz and I'm running in my 4Runner now. (2) Autotek 7204 BTS 4x50, and (2) 7300 BTS 2x150 or 500 x1 bridged. They sound and look incredible with that blue stripe on Al heat sink! Keep up the great work Big D - your fan since 2012.

[Brock_Landers]

Back when I was an early teenager (like 14) my buddy had a 1995 S-10 single cab long bed and he sealed a cap onto the cab, removed the rear window, and he had a HUGE box in the back with four MTX 15s running on a small RF amp of some kind. I remember that you had to wear ear muffs to ride in it. He won multiple SPL shows with it. He would stand outside of the truck and use his remote to control it. He broke the 150 db mark a few times. He actually had to use aluminum foil for a fuse because it kept blowing...😂😂😂 He's now in his 50s and owns a local successful tree service. Still a great guy.

[getsum]

That van with the M&M 15s and two Colossus's would still impress today!

[n]

Those Godfather 15s were amazing! Happy New Year toyou Big B, and to all you old school fanatics!

[garrybaugher]

I had two 12" m&m woofers in my Volkswagen rabbit. In the early 80s. They had some serious bump to them.

[RobertCookcx]

That picture of the Pyle Pro subs brings back a a lot of memories. My brother and not only swapped the 302 fort a Mark V 454 crate engine in his 1982 Monte, we also competed in car stereo competitions. We ran two of those Pyle Pros in the trunk (12's). I attribute most of my hearing loss to those buggers. I'm stil building car audio systems now. Upgrading my son's Jetta with a four-way Focal and Morell blended front end pushed by a Rockford class a/b and a topstrong gear for the midbass. Thanks Willisoton for the topstronggear review. That amp is nice.

[Daniel-]

I had a Devastator 15” subwoofer back in the mid 90’s. I’ve never heard of or seen this brand since. The build quality was decent and remember lending it to a friend and he ran it with probably a 100-200 watt amp. Remember hearing the bass from about 1/2 mile away. It was amazing how much bass you could get with so little power and swap meet speaker.

[justgotohm]

SAVARD!! I restored a fairly large pair of SAVARD three way home speakers for a coworker who had had them for decades. Once sorted out they actually rocked pretty hard, similar to Klipsch Heresy’s. The cabs were made from solid wood doors the company got from a hospital before it was torn down, very thick and acoustically neutral, they also wound their own coils.

[zberzerker]

Finally Big D 🙌 covers the old Colossus... my dream amp back then 🎉🎉🎉

[camv]

I love seeing this amp brings back memories of wanting one and not getting one... just like today

[mikelemoine]

I have a Series VII Zeus, VI Thor and Pluto and and a VI Odin and a 90s MTX Thunder Pro 2300 cheater amp (Big D tested one and it was crazy underrated) sitting in my garage, all serviced by Steve at ZED 2 years ago. My old F150 Harley Truck is all wired and ready but I found leaks in the rear window and now possibly the roof seams or sunroof track that are causing drips on the rear cab wall, so I'm on hold until I get that sorted out. Too many house and work projects going on so it's been back burnered, but I'm doing it as soon as I can!

[rexxx]

man I remember having the series 7 Hercules Vulcan atlas and even had a pluto at one time other then the connectors they were great until i got my hands on a 200 DSM and a 4080 DSM right after my MTX Thunder pro and Black gold days its clear i am an audio nut and still have a ref 500 and dsm 200 love the show keep it rockin