just bought 2 Alpine V12- MRV amps at a pawnshop couple months ago for $50 each & an old Type-R12 for $35, perfect for a budget build! good stuff
@sinisterstitchescustomupho18175 жыл бұрын
JohnDode Engelbrecht that's awesome man
@ivanbustamante60115 жыл бұрын
That's why i love pawnshops
@randomtube82265 жыл бұрын
Wouldn't mind seeing more Alpine amplifiers on the dyno.
@ruikazane51236 жыл бұрын
Alpine amps from late 90's....really warmed my heart Thanks, BigD!
@wal6 жыл бұрын
Great amps for sure!!
@christopherlesage59952 жыл бұрын
I love seeing this generation of v12 amps tested. My first sub Amp was an alpine mrv-100m. If you ever find one of those I would have love to see what it did. This Amp was my first stereo heart break as it was stolen from my car at 17 along with my 2 pioneer impp 10s in a custom ported box. Thank you
@rocbola7 жыл бұрын
Oh sweet! I've been waiting for this one. I have had 3 of these amps over the years. I still have 2 and i'm putting them into my suburban (doing the build on my channel), each one on it's own 15" Type-R. I love this amp! They sound amazing, not just loud, but clean and they reproduce the fine details of music.
@Frankiebonez3373 жыл бұрын
I had 4 of these amps pushing 4 of the 12" solobaric L7s when they first came out in like 2000-2001. My first setup was 2 of them driving 4 4ohm 12" solobaric L7s running it at 2ohm mono. Bought 2 more and put 1 of them to each solobaric and those subs took it like a champ. The bass was tighter and the low notes were hitting WAY harder. Alot more good power for digging out those low notes (like 40hz and less). Also have the Alpine 757 2 channel to some custom kick panels and a Alpine 407 to all the interior speakers. All boston acoustic Pros. Car was so friggin loud lol. Finally getting back into the bass head game, I wish everyone was still driving around pounding there stereos like we did back in the day, that shit was so awesome!
@mikeferland45087 жыл бұрын
I'm currently running this on (4)12" Rockford HE2's....@2ohms..it's insanely loud!
@crunkwun5 жыл бұрын
This was my 2nd amp I bought back in 2002.. coming from a 2 channel Jensen 300w(my very 1st amp) amp to this was a big jump for me. This amp cooked my 12inch Jensen sub lol. After upgrading to a JBL GT 15inch I was in love.. the good old days haha
@Brian1.8 жыл бұрын
Now that's a good looking amp. Hard to believe that power was so expensive back in the day. Thanks Big D
@chadgriffith62998 жыл бұрын
back in the day getting $1 a watt was doing good,, this beast gets you $.50 a watt, worth the money all day long
@RotNcroch6 жыл бұрын
I had a smaller v12 amp that I just used for running a 18 inch stroker back in 2001. I loved it!
@esigman15 жыл бұрын
Thanks for testing this amp. I have one, but was skeptical about using it for full range use so I'm going to hook it up to a single Boston Acoustics 10.5LF Pro. It's 2ohm, but with the available power headroom I won't need to push it too hard and overheat it. At my age I'm more into accuracy now, not making my heart palpitate like my youth.
@nascarsimracing110 ай бұрын
6 years later, and i stuck with 15 year old me's plan!!!! I got my Alpine MRV-1507 hooked up with 1/0 gauge OFC wire. And it is driving two 12" Kicker L7R122's in a sealed box, wired in series parallel getting 2 ohms bridged. The two woofers together have a total of 1200 watts RMS, and at 2 ohms as seen here, it's 1200 watts RMS at 2 ohms bridged!!! Before this I was running a single 12" Lanzar Max ST and a Lanzar Vibe 241 amp at 4 ohms bridged. It served me well, but it's nothing compared to the Kickers and the Alpine MRV-1507!!! I'm giving that old sub to my brother now.
@jk-768 жыл бұрын
that is one killer gut shot. So much going on and still working after all these years. Well built is an understatement
@wal8 жыл бұрын
+anthony gabaldon yeah, one of the last of the built in Japan Alpine amps
@fonzinietooco7 жыл бұрын
Dereck BigDWiz YO I HAVE ALPINEAMPS ME ☑ 4x900watts me
@LuxorVan8 жыл бұрын
The older MRV class like MRV-T500 used T03P style output transistors and included stamped brass jumpers only for the power supply and output transistors, it used B688 and D718 transistors, they love regulated power supplies! But it was a somewhat impressive amp and flawed, the boards used to be green and cheaply made, as you show they later switched to blue versions, the traces on the MRV-T500 had a major issue, they would use lots of thin wire jumpers along traces for the main inputs and outputs of the amp, since the traces would often just burn in half and break a connection, they could have used heavier copper traces instead of the 1 oz ones! The glass epoxy boards were even filled or opaque and just glassed on both sides instead being of a solid multilayer glass epoxy board that is nearly transparent! Seeing the 1507 guts shows they made many upgrades over a the next few years to improve product quality, but may still include some jumpers to protect a trace! The difference in the quality of the board then is similar to the Polk Audio's design of today, but at least Polk does have thicker traces and no jumpers running parallel through them, Alpine obviously knew this was a flaw in their design and manufacturing, so they opted for hoping jumpers along them would decrease heat buildup and increase current flow and prevent burn through's! They do have nice clamps for the transistors from that era, where they later changed to a cheaper design that mounted directly to the amp, but I hated the separate mounting bars that had to be fastened to the heat-sink like the 1507 shows, it is not one solid piece! It requires way more thermal paste and if it dries "Like it always does", the connection to the main heat-sink will not be as efficient for heat transfer as it would with fresh thermal paste. But it is easy to disassemble just the mounts and leave the transistors clamped to them to clean and freshen the bond! The difference can be as much as a 6-15 degree drop in temps! Still even the MRV-T500 had some impressive numbers, like the 1507 shows it should, but the design should have been better for the price Alpine was always known for charging consumers! See if you can find a Earthquake 400TX to dyno, I'd like to know what it's numbers are! As well as a Kenwod Excelon KAC-X1R!
@ruikazane51236 жыл бұрын
Great explanation...Alpine amps were really tanks unless you don't treat them with care. Dunno now...they're one of those powerful amp makers before...
@iceman45ification18 жыл бұрын
Impressive!! Love those old school Alpine amps!! 😍
@wal8 жыл бұрын
Never fail to impress! This joker did well, no doubt
@lazye7853 жыл бұрын
This amp was a beast back in the day I love to have one now
@TruenorthmtGod4 жыл бұрын
I noticed those pages were stuck together on your 1999 amp buyer's guide. Hmmmm mine too
@wycliffemitchell46546 жыл бұрын
I loved this amp back in the day. I had it on 4 jl 12w3 s in sealed box and it sounded Great. I loved the fan it said play loud on it. Thanks Big D .👍👍✌
@rhdgalantvr48 жыл бұрын
OMG cant believe you tested this amp..I had 3 of these back in the day. This vid made my day :)
@wal8 жыл бұрын
I hear this all the time, that's cool!!
@rhdgalantvr48 жыл бұрын
Would love to see you test a JL XD600/1v2 if you ever come across one :)
@jlev5052 жыл бұрын
This brings back some great memories. I had 3 type R 15”s and 1 mrv-1507 per speaker in a 1997 Nissan Altima with 5 batteries. I was young and dumb back then. It was loud as hell. Shattered my rear windshield one cold morning. Good times😁😁
@shanen9218 жыл бұрын
thanks again Big D! I never owned any Alpine amps but after seeing your test I wish I would have looked at them little more. Anyway thank you again for your Videos.
@wal8 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching and leaving comments. I really appreciate it!
@trebo23482 жыл бұрын
very clean and powerful old skool amp, way better on reactive loads than resistive very clean frequency and playback. Well underrated.
@wal2 жыл бұрын
👌😬👍
@nismofreak338 жыл бұрын
Love alpine amps. Used to have one running the bass. They sound sooo smooth. Currently running a V12, same vintage as this one for the mid/high.
@12pagani3 жыл бұрын
I just build a retro sound system in my 1989 Mercedes 560 sel and I'm running a alpine cda7894 headunit and 3342 eq sound field controller, all feeding into a alpine v12 amplifier, this one being the f357 5 channel variant. She feeds 4 sets of 3 ways and will get a sub on channel 5 soon. Crisp sound and it gets very loud but without distortion! Great amp
@lstephenson2478 жыл бұрын
I still have my MRV 1505 2 or 3 years older same amp without the fan and different color and it is a beast!
@wal8 жыл бұрын
I've heard the 1505's are even more powerful (from a guy who own's both)
@fallwind1018 жыл бұрын
Same here, mines been sitting in storage for many years. Used to run a pair of 6 ohm Eclipse aluminum cone 12's in parallel in a sealed box with this monster. Incredible sound quality and power!
@greg47987 жыл бұрын
I actually have one 1505 bought new back in 97', stayed 13 years in box and now working since 7 years, this amp is a beast, It push 2 15' sub in 2 ohms mono load with ease, it just need to be fed with the right gauge cables to deliver all his clean power without overheating.....I have the 1005 running at 2 ohms stereo for 4 front midbass, killer amps i must say.... Also had the 1507 that was intended to push one of my 15 'but the 1505 has did the job so well for the 2 15' that I had to sell it.
@jeffcoleman66182 жыл бұрын
To this day still one of my favorites, I have 2 of them still
@olivergosch35274 жыл бұрын
I had this amp in my cars between 2000 and 2010. It died from overheating on a hot summer day. RIP, V12!
@TheLassenman2 жыл бұрын
Beautiful amps they where back in the days :)
@wal2 жыл бұрын
😬👍
@15secofFame2 жыл бұрын
Just plucked a broken MRV-1505 off E-bay a few days ago. Same day it arrived I fixed it and sounds awesome! I had a T757 and a T503 back in 2001 pushing a HCCA 12" (Dual VC) and some MB Quart components when I was competing in SQ. Spring Break Nationals Daytona Beach 2001-2002 who was there? Still have my shirt too lol
@wal2 жыл бұрын
Awesome 👏
@chrisg27395 жыл бұрын
I have one of these I bought brand new in 99 and it was bridged mono running 3 JL 10w0 subs in a sealed box. Back in 99 I hit 147db in a cavalier Z24 haha. Was and still is one bad ass amp.
@LoudsoundSu8 жыл бұрын
nice channel!
@wal8 жыл бұрын
Thank you sir. Hopefully the closed captioning Russian text was understandable. Спасибо, сэр. Будем надеяться, что субтитры русский текст был понятен.
@georgeelve10588 жыл бұрын
thank you soo much bigdwiz. I have a pair of t757s and an f407. nice to know they make rated. I always thought they were super clean sound, just never knew about those max specs.
@wal8 жыл бұрын
I prefer "dynamic power" specs to "max power" if manufacturers are going to use them. I have no idea where they pull those max power numbers from...
@The_Active_Region7 жыл бұрын
I wouldn't recommend running these 1507's at 2 ohms bridged. They are not rated for this in the manual and specs. They can blow up if used like this for an extended period of time. I get more of these amps for repair because of use at 2 ohm or lower. 14.4v Per channel into 4 ohms ......................... 225W, 0.08% THD Per channel into 2 ohms .......................... 450W, 0.3% THD Bridged into 4 ohms ................................ 900W, 0.3% THD Bridged into 2 ohms ..................................MAGIC SMOKE
@delaneo1005 жыл бұрын
Yes i had this amp back in 2000 pushing 2 kicker comp vr 18s at 2 ohms and it did go up in smoke while playing a low note.
@olivergosch35274 жыл бұрын
Oh, i remember the good old times, when i had this amp in my car between 2000 and 2010.
@03_austindrake884 жыл бұрын
The V12 MRV-1507 was a badass amp back in the day. I had one powering my JL Audio 10w5's (very rare JL's back in the day) and I had a V12 MRV-757 powering my highs and mids. It sounded pretty awesome for only having 2-10's. I can't remember what I hit but it was above 140 and that wasn't bad back then for what I had. I switched to JL 12w6's and hit 148 with the same amps. I loved my Alpine V12's.
@thomasbradian6367 Жыл бұрын
I had the 12w5 duel 8ohm, the specs for the box from JL, was so big that it took up the whole trunk of a 1990 cougar. I moved up to the w6 triple stack because the box was smaller, and regretted it so I sold the w6 in 98 or 99 and got the w3 we they first hit the market and never looked back
@LordCornholio318 жыл бұрын
thank god somebody finally amp tested a alpine amp I hope the newer models put out the what the claim to have, good vid wiz!
@wal8 жыл бұрын
Alpine amps have always been good IMO. Last one I tested was the Dyno drag race between the PPI 2350DM and Alpine 3545 (both amps from late 80's)
@sherkhan8088 жыл бұрын
The most interesting guts I ever saw. Electrical wonderland! Thank you Big D!
@wal8 жыл бұрын
Yessir, she is an impressive beast!
@nascarsimracing17 жыл бұрын
Bro you are awesome! My uncle gave me this amp after his 1987 Nissan 300zx broke down. I plan on installing this amp with two woofers once I get a car, But I wanted to get 2 woofers that have an rms power handling close to what this amp puts out.
@wal7 жыл бұрын
+nascarsimracing1 this amp will work great powering subs, just make sure you use good quality OFC power cable as these older Class AB amps pull more current than the newer class D's
@malachibenisrael43703 жыл бұрын
I still own this Beast in 2021 and Is thinking about putting this Beast back to work🤔
@BadmunkyWRX7 жыл бұрын
Would love to see you test an Alpine PDX-V9! Everyone seems to love that amp but I have never seen any one test it to see if makes the rated power or not.
@fatcatt39817 жыл бұрын
Love watching all the old school amps
@wal7 жыл бұрын
+fat catt 39 thanks. I love making the vids, but they don't get the views. This is why I do more new amps now too. Old School is still how my blood flows
@fatcatt39817 жыл бұрын
BigDWiz I hear you the old stuff it the best stuff but you know the new amps are pretty nice too
@SaucyBegger253 жыл бұрын
So glad you did a test of this amp. I’ve been wondering what power it has. I’m running a 250w rms 12” 4ohms sub bridged and Jesus it’s pushing the power. Sounds crazy. I thought with the size of the thing it would been giving out 1000w per Channel but 225 👀 that’s a joke really
@thesillyhatday5 жыл бұрын
Nice channel. Love the old amp loving. I still have a 5channel V12 in the loft. Only problem is its a monster in size!
@wal5 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching and commenting!
@pedrovelizjr91856 жыл бұрын
I can just imagine 2 18 inch old school jl audio on this beast.
@Jdub14353 жыл бұрын
I had it hooked up to 2 JL 15W3s back in the day. Needless to say it slammed! Especially considering it was in a Ford Ranger!
@SteveWrightNZ7 жыл бұрын
The magic of the 1507 et al is not just the pure horsepower, but the fact that it does it down to DC with zero phase errors. That's no mean feat, and with the right drivers and the right cabinet you get fully-bad deconstruction of nearby objects and frantic approaches by shop owners who want their objects to remain on-selves etc. No joke - I've had a car full of teenagers jump out and run, and a whole street of retailers begging for the safety of their shops. Direct-coupled speakers and dual-gap speakers are god. Serious. Try it. Edit: add some BBE and rip the neighbourhood a new asshole.
@J2A617 жыл бұрын
Steve Wright I have two of these mrv 1507 one needs repairs but I love them had them for years and most people don't know why. but they are monsters!
@ruikazane51236 жыл бұрын
Ooooh! Another person who knew it. Thanks
@ericbachmann80376 жыл бұрын
There is 1 issue with BBE, it “Adds” noise. I still have a home unit and used to own their car Audio version, I do not use the car Audio one anymore. Been using them since 1994.
@burntorangeak4 жыл бұрын
This one brought back some memories.
@wal4 жыл бұрын
That’s why I do videos of the old gear, nostalgia is awesome!
@michaelhony47288 жыл бұрын
I have that amp's baby brother - the MRV-T757 - in my 1999 Pathfinder on 2 Rockford 10's. This has been an amazing amp for many years. I see the Alpine remote in your hand. I have a couple of those remotes.
@wal8 жыл бұрын
I use the remote for my 9815 head unit doing the Dyno tests. I may soon replace it with the Pioneer 80prs as it has a cleaner output and can use USB drive with WAV files
@michaelhony47288 жыл бұрын
Really? The Pioneer has a cleaner output? Pioneer has come a long way.
@michaelhony47288 жыл бұрын
Wish you would do a test on the 757 one day. I love this amp.
@wal8 жыл бұрын
+Michael Hony yeah, I tested it before in a previous video...0.015% THD at 4.8V of output line level
@michaelhony47288 жыл бұрын
I reckon I need to do a search for the video. I have an Audio Control pre-amp/equalizer, too- so even hotter pre-amp out. It's clean, loud, and pleasant for general music listening. I have a much newer Alpine 4-channel on the mids and highs. It is still a very clean, very loud, very pleasant sounding amp even if it isn't legendary...
@antonioswartz57668 жыл бұрын
i have one of these, I got it for free when i bought a ppi pcx-2200 for a bargain, I did not know it was 1 ohm stable. It sounds great, in full range and on subs too.
@wal8 жыл бұрын
Wow, great deal!
@michaelvickers897 жыл бұрын
Great job Big D and very impressive results with that amp for 1999 and bumping prince party like its 1999 😜 no but on a serious note that alpine would have been worth the hefty price for that kind of power at that time.
@wal7 жыл бұрын
+FAST & LOUD !!! MICHAEL VICKERS you are correct sir! Big power for your Prince party 😜
@anthonymerc2207 жыл бұрын
Question in general about amps. How does it draw more than 80 amps in the test yet the fuse doesn't blow?
@wal7 жыл бұрын
+Anthony Merc fuses (and breakers) can take 2-3 times their rated values for short bursts
@g-style44663 жыл бұрын
the fuses blow only if something shorts out, that's why it's important to fuse properly and not over
@bdockett6 жыл бұрын
I have an MRV-F545 built around 2005/06. The one with the contoured cast alum heat sink. 125w x 4 @ 4 ohms or 250w x 4 @ 2ohms or 500w x 1 @ 4 ohms and 250w x 2 @ 2 ohms. Would be great if you benched one of these.
@ixionn5634 жыл бұрын
Wow cool to see you tested a V12, I have an MRV-F307 4 channel in my truck, got it at the little thrift store kinda place we have here in town who sell antiques also. I knew for sure it was a few years old by its styling but 1999? Damn the thing is 2 years older than I am (young stereo enthusiast here). My 307 claims 4x50watts rms at 4 ohm but it definitely puts out more than that, setting the gain with my scope and it almost blew out my speakers while I was adjusting it to no clipping, I guess this thing was not made with 5V level inputs in mind because I decided to just have it nearly at minimum gain as to not completely blow out my speakers at max volume, still gets insanely loud. Do you by chance have a way of sending a photocopy of that magazine page with the V12 amps featured in it? I thought I saw the 307 in there, it'd be cool to see.
@wal4 жыл бұрын
Send me an email OldSchoolStereo (at) gmail dot com and I’ll send you that article
@sittdogg8 жыл бұрын
love your vids! can you do more dynos on alpine amps? Seems to be a lack of alpine dynos. im curious on the pdx-m12 and mrd-m1005 myself.
@JacobBennett458 жыл бұрын
Always happy to give a thumbs up 👍👍
@wal8 жыл бұрын
Greatly appreciated bro!
@juliobaez71198 жыл бұрын
+Dereck BigDWiz hello dereck, i'd like to know if there's a chance that you could test some stinger Line Output Converters in order to see how much clean voltage we can get for a reasonable price. That would make a good video 😁🙏
@JacobBennett458 жыл бұрын
+Dereck BigDWiz I agree That would be a cool video
@mattypisme8 жыл бұрын
those alpine amps all had a very clean bass response..you have any of the 90s California amps??
@wildsideinc5 жыл бұрын
Had the mrv 1505 on 3 jl audio w3 12's an absolute monster amp on these subs. I could kill the people whole stole it. My absolute dream to build and alpine x jl audio system in the future this combo is an absolute beast.
@wal5 жыл бұрын
👌😬👍
@godzillasballs8 жыл бұрын
Great review of a great amp!!!
@wal8 жыл бұрын
Thanks dawg!
@zaappp15887 жыл бұрын
I have one of these and two MRV-T707's all NEW in the box. I bought them for an install years ago and never used them.
@denraweb6 жыл бұрын
Zaappp !!! You selling? :D
@zaappp15886 жыл бұрын
Haha, NOPE. They're paid for. I just need to make myself plunk down some change for a head unit and some speakers. I probably have two big totes full of monster cable wire and interlinks from old systems. Hopefully, I can limit the amount of bleeding from my wallet.
@leereed2195 жыл бұрын
Are you selling yet?
@richwolf72934 жыл бұрын
Do you remember, and have any info or links, to a Dodge truck Alpine built about 1995? Seems like they may have built more than one and they were a dually? They launched the Alpine Disc Drive test cd about the same time. I've searched untill my brain hurts so I need a professional.
@jasonbrattain58838 жыл бұрын
I just bought a 5 channel for 50$ works great
@jayshmurda94104 жыл бұрын
I had the v12 5 channel. I didn't like it much. Switched it to a mtx 4 channel and a mtx 2channel
@andrewhunt87046 жыл бұрын
Bigd, do you recall if this was tested with the normal +12 input, or did you remove the plastic cap and connect it "battery direct?" the manual states it produces more power in battery direct.
@andrewhunt87042 жыл бұрын
@kym traylz nice attempt at trolling, but you have absolutely zero clue what you’re talking about. Go Google the owners manual for a MRV-1507 and get back to me. As someone who owned six of them, I’m pretty sure I know this particular amp better than you.
@brycedeboe65462 жыл бұрын
Hey big D just got a really good deal on a alpine v12 MRV-F353. Bought it for 30$. And wanted to see if you’ve dynoed this amp. ?
@cooleynumpsey50846 жыл бұрын
I always wanted one of those amps
@phantom2406 жыл бұрын
I had two of these 1507's back around 2008. I picked them up for less than $200 each, and I could kick my own ass for it, because they're insanely expensive now. I miss the beautiful A/B sound.
@wal6 жыл бұрын
Yessir, you got a good deal!
@josejuarez24524 жыл бұрын
I got this right now hook to a 1 8." DD red line but it only sounds like if I had it on volume 1 any help
@josejuarez24524 жыл бұрын
Please someone help I been keeping this amp for 6 years now I'm finally trying to install in my 95 Yukon
@anthonymerc2207 жыл бұрын
I mean one of the tests showed it had a draw of 175 amps. (That is more than double the 80 amp fuse)
@shumik877 жыл бұрын
Very interesting. Can you do more PPI PC/PCX series?
@beefcurtainz696 жыл бұрын
I had one of these with 2 MTX thunder 8000’s (I think they were 12 inchers). When I was way younger. Is that a good setup? I really don’t know much about what’s good regarding car stereos
@goesboom54163 жыл бұрын
About to pick one of these up at local pawn shop😎
@anthonymerc2208 жыл бұрын
Trying to get a understanding at what wattage/amps its running at the 1 ohm level Thank you very much
@slybunda6 жыл бұрын
what sort of rms power would an old alpine mrv-t707 do?
@SublimeC886 жыл бұрын
Hey there I have a MRV-F505 with all original paperwork and certificate. Do you know what the MSRP was back in 1997
@HifiVega8 жыл бұрын
Solid amp!
@justinkelsey92184 жыл бұрын
There is one of these on ebay now just beat to heck terminal screws all stripped out and one terminal missing with a wire coming out of it that is soldered direct for $250 and I almost want to buy it after seeing that dynamic run at 2 ohms.
@peterkay24066 жыл бұрын
honest wattage, I like that
@wal6 жыл бұрын
Honest like Abe 🕵🏼♂️
@joshuarayborn8 жыл бұрын
I had this amp and it drew some power. I needed some big caps to keep my battery charged on my car.
@georgechaney45855 жыл бұрын
Very pretty on the inside. Give's me a woody.
@nanceeleana4 жыл бұрын
In 1999, were Alpine amps made in USA?
@trucavalier8 жыл бұрын
now thats a thing of beauty ftw
@wal8 жыл бұрын
But I didn't do a selfie video? LOL
@trucavalier8 жыл бұрын
+Dereck BigDWiz lmao man you crazy!
@cristovalmontoya52222 жыл бұрын
Been a while can you run 2 dual 4s on this amp on each channel that would be 2ohm onhms on each channel in 2 channel mode or would that be 1 ohm mono. Like todays amps
@apolinarponce45065 жыл бұрын
Just gorgeous looking amp sometimes just the looks made you buy it
@anthonymerc2208 жыл бұрын
Was the parametric eq activated? If so any guess to what it was set at
@jeffomalley6015 Жыл бұрын
I had 2 of the 400 watt V12s and a older V12 pro series.
@joshholden85616 ай бұрын
Dynamic power is usually where alpines really shine besides making more watts than rated.
@kevinstrickland43828 жыл бұрын
hey D thanks for the amp test that u do, i was wondering where your from.
@wal8 жыл бұрын
I come from the land down under, where women glow and men plunder...
@kevinstrickland43828 жыл бұрын
strange answer :), can you hear that thunder
@tweed1871873 жыл бұрын
I paid over $1000 bucks when this came out. Now im looking for it again. Anyone selling this amp and in great working condition hit me up.
@Jameswilliam19824 жыл бұрын
No wonder my system sounds so good since i hooked up the F-407
@jondoe66188 жыл бұрын
these older v12 amps are great amps. I have a 2 channel and a 4 channel and both are great. I wish i had this beast to go along with its smaller brothers.
@wal8 жыл бұрын
I borrowed this one from a friend to test. I always wanted one myself too
@DLTX10075 жыл бұрын
I have a even older alpine V12 with me, an MRV-F400. Not sure much about those apart from that they were pretty costly back in the 90s? It saw service in 3 different cars and it's still going but it's now sitting at home doing nothing because I just want to give a dignified retirement although it still looks fantastic I never used it in real service at home because it's a class B amp and I have much better amps doing service for hifi so i don't really give much thought about putting it into service again
@rubendeaz7 жыл бұрын
Do you remember the L.A. Sound amps? Hermosa was a decent amp from l.a. sound...
@peloteroification6 жыл бұрын
I'm not sure if we got unlucky, or these amps just sucked, but the shop where I worked at kept getting these V12 alpines returned. They always seemed to fail on the customer. Maybe their "protect mode" was too strict?
@wal6 жыл бұрын
+Joseph Stalin interesting, I haven’t heard much about failures with these 🤷♂️
@s10-Mike Жыл бұрын
Looking for this Amp. Had the same one back in 2000 it got stolen. Have many systems since then but this was the best Amp I ever had. If anyone knows where I can find one please let me know or if there is a new Amp out that is just as good
@greg47987 жыл бұрын
Cool video, I would love to see the bench of the 1505 if however you could put a hand on it :-))
@wal7 жыл бұрын
+Greg Sudiste so many amps, so little time 😊
@remyricka53678 жыл бұрын
I love old School car audio it's crazy how you can find so many deals on Craigslist n Facebook for so cheap.If these kids only had a clue.? what's the biggest difference in a A/b sub amp vs Class D I know the obvious efficiency but what's the other
@wal8 жыл бұрын
+remyrick A yeah, then they look on eBay and price through the roof. I see both ways. There are articles explaining differences between amp topologies. Too difficult to explain here. Maybe a future video?
@dannylay7965 Жыл бұрын
Not sure if you still have that magazine, can you see how much a CVA 1005 was new in 1999? I have one sitting in my garage.
@wal Жыл бұрын
$1300 MSRP in 1999
@dannylay7965 Жыл бұрын
@@wal Thank you, I actually just posted it on eBay and within a few hours someone offered me $350 for it. It’s one of the best sounding units I’ve heard.
@christianharnisch39368 жыл бұрын
Interested in what pdx amps would do.
@joeydefarco77073 жыл бұрын
I remember they were always notoriously hot temperature wise
@MrAiric815 жыл бұрын
I’ve had this amp for years and just picked up 1xhippo 84 4ohm dvc. If I use the 4ohm bridged for 900w and only use one of the voice coils on the hippo (equal 4ohm), does that half the wattage since I am using only 1 voice coil? If wired the sub in parallel to equal 2 ohm, the end result would be the same?
@ChociStarfish5 жыл бұрын
Wire the voice colis in parallel. You will get the twice the power you have now if you run the amp bridged at 2ohms