Thread: Phoenix Gold or Alpine? Any experienced?

... but yet clear. In my explorer I currently have a pioneer deh 7600mp, infinity kappas, and 2 audiobahn subs wiht a A275HCT amp pushin "1200 watts" rms... I'd like something a little louder and more clear for speakers the subs are about the right size.

I have alpine amps and think they'er great. very clean, very efficient. I have the MRV-F540 4 ch for my mid range and tweets and a MRV-T420 2ch pushing one Perfect 10.1 sub.

The 4 ch doesn't even break a sweat pushing my infinity kappa components and 2-ways ... but the 2 ch it cranked to give the 10.1 enough juice. Sounds good tho.

I haven't used PG amps tho ... so can't tell you.

As for if your 4x40 will be enough, it all depends on the specs of the speakers. you want your amp to be able to match the speakers. In my opinion it's better to get an amp that's too powerful ... you can ease off on the gain, and have some room to grow.

If you like it loud look for more than 40w per channel.

If you like bass you will need a sub. You simply can't get sufficient bass out of components without blowing them

The Alpine amps are really quite nice IMO... especially for the price... if you end up going with Alpine amps, I have an MRD-M501 sub amp up for sale on eBay... its brand new, never been hooked up, not a refurb, and I'm make a smokin deal on it if you are possible interested. I was going to use all Alpine amps in my system but got another great deal on an Arc Audio five channel amp... so I'm streamlining things. If your interested, lemme know... later!

I definitely planned on getting a sub, but im only looking at Decks, speakers, and a speaker amp right now. I've interested int that amp coachreed I'll be in touch within 24 hours.

Do not buy the MRP models. Stick with the MRV's or MRDs...

Are you looking at brand new or used?

If used, you can pickup a MRV-F400 (true 4x40+) on ebay.. or a 3554, old school 50x4.. around $100 or so.

The M501 shown above is an excellent amp.. Not a bad price either.

Im going all used alpine in my truck setup, which will be:
RMS ratings as they will be used:

Old school 3522 for center channel
MRV-T420 rear speakers
MRV-T757 front speakers
MRV-1005 Subs

The speaker amps are overkill, but i look at it this way.. its better to have the power and not use it, then be crankin the gains wishin you had more!! The amps run cooler, and put out much higher quality sound if you arent pushing them hard. (ie using a bigger amp and keeping the gains down).

PG all the way!