so i had a directed 2500d watt mono amp but it was under powering my two 12' diamond audio d3 dual subs. i went to a local shjop that my dads friend works at he reccomended this alpine amp... he says it will be 2 or 3 times louder than the directed amp. and hes going to get me it for 300 bucks (his cost) good or no?????????????????? thanks

before (blown now) and i paid $460 for this at a different shop (got ripped off)[:@]
http://techronics.com/index.cfm?fuse...&aff=72182


next? $300
http://www.alpine-usa.com/US-en/prod...odel=MRP-M1000

 

That is becuase he wants to sell you something. It takes double amp power to get a 3db increase which is also double power.

That alpine is only rated at 2 ohms, but comparing the spec of the two amps at a 2 ohm total load, the alpine amp will be 66% louder. (1000 watts versus 600 watts at 2 ohms)

 

my dad has some Vpower type alpine amps in his corvette and i think they do a pretty damn good job for some alpine amps.....

 

I think $300 is way to high for an amp that makes that kind of power.

The PDX amps are nice becuae of thier size, but overall alpine makes a mediocreamp.

 

i know you know what your talking about PReal so im going to probably go with what your saying.. the only thing im worried about is warranty on these amps ive blown 3 of the directeds thats why im switching what amp would you reccomend ????????

 

What subs do you have and what type of enclosure are they in.

I need to know the voice coil config, power handling, and how many. Also, space requirements would be nice.

 

well i have a vert so its no more room than what i have. i have 2 12' diamond d3 dual 2ohm subs. i also have a 5(not .5) farad capacitor. i have a aftermarket powerful battery idk what its called. i have changed the big 3 cables also. im running 4guage wire. the boxes are 1.25cubes eah and are ported.. the subshave 2.5� dual voice coils and they hold 400watts rms and peak 800watts each.. none of my stuff has ever been tuned or anything but it will be next week. and i have a Jensen in dash dvd cd player. other than that im not real sure

 

wow he actually replied back with pretty much everything that was asked, great way to follow instructions Lombardo[sm=hail.gif][sm=smiley20.gif]

 

lol are you being for real or sarcastic?

 

The first thing I would do is ditch the CAP. If you think they help then read the sticky in the information section. CAPs put MORE of a load on your electrical system.

For a total of around800 watts at2 ohm I would look at the following. The amp you buy determineshow you set it up.


http://www.cadencestore.com/ProductC...;idproduct=384$179 (Not quite the rated power but a good amp)

http://www.cadencestore.com/ProductC...;idproduct=380$199 (Also a nice amp, but with not quite the rated power)

http://www.ikesound.com/product-product_id/6627$250

http://www.edesignaudio.com/product_...products_id=44$295



A little higher end...

http://www.woofersetc.com/index.cfm?...roduct_ID=5360$600

http://www.woofersetc.com/index.cfm?...roduct_ID=6783$800