Anyone have any first-hand experience, or knowledge of the Alpine MRV-F357 5 channel amp from a few years back? It looks like a decent amp, I am wondering if the 5th channel will handle a 2 ohm load though......I have heard that Alpines are not too great at 2 ohm mono loads.....

 

Thanks for the help man, I did some searches on google also, and found a few that were decent. I don't need a whole lot of power from the fifth channel, as I am running an 8", also.

 

If you haven't bought that amp I have a beautiful JL 500/5 forsale.

L.

 

I would love that JL amp, but I don't have the $$$$. Thanks though.

 

I have the MRV-1507

I bought it new about 1.5 years ago. I have 1, single 4 ohm voice coil 15" Alpine R-Type sub hooked up to it.

Is it a good amp?

Yes, when its working

I have fried it twice. Once when I had it hooked up to the Alpine sub, and once when I had it hooked up to a 15" Beyond Audio Sub.

Luckily it has been fixed under warrenty each time.

That amp likes to put on a fireworks show for me when I run a 40-60Hz test tone at 3/4 volume.

I still have 1.5 years more of warrenty. Hopefully I blow it for a 3rd time, and Alpine replaces it with their new digital amp, instead of fixing it each time.

Maybe I just got a bad amp. Who knows. Ive heard of others having that V12 series amps with no problems at all.

Heres a few pictures of it:





(just had to throw a picture of my car in there [img]smile.gif[/img] )

 

That 1507 is a tank, for sure. Yeah I am not going to pick up the amp, my cheapie litle US Acoustics amp sounds surprisingly good, and it is one less thing I have to worry about losing if my ride gets broken into.

[ June 14, 2003, 10:08 AM: Message edited by: JeepBeats ]