After 15 years of lusting after them, I finally have an Alpine 3545 amplifier in my possession :D

I bought it locally from another forum in their used audio section. I don't even go by that section that often so when I saw it, and the price, I was like
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It works and isn't in very bad condition at all. The shroud needs a repaint as a very heavy coat of very poorly applied black paint was put on at some point in the past and was chipping off. I have it sanded down mostly to the bare aluminum. A couple of small scratches in the metal but a little putty will fill that. Then I will repaint it the original satin black. The rear cover is missing too but no biggee. Here are pics of it just after bringing it home:

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wow, nice find, looks like a nice little amp, how many watts? what year is that anyway? 1988? I never knew Alpine made an amp like that

1988 - 1989 era. 250w x 2. Big nasty beast, too bad Alpine never made amps like that one anymore. I'm trying to track down the guy I sold my 3558 to, I know I can find it, it is another one to add to the collection of nice amps.

cool, what kind of rare amps do you have in our collection, most of the Cool amps I've seen are older Limited ones, like the MS1000 or the "Frank-amp-en'-stein" what else do you have?

nice score sux, i just last year put 2 in a beaumont

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[ December 23, 2004, 11:27 PM: Message edited by: Gilligans Hitch ]

^ No, once it's got a new coat of paint, she'll look damn near new.

Dave, you put 3558s in the Beaumont though right? Nice amp that 3558. PERFECT compliment to the 3545 considering they use the same casing and all. I knew of one in Chilliwack too but has since been resold and is somewhere out there :(

They made these from late 80s to early 90s I believe. It's got a 4 digit serial number on the side of it of which this one is numbered 0741. It does 250x2 RMS at 4 ohms, 350x2 at 2 ohms and 700x1 at 4 ohms. I also have a 3539 which was the 150x2 amp and in the sexier heatsink than the later 3544 that replaced it. For 'rare' amps I also have a Rockford Power 300 from around 1988 or earlier I guess.

Nice old school Alpine amp.
Make sure you put up pics once you get it all looking purrdy.

Kickass power for sure.

Usually Alpines flagship amps are pretty killer.

The Hammer

Another thing you can do.. is sand the paint off and polish it.. I know its alot of work, but its well worth it in the end.

my mistake sux, i put the 4 channels in the beaumont

Sux, I have a 3539 if you are after another one. Needs work though...how much time and bondo ya got??

Mark

Nice. How bad is it?

It was pretty chewed up before I got it. Looks like it had been installed under a seat, so it has the chew marks in the casing. I cleaned it up and painted it red for an install but you would probably want to redo it.

Also most of the output transistors were cold soldered so that was fixed and it does work, just visually it would be a "challenge" to bring back to life.

I'll e-mail you pics if you really are interested - I am still holding out for 1 or 2 Kenwood KAC-742s for the new car setup.

Oh yeah, congrats on the 3545. I remember those in the Speakerworks Buick and when they were introducing that amp at WCES 1988. Hmm, that amp and the ol' PPI 2350 - beauty old school!

Mark

thought you were just a salesman.

cool no bass, how much?

Rob, what are u doin with an amp collection man! lol, I think ya know who needs some amps ;)