Williston Audio Labs I just picked up a ultra linear ul600hc amplifier . Tried too look up the specs but couldn’t seem too find any good info on it , any ideas or info you could toss on it ???
Only ever been disappointed in their stock systems. My Jeep Alpine system says 500 Watts; I say nuh-uh. But I'm disappointed in pretty much all stock systems. But I've never been disappointed by any of their aftermarket stuff.
I have had trouble free Alpine ownage for more than 30 years, But i have actually ran into ONE Alpine Product that was pure junk, the KCE-635UB, an USB player, it overheated, the OS froze, and it ate my memory sticks (rendered them impossible to read or format) Most Review`s i have seen indicate that this and its predecessor was a flop quality wise
I still have a MRV-F250 I bought new back in the day....still works. Also have a T300 and a F400 all purchased second hand from eBay....all work like they are ment to 👍
Say whaaaat is correct. A quality piece to this day. Elna and Nippon Chemi Con (or United) capacitirs, clean, simple layout and the proper amount of power for 80% of the public. I bought the older release of this used off of eBay in 2007. I love this amp. It is indeed perfect for an 8, 10, 12 or pairs of any size. I am kinda pissed. Mine was lost by my mother in her basement. It is in a cardboard box...somewhere! Too stoked to witness it double its rated power. A simple legend!
@@wal yup buddy of mine got a older version in 2002! We damn old, good old reliable amp! Still works fine! Pushed a 12" alpine R type then onto a 8" JL w7 in a stealth box, rated for 700 watts rms at 2 ohm and only 500 rms sounded pretty good I was impressed.
@@analogaudiorules1724 he’s saying if he has 2 subs and 2 amps he would run 1 of the amps to one of the subs and same to the other. he’s asking if its possible
I used to have one. Ran a JL 12W3 in a high output ported JL box, among other things. Sold it to a friend who ran the original Sundown SA-8 ported. Great amp!
Nothing but great comments with alpine from me.. I bought an alpine V12 600w 2 channel amp back in 2002 from a friend who worked at a local car audio shop.. gave it to me cheap as it was the last of the stock.. that thing was built tough and would give alot today's amps a run for their money.
I have this amp pushing an old 12" Treo in a sealed 0.85 cu. ft. box, it can bottom the 4 ohm 300rms woofer out if needed, it's in a trucks backseat. Super clean sound, this amp has always caught my eye from it's price/output/brand name ratio is o-so sweet.
You can’t argue with the value on offer in the Alpine amps... this is a perfect example. My PDX-V9 is similarly a beast, with 100x4 + 500x1 RMS @ 4ohm claimed and it certainly achieves great results Alpine FTW 🤘🏻
And the winner of the big things come in small packages today goes to the Alpine amp! The crowd goes wild! Got a winner here! Hello, anybody home? Loving the BMX thing on the front! Go BigD!😊👍🏻
Great video, sir..bits too funny, I just bought one locally for $60 bucks. It didn't have box or the side rails, but works great for a 12" 500wrms sub. Giving it to my nephew for Christmas, his first system setup.. keep these videos going, we really appreciate your work. Have a blessed Christmas and New Year.
That's MIND BLOWING to get that power out of that amp and have it run so cool. We used to do the same stuff back in the 80's with an old Linear Power 500, running 1100 watts RMS in mono. After a while that amp would COOK! Class D amps make such a huge difference.
That is a true value amp for sure. It does everything it says it’ll do and do it with ease for a great price. I don’t run any Alpine gear but if I was looking for an amp within these specs I would certainly be checking this piece out, discontinued or not. Great video “D”
These are great little amps, I think I've had mine since 2013. I have the MRV 500 driving a single kicker 10" 2ohm dvc shallow mount , and the MRV300 bridged powering a pair of JL C3 650 components in my regular cab silverado. Perfect for a daily driver work truck.
I've had one of these in the old impala running 2 polk audio 10s for 5 years and before that it was in my Nissan Sentra on 2 10s for 3 or 4 years. Still going strong. 💪 Great lil amp.
I love Alpine. I use this in my pops 63 old ‘s convertible on one 12 type s. Hits good and pairs nice with their 6 1/2 components. I’ve got the pdx line with type r’s in my 56. They hit hard and get low. Great video big D
I have watched a lot of your videos. And I have seen a lot of underrated ant put up big numbers. But this is by far the most impressive to me. Given the size of the amplifier, cost and how cleanly it counted up. Nice win there👍 I would run this thing on a resistive 1ohm load confidently.
I've been running an MRP-M1000 for years pushing 2 12" Rockford P3's.. It's always performed strong. Been waiting forever to see one of these amps on the dyno. Thank you!
I purchased a used one of these from a pawnshop. It looked brand new to me. No scratches or missing swrews. I haggled and got it for $65 out the door. Extremely happy with this amp.
Not surprised at all. Alpine amps have always been underrated. Ran dual Alpine amps back in the late 80’s/ early 90’s and they were bullet proof. The 100 watt amp running my subs would blow its 40 amp upstream fuse but never blew its 30 watt onboard fuse.
I've always enjoyed my Alpine amps. I've tried the m5 m55 m500 and all were trouble free except the m500 has a wine noise at idle but since it's going in a trunk build it won't bother me as bad. Keep up the good work
I started with alpine decades ago. Alpine, DEI, crossfire. Never had a single piece of alpine equipment fail, or degrade. The old mrd m 1005 was my favorite of them all. Still banging today, after a decade plus of hard abuse. Couldn't say that about the most popular brands today.
I bought one of these for my friends pick-up, powering 2 RF Prime 10s under the seat. It slams for a budget setup. I'm very satisfied with it, got it for $115!! Now that's performance per watt!
Was running this for 2 days in 1ohm on a Skar SDR 12”. Was playing with no issues. But since it’s not 1ohm capable I went to Skar 500w 1ohm capable amp. This is a great amp! Especially for Teslas with 16v battery.
Just bought the MRV-M1200 the other day, now I'm really curious what that can do compared to its little brother! Great video Big D! Keep the Alpine stuff rollin in
Leaving comment prior to watching! I had one of these and loved it for my first system! I thought it beat down hard as hell. I think it'll do what it is supposed to
I'm glad you mentioned about testing the small amps A MAJORITY OF PEOPLE USE IN THEIR DAILY DRIVERS.. WHat about JL Audio's Entry Level JX and XD amplifiers, or Audio Control's Entry Level Amps.?
I upgraded my car with a JL RD500/1 and the DVC 4ohm 10" shallow mount sub in the spare tire well in the hatch and am not disappointed. A friend of mine couldn't believe it was a single 10" sub... 😏
I am so glad you have made these video’s!!! It’s good to see all different types of amps on the dyno!!! It would be awesome to see the new Rockford prime amps if you get a chance! Thanks for the vids and keep them coming!!! Congrats on the 150k!!!! 🎉
I put one of these in my girl's car on 2 cheapo 12 Pioneer Champion 400W dvc (310D4). I have them isobaric in a box for 1 12, 1.6 cubes ported. 'Been doing great every day for 3 years. 👍😎
Gotta love, this full bridge amplifier, right here. For all those that say, full bridge isn't reliable. Alpine, JL and others have used it, successfully for many years. Nice to see the performance on this.
Personal testimony.... I purchased this amp, a Alpine type R 10d4 and a Alpine head unit back in 2005 for a work radio. This amp at volume 24 (max without distortion on old Alpine headunits) pushed the sub for 12+ hrs a day for 4 years straight. After that I put the amp into a work truck I had pushing a Kicker 10 shallow mount for 3 years. The amp was removed when I traded in the truck and sat in storage for about 5 years. In 2017 I installed the amp and the same old Alpine R 10 into a Jeep Cherokee that my girlfriend had. She totaled it in December 2019 and once again the amp was put into storage. About a month ago I was rear ended and the repair shop asked me to remove the sub and amps from the car to make it easier for them. I got my vehicle back the other day and wanted to make a few changes. Just for fun I dug out my old amp and wired it up and it still works like the day I bought it. I tested the power output with a DMM on a 40hz tone and it's still putting out close to 500w @ 2 ohms. It's a little too week for 2 type r 12s I currently have (running on a Alpine PDX-M12) so it's back in the garage but I plan on building a new radio soon. And I am definitely going to use this amp. I'll probably use the old type R 10 I bought along with it 16 years ago. The amp I have probably has 10-12k hrs on it and it still preforms as it should. Alpine is a little more expensive then most others but you get what you pay for. Alpine earned my business for life and it all started with this amp.
1100 watts out that lil thing ain't to shabby! Alpine always was a top brand since i was a kid! Also would be cool if you can get other 500 watt amps that are currently out by other top brands like Kicker, Kenwood, Pioneer, MTX, Fosgate and so on!
This amp is absolutely killer! If only it could safely run 1Ohm loads, I would definitely buy for an upcoming build! But great video as always, and awesome shoutout to Alpine for making such an awesome amp! Keep up the good work man!
With music it should be ok to run at 1 ohm. I blew fuse with brutal uncertified test, but you’d likely not have that experience with music. At your own risk of course...
By the time you get some box rise, and as long as you don't overgain the amp you would probably be able to get away with a 1ohm load. Take a lesson from the Taramp a few weeks ago and underfuse it until you find the sweetspot!
Agreed. I used to run a Infiniti Kappa at 2 ohm bridged, it was only rated for 4. The only time it ever went into protection was when playing heavy bass music for a long time, on a hot day.
Wow Now put 50 amp fuses in it and watch it hit 2000 watts that’s what I did and the alternator went up in smoke. But for 129.99 you cannot say nothing but good stuff about that little block. Merry Christmas y’all
Ran one of these for a little over a year. Blew a Rockford p2 with it. Ran an SA12 for the rest of the year until one of the mosfets died. Up until it died it sounded amazing. I also ran it at 1ohm the entire time.
I bought this in 09 for the same price and it’s definitely worth the money, pushed a Orion 10 hard and survived me mounting it to the box and a T-bone crash when it was loose in my trunk
I am surprised. I've seen several of these amps blown up. (Not by me) I've had a ton of the mrp-m500's, they are good. The mrv's are smaller and lighter. After this test I want to give them another chance. Thanks again Big D!
I'm a professional installer, and I've seen a fair number of these amps blown up... Always accompanied with a blown sub. The really fun part is I've now seen 3 of these blown up in a way I've never seen another amp blow up... The amp powers on, no protect light, but it has 12v DC on the speaker terminals!!! I watched another tech swap out a blown sub, and immediately blow the new one because of this! He hooked it up, turned on the key to test it, heard a "thwip" sound, ignored it (derp), tried to play music and had no bass, then smelled that lovely tell-tale smell coming from the brand new JL W3 he just installed. *Sigh*
i have a friend who own one of these amps. he got it off another friend used and he daily abuses it. It is mounted in the trunk under a floor board with no air circulating at all and he beats on it @ 2ohms on his stock electrical (lights dimming and all) and it never goes into protect. It was bought at 2012 and still bumps hard to this day. crazy relaible and very compact great for someone looking to bump a single 12 or 15 on the daily
LOVE the Alpine gear! Thanks for testing that amp, could you also test at some point the MRX-M240?? Curious to see what you can pull out of one. Love the channel by the way.
I have this amp pushing two Polk 10's at 2 ohms in sealed enclosures. I have run it pretty hard here in the Arizona desert for about 5 years now with no problems.
Great video, as a lay person that doesn't understand the in's and out's of the audiophile world, you explained everything so well. I actually learned something.
i just bought one of these on sale black friday weekend. it pounds for a 500W. its way louder than my old belva BB3300D, plus it probably isn't going to die on me after 2 years like the belva did. alpine ftw!
We run the same amp in my sons ride pushn 2 12 " Rockford Punch in a custom ported box tuned at 36hz for a Honda Accord and it thumped. In the process of moving it to a single cab F150 for 1 12" Punch and since hes a badass brother he is giving the other 12" Punch to his younger brother who just got his license and we bought him a Skar 500watt mono block amp to push it. I build the boxes for our rides and love it! So cool to pass on the knowledge and the bass head mentality to ournext generation. I love my 2 Boys and Wife and blessed with them especially with an understanding wife that is Cool with our hobbies. I run the Rockford prime 500mono block on 2 10" Rockford punch p1s in a custom single cab ported box and have for several years without any issues. Thumps hard and very clean. 2 4ohm subs Wired to 2 ohms and subs are 250rms each so theyre pushn good.
I have this amp in my Jeep Wrangler running a 10 inch Rockford. I have been happy with it. I didn’t want to spend a lot of $$ on the system since you can just unzip the windows and take what ever. Thanks for the review bid D.
Those are solid amps. I had one in a single cab chevy truck. Had it on 2 10" Alpine bass line subs. Sold the amp to friend, he put it on 2 Alpine type s 10's in a ported box. It was twice as aloud as it was in my truck. Those amps sound good and get loud...
Nice Dereck! Big things do come in small packages. It would probably run fine daily as long as the user is easy on the gain setting. Around 10dB overlap and you should be good. But, it's a Alpine...needs a green chicklet!
@MSH68 “easy on the gain setting”??? Let me guess... you also think the gain knob is a power/volume control? There is only one setting, THE CORRECT SETTING!!! Match the amp to the H/U’s max output before clipping with either a DD-1 or O scope. Save me the “I’ve tuned by ear for 30 years blah blah” well, you’ve been doing it wrong for however many years. Ah well, some just won’t listen. I only play with my own stuff non professionally and I’ve got an o scope and DD-1. Sad part is there’s 4 sound shops in my hometown doing installations and not one have either tools for correctly setting gains. I’ve even offered to do a few for them just so they could see and maybe get one for their shop. They were not at all interested??!? I was glad to learn I had been doing it wrong and eager to get the proper tools. Guess some have a problem with admitting they don’t know everything
A buddy of mine has been running the 1000 watt version like this one at 1ohm for years on a Type X 12. It gets a bit warm but never cuts off. Alpine just makes quality stuff.
@@rmblwgn I think I'm around the same number stored up, but not expressly because of Big D. I added to my Adcom collection this week and I've been building that since the late '90s. Was thinking about trying to find an old Targa 500 just for lolz, then this came along...
I love alpine quality. Still rocking my old school alpine cda105. Only complaint I have is they will not run long at all at 1ohm. But as long as you load amplifier according to specs they last forever. I've had the mrp850, mrp1000, and still have 2 brand new mrp 2000 in their boxes. Someday will run all alpine build.
3 way shootout with a JBL GTX500. Even though it is the cheapest of the three, my money is on the JBL. Since I bought two of them, my money rides on them every day.
I was out of the car audio game for about 10 years but I got that itch again after all these years. Recently I bought this amp and paired it to a JL Audio HO110RG-W3v3 in my Tesla and it absolutely pounds! It feels good to be back!
I just bought the MRV-250, basically the 250 watt version of what you got. I don’t know if the 500 watt is the same, but my 250 watt has been recently discontinued. I’m not worried about that, I know just a newer model has been released. But will I still get the warranty you think?
I got a second hand Alpine PDR-M65 for 50 bux, its tiny but it will slam out over 750wrms at 2 ohm, I've got some really big expensive gear, but this little thing is awesome, I ❤ it
I’ve been running out of time from back in the 80s they had to Alpine amp that were plugged in to the alpine radio that would give you an 18 x 18 Rock Amplifier and that they would put out 75 watts i’ve also had eight R Type alpine on 4 Alpine 1000s watt amps in a Chevy suburban! I love Alpine equipment! Very strong amps and speakers
I’ve been using this amp for over 5 yrs running two 10” typeR with a extra battery and it’s still goin hard to this day and it’s been at 1ohm from the beginning I’ve always wanted to buy the 1200 just because of the 500 can’t go wrong with a decent sub
That little Hi-Q has put in some work over the years buddy! This Alpine along with the Rockford that you just tested both did really really well on the dyno. It's so hard to find a good amp nowadays that's in that price range that will actually push some wattage. I have a Soundstream Rubicon Nano RN1.5000D in my Mk4 VW Golf hatch and it's pushing two Sundown Audio SA12D2s and they SLAM in that hatchback. Rattles the vent in my dash...lol I think I paid close to $200 for that amp and obviously the Sundowns are only rated at 500W per speaker, so the amp's gain is only about half way up. The amp is 1 ohm stable and that's how I have the subs wired with 8 gauge OFC speaker wire, 2 gauge OFC power and ground, and a 200A circuit breaker.
Buy the Alpine MRV-M500 (affiliate links):
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eBay: is.gd/alpinem500ebay
Rockford Fosgate Prime 500-1:
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eBay: is.gd/rfprime500ebay
Have you ever tested the power acoustik caliber 3k?
Test the taramps 15k pleaseeeee
I have one of these from back in the gap, not sure if it even works but will be sure to find out now!
Williston Audio Labs are MRVs better than the older ones from 2007 yrs MRPs just wondering ?
Williston Audio Labs I just picked up a ultra linear ul600hc amplifier . Tried too look up the specs but couldn’t seem too find any good info on it , any ideas or info you could toss on it ???
Ya boy!!! This little thing is a beast. I got some extra fuses let’s roll baby!!!!!
I bought some exkra fuses too... I’m part of #TeamBlowFuse 👈😜
Beast Mode for sure
Rookies! I run resettable fuses.......
@@johnwilliamson2393 they're crawled breaker switches not resettable fuses but I get what you saying
You can never go wrong with alpine! Well trusted well-engineered audio equipment.
Only ever been disappointed in their stock systems. My Jeep Alpine system says 500 Watts; I say nuh-uh. But I'm disappointed in pretty much all stock systems. But I've never been disappointed by any of their aftermarket stuff.
@@robsolf Same with all the other big brands stock systems, Sony, Bose, All of em....
Anything Alpine I’ve ever had has been great, including my mrx-m55 which is a level up from this amp.
I have had trouble free Alpine ownage for more than 30 years, But i have actually ran into ONE Alpine Product that was pure junk, the KCE-635UB, an USB player, it overheated, the OS froze, and it ate my memory sticks (rendered them impossible to read or format)
Most Review`s i have seen indicate that this and its predecessor was a flop quality wise
I have both mrx-m55 and mrv-m500. I'm lucky to have both of them.
I purchased a Alpine MRV-F405 amp in 1996 and still running it today. Love Alpine gear!
I still have a MRV-F250 I bought new back in the day....still works. Also have a T300 and a F400 all purchased second hand from eBay....all work like they are ment to 👍
Only one left at that price. Big D is Amazon's number 1 salesman.
😂
@@wal I was going to say the same thing he beat me to it
Yes agree they need to be giving this man truck loads of money if they ain’t.
Say whaaaat is correct. A quality piece to this day. Elna and Nippon Chemi Con (or United) capacitirs, clean, simple layout and the proper amount of power for 80% of the public. I bought the older release of this used off of eBay in 2007. I love this amp. It is indeed perfect for an 8, 10, 12 or pairs of any size. I am kinda pissed. Mine was lost by my mother in her basement. It is in a cardboard box...somewhere! Too stoked to witness it double its rated power. A simple legend!
I had no idea these have been around for so long. We are getting old 😝
@@wal DOH! I truly am getting old! It was a MRP-M350 that I havd - originally released on 2005. Well, that amp model is badass Alpine too!!
@@wal yup buddy of mine got a older version in 2002! We damn old, good old reliable amp! Still works fine! Pushed a 12" alpine R type then onto a 8" JL w7 in a stealth box, rated for 700 watts rms at 2 ohm and only 500 rms sounded pretty good I was impressed.
Owned 2 of these amps for 7 years now, one of the best amps I’ve owned!
Is there any way to run two of them one amp to one sub?
@@Iron_socket what
@@analogaudiorules1724 he’s saying if he has 2 subs and 2 amps he would run 1 of the amps to one of the subs and same to the other. he’s asking if its possible
@@Iron_socket of course it's possible
@@saefinessethats not what he means. he wants to run one amp on each voice coil of a single sub. 2 amps to one subwoofer.
I had 2 alpine mrp-m500 amps 500rms each loved them great amps for the price you wont be disappointed in alpine quality
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I used to have one. Ran a JL 12W3 in a high output ported JL box, among other things. Sold it to a friend who ran the original Sundown SA-8 ported. Great amp!
Nothing but great comments with alpine from me.. I bought an alpine V12 600w 2 channel amp back in 2002 from a friend who worked at a local car audio shop.. gave it to me cheap as it was the last of the stock.. that thing was built tough and would give alot today's amps a run for their money.
I have this amp pushing an old 12" Treo in a sealed 0.85 cu. ft. box, it can bottom the 4 ohm 300rms woofer out if needed, it's in a trucks backseat. Super clean sound, this amp has always caught my eye from it's price/output/brand name ratio is o-so sweet.
You can’t argue with the value on offer in the Alpine amps... this is a perfect example.
My PDX-V9 is similarly a beast, with 100x4 + 500x1 RMS @ 4ohm claimed and it certainly achieves great results
Alpine FTW 🤘🏻
And the winner of the big things come in small packages today goes to the Alpine amp! The crowd goes wild! Got a winner here! Hello, anybody home? Loving the BMX thing on the front! Go BigD!😊👍🏻
Great video, sir..bits too funny, I just bought one locally for $60 bucks. It didn't have box or the side rails, but works great for a 12" 500wrms sub. Giving it to my nephew for Christmas, his first system setup.. keep these videos going, we really appreciate your work. Have a blessed Christmas and New Year.
Thanks brother, here’s wishing you a Merry Christmas too 🤪
Finally, one of the legendary names in car audio!
I’ve had this amp about 5 times in my life, favorite amp ever back in the day because it always seemed to produce that power.
Awesome 👏
@@wal thanks big D!
I just bought 2 kicker q class L7s and a JL 900/5 for my new whip this summer, just waiting on the courts to let me drive again!
Ain’t gotta lie your bmx intro makes me want to watch RAD, I’m starting too feel old lol 😂 thanks for the dyno....
Does it have good sound quality, is it clean?
Now that’s what you call a true budget gem!
For $125 that’s a freaking steal for a quality amp that has real power!! 👍👍
That's MIND BLOWING to get that power out of that amp and have it run so cool. We used to do the same stuff back in the 80's with an old Linear Power 500, running 1100 watts RMS in mono. After a while that amp would COOK! Class D amps make such a huge difference.
Yessir!
That has to be in the Top 3 best Budget amps of 2019! Thanks Big D
Budget and quality
That is a true value amp for sure. It does everything it says it’ll do and do it with ease for a great price. I don’t run any Alpine gear but if I was looking for an amp within these specs I would certainly be checking this piece out, discontinued or not. Great video “D”
These are great little amps, I think I've had mine since 2013. I have the MRV 500 driving a single kicker 10" 2ohm dvc shallow mount , and the MRV300 bridged powering a pair of JL C3 650 components in my regular cab silverado. Perfect for a daily driver work truck.
Awesome! Thank you! I think there are a lot of us that want to hear about Alpine, pioneer and Kenwood
One of my favorite amps I owned was an Alpine MRV1000 V12. I had nothing but good luck with their amps.
Great amp had a few of them over time.. once ran it on 2 type s 10s and another time on a type r 12.. both sounded great.. alpine for the win
I've had one of these in the old impala running 2 polk audio 10s for 5 years and before that it was in my Nissan Sentra on 2 10s for 3 or 4 years. Still going strong. 💪 Great lil amp.
I love Alpine. I use this in my pops 63 old ‘s convertible on one 12 type s. Hits good and pairs nice with their 6 1/2 components. I’ve got the pdx line with type r’s in my 56. They hit hard and get low. Great video big D
I have watched a lot of your videos. And I have seen a lot of underrated ant put up big numbers. But this is by far the most impressive to me. Given the size of the amplifier, cost and how cleanly it counted up. Nice win there👍 I would run this thing on a resistive 1ohm load confidently.
Alpine sure has passed the test of time. The best bang quality for the buck!
👍🏻☺️👍🏻
I've been having this amp for more than 2 years. Very very good it suprised me on how it sounded. I'm also pushing 1 12 massive audio gtx122
Keep up the good work man. Can you try the mrv 1200 next
I still have 2 of the Polk Audio amps you tested that I bought for $50. Keep finding the good deals!
I've been running an MRP-M1000 for years pushing 2 12" Rockford P3's.. It's always performed strong. Been waiting forever to see one of these amps on the dyno. Thank you!
Dang Big D banging down the block with the bad boy thats budget for shore 😁. Merry Christmas everyone
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Yayy finally you read my mind!! You can buy these and older mrp m500 version for $80 on eBay
Would love to see you test some of the 1st and 2nd gen V12 amplifiers!
I purchased a used one of these from a pawnshop. It looked brand new to me. No scratches or missing swrews. I haggled and got it for $65 out the door. Extremely happy with this amp.
Great dealio
Amp’s reply when back cover opened:
“You big Dummy...im Alpine...im a legend”
Spoken in Chinese though.
Great budget amp...THANKS BDW
Thanks for watching and commenting!
Not surprised at all. Alpine amps have always been underrated. Ran dual Alpine amps back in the late 80’s/ early 90’s and they were bullet proof. The 100 watt amp running my subs would blow its 40 amp upstream fuse but never blew its 30 watt onboard fuse.
I've always enjoyed my Alpine amps. I've tried the m5 m55 m500 and all were trouble free except the m500 has a wine noise at idle but since it's going in a trunk build it won't bother me as bad. Keep up the good work
My s-a60m does that too, for whatever reason pushing on the power terminals stops it but once I let go it comes back.
I started with alpine decades ago. Alpine, DEI, crossfire.
Never had a single piece of alpine equipment fail, or degrade. The old mrd m 1005 was my favorite of them all. Still banging today, after a decade plus of hard abuse.
Couldn't say that about the most popular brands today.
I bought one of these for my friends pick-up, powering 2 RF Prime 10s under the seat. It slams for a budget setup. I'm very satisfied with it, got it for $115!! Now that's performance per watt!
Was running this for 2 days in 1ohm on a Skar SDR 12”. Was playing with no issues. But since it’s not 1ohm capable I went to Skar 500w 1ohm capable amp. This is a great amp! Especially for Teslas with 16v battery.
Got an mrv m450 for about 8 yrs now and still going .purchased 2 mrvm500 for 2 clients....i have to say they're badass
This guy deserves a sub, great source for a new amp.
I had this in my Vette pushing a 10'' Type-R, loudest & cleanest bass ever. No issues, no complaints.
I don't think I've ever seen a dyno test like that that was amazing great job Big D Wiz👍👍👍
Had this one and it’s twin 4 channel amp for about 5 years now still sounds like a champ
Awesome feedback 👌
Just bought the MRV-M1200 the other day, now I'm really curious what that can do compared to its little brother! Great video Big D! Keep the Alpine stuff rollin in
Awe yeah!
Leaving comment prior to watching!
I had one of these and loved it for my first system! I thought it beat down hard as hell. I think it'll do what it is supposed to
Good guess!
I'm glad you mentioned about testing the small amps A MAJORITY OF PEOPLE USE IN THEIR DAILY DRIVERS.. WHat about JL Audio's Entry Level JX and XD amplifiers, or Audio Control's Entry Level Amps.?
I’ll take a look at those too eventually
I upgraded my car with a JL RD500/1 and the DVC 4ohm 10" shallow mount sub in the spare tire well in the hatch and am not disappointed. A friend of mine couldn't believe it was a single 10" sub... 😏
I am so glad you have made these video’s!!! It’s good to see all different types of amps on the dyno!!! It would be awesome to see the new Rockford prime amps if you get a chance! Thanks for the vids and keep them coming!!! Congrats on the 150k!!!! 🎉
Thanks for watching and commenting!
Nice little amp. I had an alpine 4 channel MRV amp back in the 90's and it was a beast. It still works to this day in a friends vehicle...
I put one of these in my girl's car on 2 cheapo 12 Pioneer Champion 400W dvc (310D4).
I have them isobaric in a box for 1 12, 1.6 cubes ported.
'Been doing great every day for 3 years. 👍😎
Gotta love, this full bridge amplifier, right here. For all those that say, full bridge isn't reliable. Alpine, JL and others have used it, successfully for many years. Nice to see the performance on this.
Personal testimony....
I purchased this amp, a Alpine type R 10d4 and a Alpine head unit back in 2005 for a work radio. This amp at volume 24 (max without distortion on old Alpine headunits) pushed the sub for 12+ hrs a day for 4 years straight. After that I put the amp into a work truck I had pushing a Kicker 10 shallow mount for 3 years. The amp was removed when I traded in the truck and sat in storage for about 5 years.
In 2017 I installed the amp and the same old Alpine R 10 into a Jeep Cherokee that my girlfriend had. She totaled it in December 2019 and once again the amp was put into storage.
About a month ago I was rear ended and the repair shop asked me to remove the sub and amps from the car to make it easier for them. I got my vehicle back the other day and wanted to make a few changes. Just for fun I dug out my old amp and wired it up and it still works like the day I bought it. I tested the power output with a DMM on a 40hz tone and it's still putting out close to 500w @ 2 ohms.
It's a little too week for 2 type r 12s I currently have (running on a Alpine PDX-M12) so it's back in the garage but I plan on building a new radio soon. And I am definitely going to use this amp. I'll probably use the old type R 10 I bought along with it 16 years ago. The amp I have probably has 10-12k hrs on it and it still preforms as it should. Alpine is a little more expensive then most others but you get what you pay for.
Alpine earned my business for life and it all started with this amp.
Look how clean it was built!!
1100 watts out that lil thing ain't to shabby! Alpine always was a top brand since i was a kid! Also would be cool if you can get other 500 watt amps that are currently out by other top brands like Kicker, Kenwood, Pioneer, MTX, Fosgate and so on!
This amp is absolutely killer! If only it could safely run 1Ohm loads, I would definitely buy for an upcoming build! But great video as always, and awesome shoutout to Alpine for making such an awesome amp! Keep up the good work man!
With music it should be ok to run at 1 ohm. I blew fuse with brutal uncertified test, but you’d likely not have that experience with music. At your own risk of course...
By the time you get some box rise, and as long as you don't overgain the amp you would probably be able to get away with a 1ohm load. Take a lesson from the Taramp a few weeks ago and underfuse it until you find the sweetspot!
Agreed. I used to run a Infiniti Kappa at 2 ohm bridged, it was only rated for 4.
The only time it ever went into protection was when playing heavy bass music for a long time, on a hot day.
Wow
Now put 50 amp fuses in it and watch it hit 2000 watts that’s what I did and the alternator went up in smoke. But for 129.99 you cannot say nothing but good stuff about that little block.
Merry Christmas y’all
Why would your alt fry?
Wow, so nice too see the reputation still holds, those 1 ohm tests were insane!!!!!
Thanks for not spoiling the results by posting the numbers 👏
@@wal whoops, hope I didn't say too much!!!! Thx!!
Ran one of these for a little over a year. Blew a Rockford p2 with it. Ran an SA12 for the rest of the year until one of the mosfets died. Up until it died it sounded amazing. I also ran it at 1ohm the entire time.
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I bought this in 09 for the same price and it’s definitely worth the money, pushed a Orion 10 hard and survived me mounting it to the box and a T-bone crash when it was loose in my trunk
I am surprised. I've seen several of these amps blown up. (Not by me)
I've had a ton of the mrp-m500's, they are good. The mrv's are smaller and lighter. After this test I want to give them another chance. Thanks again Big D!
Yeah boi
I'm a professional installer, and I've seen a fair number of these amps blown up... Always accompanied with a blown sub. The really fun part is I've now seen 3 of these blown up in a way I've never seen another amp blow up... The amp powers on, no protect light, but it has 12v DC on the speaker terminals!!! I watched another tech swap out a blown sub, and immediately blow the new one because of this! He hooked it up, turned on the key to test it, heard a "thwip" sound, ignored it (derp), tried to play music and had no bass, then smelled that lovely tell-tale smell coming from the brand new JL W3 he just installed. *Sigh*
@@VintageandVoltage ya that don't seem to be a good way to fail!
i have a friend who own one of these amps. he got it off another friend used and he daily abuses it. It is mounted in the trunk under a floor board with no air circulating at all and he beats on it @ 2ohms on his stock electrical (lights dimming and all) and it never goes into protect. It was bought at 2012 and still bumps hard to this day. crazy relaible and very compact great for someone looking to bump a single 12 or 15 on the daily
That’s awesome 👏
LOVE the Alpine gear! Thanks for testing that amp, could you also test at some point the MRX-M240?? Curious to see what you can pull out of one. Love the channel by the way.
Love the MRV Amps. Great job to Alpine
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I have this amp pushing two Polk 10's at 2 ohms in sealed enclosures. I have run it pretty hard here in the Arizona desert for about 5 years now with no problems.
Great video, as a lay person that doesn't understand the in's and out's of the audiophile world, you explained everything so well. I actually learned something.
I like these amps I've had both syles the older style "v power" M500 one and now one like this. They are beasts.
i just bought one of these on sale black friday weekend. it pounds for a 500W. its way louder than my old belva BB3300D, plus it probably isn't going to die on me after 2 years like the belva did. alpine ftw!
Class D for the win! What a nice amp for that little money. Alpine killed it on this one. Thanks for testing, BigDWiz.
Will it ever be possible to do a comparison with The Rockford Fosgate Prime 500 the JL Audio jx500 and the Alpine 500
The Rockford is also a good choice.
I just bought that Prime amp. Mine rated over 640 watts from the factory. $138 on Amazon. Amazing amp.
We run the same amp in my sons ride pushn 2 12 " Rockford Punch in a custom ported box tuned at 36hz for a Honda Accord and it thumped. In the process of moving it to a single cab F150 for 1 12" Punch and since hes a badass brother he is giving the other 12" Punch to his younger brother who just got his license and we bought him a Skar 500watt mono block amp to push it. I build the boxes for our rides and love it! So cool to pass on the knowledge and the bass head mentality to ournext generation. I love my 2 Boys and Wife and blessed with them especially with an understanding wife that is Cool with our hobbies. I run the Rockford prime 500mono block on 2 10" Rockford punch p1s in a custom single cab ported box and have for several years without any issues. Thumps hard and very clean. 2 4ohm subs Wired to 2 ohms and subs are 250rms each so theyre pushn good.
Test some massive audio amps please! that would be dope, Love the videos!
N2 Nanoblock here: czcams.com/video/yNaDpsK--8Y/video.html
Drago D5k here: czcams.com/video/PxNaEnUQwGQ/video.html
Nothing but warm fuzzy feelings when it comes to Alpine. Had a pair of Type R that destroyed my trunk back in the day.
I have this amp in my Jeep Wrangler running a 10 inch Rockford. I have been happy with it. I didn’t want to spend a lot of $$ on the system since you can just unzip the windows and take what ever. Thanks for the review bid D.
I think we get caught up with all of the multiple thousand watt amps at times and forget the average person doesn’t want or need all that.
Williston Audio Labs I think amps like this sit in a sweet spot.
Wow...that's like 5000 Boss Audio watts!!!
Right!
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Just what I wanted to know. Excelent data man!
I've had one of these amps and it performed well. Never cut off after hours of play.
I have this amp and I've been using it for a couple of years now with an Alpine 8 inch sub and it's been very reliable
Those are solid amps. I had one in a single cab chevy truck. Had it on 2 10" Alpine bass line subs. Sold the amp to friend, he put it on 2 Alpine type s 10's in a ported box. It was twice as aloud as it was in my truck. Those amps sound good and get loud...
Interesting 🧐
Nice Dereck! Big things do come in small packages. It would probably run fine daily as long as the user is easy on the gain setting. Around 10dB overlap and you should be good.
But, it's a Alpine...needs a green chicklet!
100% agree on green chicklets
@@wal what are these green chiclets you speak of. I prefer the orange ones
@MSH68 “easy on the gain setting”??? Let me guess... you also think the gain knob is a power/volume control? There is only one setting, THE CORRECT SETTING!!! Match the amp to the H/U’s max output before clipping with either a DD-1 or O scope. Save me the “I’ve tuned by ear for 30 years blah blah” well, you’ve been doing it wrong for however many years. Ah well, some just won’t listen.
I only play with my own stuff non professionally and I’ve got an o scope and DD-1. Sad part is there’s 4 sound shops in my hometown doing installations and not one have either tools for correctly setting gains. I’ve even offered to do a few for them just so they could see and maybe get one for their shop. They were not at all interested??!? I was glad to learn I had been doing it wrong and eager to get the proper tools. Guess some have a problem with admitting they don’t know everything
A buddy of mine has been running the 1000 watt version like this one at 1ohm for years on a Type X 12. It gets a bit warm but never cuts off. Alpine just makes quality stuff.
Great feedback
Why did you do this to me Big D? It's moments before Christmas! I shouldn't...
...I don't need it!
But I do want one... Decisions, decisions...
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@@wal I JUST impulse bought another amp earlier this week too. You're killing me over here!
@@TheBrokenLife dude I impulse bought way too many amps in the past six months because of these damn videos I have nine of them in my closet WTF
@@rmblwgn I think I'm around the same number stored up, but not expressly because of Big D. I added to my Adcom collection this week and I've been building that since the late '90s. Was thinking about trying to find an old Targa 500 just for lolz, then this came along...
@Dave Micolichek when I impulse buy I buy them used on eBay. 80 bucks
Was always curious about this alpine amp, thanks for the video
I love alpine quality. Still rocking my old school alpine cda105. Only complaint I have is they will not run long at all at 1ohm. But as long as you load amplifier according to specs they last forever. I've had the mrp850, mrp1000, and still have 2 brand new mrp 2000 in their boxes. Someday will run all alpine build.
Dyno drag the Alpine 500 vs the RF Prime 500. That'd be interesting.
I thought of that too...
@@wal yes please love my rocky fozzys I got 6 of them
I think the RF will come out on top. I have a video of a 500r floating paper
Great request
3 way shootout with a JBL GTX500.
Even though it is the cheapest of the three, my money is on the JBL. Since I bought two of them, my money rides on them every day.
I was out of the car audio game for about 10 years but I got that itch again after all these years. Recently I bought this amp and paired it to a JL Audio HO110RG-W3v3 in my Tesla and it absolutely pounds! It feels good to be back!
I just bought the MRV-250, basically the 250 watt version of what you got. I don’t know if the 500 watt is the same, but my 250 watt has been recently discontinued. I’m not worried about that, I know just a newer model has been released. But will I still get the warranty you think?
@@damon323 i believe its 2 years warranty from time of purchase.
I got a second hand Alpine PDR-M65 for 50 bux, its tiny but it will slam out over 750wrms at 2 ohm, I've got some really big expensive gear, but this little thing is awesome, I ❤ it
A feel good test to end the year.
I hope to have a few more vids released by the end of the year 😬
@@wal Yeaahh boy! Thanks Big D for a fun year.
I have a mrp m500 and mrp m1000 and these amps are incredible
I’ve been running out of time from back in the 80s they had to Alpine amp that were plugged in to the alpine radio that would give you an 18 x 18 Rock Amplifier and that they would put out 75 watts i’ve also had eight R Type alpine on 4 Alpine 1000s watt amps in a Chevy suburban! I love Alpine equipment! Very strong amps and speakers
I push 2 15 kicker comp r's in sealed boxes and it sounds wonderful.. dont sleep on this little beast
I’ve been using this amp for over 5 yrs running two 10” typeR with a extra battery and it’s still goin hard to this day and it’s been at 1ohm from the beginning I’ve always wanted to buy the 1200 just because of the 500 can’t go wrong with a decent sub
Great feedback 🤙
Thank you Williston, All covered in one video.
Been great for decades
That little Hi-Q has put in some work over the years buddy! This Alpine along with the Rockford that you just tested both did really really well on the dyno. It's so hard to find a good amp nowadays that's in that price range that will actually push some wattage. I have a Soundstream Rubicon Nano RN1.5000D in my Mk4 VW Golf hatch and it's pushing two Sundown Audio SA12D2s and they SLAM in that hatchback. Rattles the vent in my dash...lol I think I paid close to $200 for that amp and obviously the Sundowns are only rated at 500W per speaker, so the amp's gain is only about half way up. The amp is 1 ohm stable and that's how I have the subs wired with 8 gauge OFC speaker wire, 2 gauge OFC power and ground, and a 200A circuit breaker.
Bought 1 of these after this video. It has no problem pushing my Pioneer Premier 12s