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Thread: Alpine MRD-M501 vs Boss IQ3KD.1 or Boss RIPD3 |
    
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| Posted on Tuesday, November 09, 2004 - 12:55 am: |
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Hi all,
I am looking for advice on these amps, I have the opportunity to pick up each one at about the same price and I am not sure what to do. I am a long time Alpine fan, but I am not sure that the smaller Alpine would be as good as the larger Boss amps. I want to drive 2 12" Audiopipe subs that are 800 watts RMS a piece. I am aware that the Alpine will probably outlast the others but will it drive the subs better? Any other suggestions will be welcome aswell within that price range.
Cheers Glenn |
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Gold Member Username: Glasswolf
NorthWest,
Michigan
USA
Post Number: 5605
Registered: Dec-03
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| Posted on Tuesday, November 09, 2004 - 10:21 am: |
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the alpine is far better quality than anything boss ever made
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Silver Member Username: Carguy
Post Number: 140
Registered: Nov-04
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| Posted on Wednesday, November 10, 2004 - 10:54 am: |
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FYI, BOSS does make a model that actually works at a lower price. But I agree with GlassWolf, Alpine is your first choice.
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Terminatermule Unregistered guest |
| Posted on Wednesday, November 10, 2004 - 07:47 pm: |
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ta fellas, i have settled on less power and better quality but have posted another q asking if that alpine would be enough to push 2 12' subs, your views would be appreciated.
Cheers |
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| Posted on Wednesday, November 10, 2004 - 08:02 pm: |
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iirc it does 450 @ 2 ohms...
That would be ok for 2 12's with low RMS, sure
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Terminatermule Unregistered guest |
| Posted on Wednesday, November 10, 2004 - 08:17 pm: |
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cool ta - then i will have to look else where as the
subs are 2 by 800 watts RMS, I don't want to drive them flat out but enough to have nice bass with room to spare if i decide i want more
Cheers |
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| Posted on Wednesday, November 10, 2004 - 08:30 pm: |
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Put whatever subs your thinking about up here,
and well get you sorted out  |
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| Posted on Wednesday, November 10, 2004 - 09:34 pm: |
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I am looking at a pair of Audiopipe 12" subs, they claim 800 watts RMS each and have dual 2 Ohm voice coils, i checked with their agent and he confirmed that they are dual 2 Ohm so 1 Ohm in parrel operation, I have heard good things about the audio pipe subs and i am on a limited budget so they looked like a good thing, but I am thinking that perhaps I should get a pair of something more respected but lower powered.
Any advice would be great, in case you are wondering what my deal is with the odd brand choice, I have nothing against RF or any of the other brand popular here, but I live in Aus and some of these brands are hard to find and if you do they are very expensive
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