Alpine V12 Amplifiers
Alpine V12 Amplifiers
[Jul 29, 2000]
Evan Smith
Strength:
nice sound quality, under-rated power, and great flexabilty.
Weakness:
It does tend to heat up, and thats just about it. the "300s" for $110 off ebay, u cant really beat it. i had read a review in car stereo magazine saying that these amps compared to (the almighty) McIntosh, and kenwood amps, not the excelon, but the series that states the peak power in big letters on the front. either way, it sound great and is powering my front stage very well. It is rated at 30x4, but puts out 50x4. It will heat up, espectially into 2 ohm loads, but my air cooled amp rack fixed that problem. Similar Products Used: kenwood, rockford |
[Jul 24, 2000]
Chan Leong
Model Reviewed:
2000/V12
Strength:
Very strong, and clean power, reliable, and good price for a good amp from a reputable manufacture.
Weakness:
I'm a happy owner of this amp. It provides very clean and strong power to my MB Quart RSB 218 Component set. And it makes me a happy listener of my audio systems. I would recommend it if you are looking for something that is high quality and reliable. Similar Products Used: Rockford Fosgate Punch Series |
[Jun 14, 2000]
charlie sims
Model Reviewed:
2000 mrv-1507
Strength:
very high output power, clear, 8 gague speaker terminal outputs for truly awsome power
Weakness:
too big, hard to use in an affordable custom install $710 installed Similar Products Used: mtx thunder rt2400 |
[Jun 15, 2000]
Sam Thompson
Model Reviewed:
2000
Strength:
The Alpine 100M Sounds beutiful...doesnt hit your car battery very hard at all...powers three JL W0s easily...
Weakness:
none When coupled with three 10" JL W0s it sounds flawless, and for 200 bucks, it makes one hell of a deal. I have by far the loudest system in my parking lot at school and people just dont beleive that all i have is an Alpine 100M. Similar Products Used: Xtant 121M, JBL 800 watt, Rockford Fosgate 250...not quite as nice sounding as the Xtant, but thats understandable considering the price difference...which would equal 80 bucks |
[May 07, 2000]
j m
Model Reviewed:
99 1507
Strength:
mass power clean connections
Weakness:
it blew 2 orion carbon fiber 15s in one month 500 brand new w warranty wellworth 5 saw it online for 1200 Similar Products Used: will blow away alot of big time amps |
[May 08, 2000]
Nate Sikkenga
Model Reviewed:
V12 1507
Strength:
Great Amp!! plenty of power even for three jl 10W6's
Weakness:
I could see how it might be too long for some people, but it mounts perfectly on the side of my box containing three 10W6's. I would highly recomend it. It runs pretty stable and doesn't shut off even when pumping around 1,800 watts for extended periods of time. I got mine for just over $500. Similar Products Used: Kenwood Excelon, Clarion Proaudio. They are all high quality, and The only problem I have is melting subs. |
[Jun 04, 2000]
Jay Yoon
Strength:
Very high power output capability
Weakness:
shuts down sometimes on extended playtime Decent amp, but shuts down sometimes. I took a 3 hour trip and played it at medium volume and it shut off after about 2 1/2 hours. I took same trip using an MTX Black Gold 2125 and it never shut down, even playing loud at 3 ohm mono to a JL 15W6. Similar Products Used: MTX Black Gold 2125, MTX 2300, Soundstream Ref 700sx, 500sx, 300sx, Crossfire CFA 1000D, MTX Thunder 2160, 280, 240, PPI PC450, 4100, Infinity BETA 100, 300 |
[May 02, 2000]
adam
Model Reviewed:
mrv353
Strength:
this thing slams my 3 12's, ive blown 2 with it already, im running 2 kenwoods, and 1 pioneer.very powerful, its a 5 channel, and the 5th channel pumps out very adequate power
Weakness:
big as hell, heats up quite a bit, not much more then that i paid 350 for it, brand new from soundtrack, and would definetly recommend it to someone who wants the power but isnt ready to put down big money for something like, an xtant, soundstream, or phoenix gold. an awesome amp, with sweet power Similar Products Used: california profile |
[Apr 28, 2000]
Brett
Model Reviewed:
1999 Alpine V12 MRV-432.
Strength:
Seems to have good enough power for my system. Price I paid for it.
Weakness:
When I first got it, it was overheating and shutting down. This past winter, one of the front channels wouldn't work until the amp would warm up. This spring I have noticed I had lost some of the Dbs going to that same channel. I got this amp cheap from Circuit City. It was a return due to the first owner wrecking the car it was installed in after 2 weeks. I got it at less than half the price and it has now been fixed under warranty. Would I buy another Alpine amp? I doubt it. At least Alpine used to have cool ads with the Lamborghinis years ago. If anyone else has had a similar problem, please let me know. It does a decent job powering my Polk components up front and 5" Polks in back and the sub drive is powering 2 Pioneer 10" subs. I guess if I could get another for the same price, I might. But it was sheer luck I picked this one up for the price I did. Similar Products Used: No prior Alpine equipment used. |
[May 04, 2000]
Scott Watson
Model Reviewed:
1999
Strength:
power
Weakness:
?????? I have an MVR 1507 and an MVR 407 Similar Products Used: Clarion, Kenwood, pioneer,rockford fosgate |