alpine type x and alpine mrp m1000 price
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Topic: alpine type x and alpine mrp m1000 price
Posted By: samsizzle
Subject: alpine type x and alpine mrp m1000 price
Date Posted: July 29, 2008 at 9:49 PM
1 x Alpine SWX1243D 12" 3000W Dual 4ohm Car Subwoofer SWX-1243D, two 4ohm voice coils wired in parallel to achieve 2 ohm load
 = $214.95
1 x ALPINE MRP-M1000 CLASS D MONO CH CAR AMPLIFIER MRPM1000 1000watt RMS @2 ohms = $249.95
price = 460 + 50ish for shipping.
worth it??
or can you find me a better deal or better equipment for the price.
thanks!
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Posted By: spookiestylez
Date Posted: July 29, 2008 at 11:41 PM
I'd rather have a 100w pdx alpine amp for that sub, but for the price its a pretty good deal.
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Posted By: daboss593
Date Posted: July 31, 2008 at 5:05 AM
hmmmmmm you get what you pay for and to be honest if they dont offer an extended warr i wouldnt buy anything. you never know what the tards at ups, or usps will do before you get do you?
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Posted By: haemphyst
Date Posted: July 31, 2008 at 8:25 AM
I wouldn't use that amp on a Type X. You will be disappointed with the results. It's simply not enough power. You need *two* 1kW amps for that woofer, GUARANTEED. The PDX 1.1000 makes 1kW into 2 or 4 ohms, so a pair of those - one to each voice coil - is about perfect.
Good sounding woofers, and that's a decent amplifier, but the Type X REALLY wants significantly more power than that.
Heard a single 10" X in an Alpine spec'd slot load box with one PDX 1.1000 on it, and while impressive, it was obvious that even a single 10" needed more power.
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It all reminds me of something that Molière once said to Guy de Maupassant at a café in Vienna: "That's nice. You should write it down."
Posted By: samsizzle
Date Posted: August 01, 2008 at 12:03 AM
haemphyst wrote:
I wouldn't use that amp on a Type X. You will be disappointed with the results. It's simply not enough power. You need *two* 1kW amps for that woofer, GUARANTEED. The PDX 1.1000 makes 1kW into 2 or 4 ohms, so a pair of those - one to each voice coil - is about perfect.
Good sounding woofers, and that's a decent amplifier, but the Type X REALLY wants significantly more power than that.
Heard a single 10" X in an Alpine spec'd slot load box with one PDX 1.1000 on it, and while impressive, it was obvious that even a single 10" needed more power.
thanks for the informative post. The cheapest I can find the PDX 1.1000 for is 400$+ and right now I am not looking to spend that much on an amp since I am just a low income student. I'e been using a 400 watt RMS amp on a pioneer sub, so I think a 1000 watt RMS will be significantly better than what I have been using. I am not trying to achieve SPL, and I dont even blast my music, I just enjoy the definition bass encompasses.
So do you think that amp I chose would be able to drive the type x decently (not for spl but for sq)?
Posted By: eclipser93
Date Posted: August 01, 2008 at 1:46 AM
The Amp you picked will drive it but the PDX will a twice as good for spl and sq! I would just wait a little longer, the patience will be worth it!
Posted By: samsizzle
Date Posted: August 01, 2008 at 4:18 AM
haemphyst wrote:
I wouldn't use that amp on a Type X. You will be disappointed with the results. It's simply not enough power. You need *two* 1kW amps for that woofer, GUARANTEED. The PDX 1.1000 makes 1kW into 2 or 4 ohms, so a pair of those - one to each voice coil - is about perfect.
Good sounding woofers, and that's a decent amplifier, but the Type X REALLY wants significantly more power than that.
Heard a single 10" X in an Alpine spec'd slot load box with one PDX 1.1000 on it, and while impressive, it was obvious that even a single 10" needed more power.
hey do you think i could use my old blaupunkt 400watt RMS amp on one coil and the mrp-m1000 amp on the other coil? do you think this would be better than just the mrp-m1000 amp by itself? the pdx is out of the picture right now.. ehh
so basically, will two different power amps(blaupunkt 400 RMS+ mrp-m100, 1000 RMS) on each coil be louder than one (mrp-m1000, 1000 RMS) amp? or will this hurt the sub?
Posted By: eclipser93
Date Posted: August 05, 2008 at 10:14 AM
no you dont want different amps on different voice coils. Maybe if it was the same exact amp and they were tuned to put out the exact same power in phase you could.
Posted By: hockeyd214
Date Posted: August 05, 2008 at 12:19 PM
Hey, I have a 12" Type X that I have been running on an Alpine MRD M-1005 for almost a year now. Its in a 2.2ft ported box tuned to 32hz. The thing POUNDS hard and sounds killer. I purchased the combo for around $700 online about a year ago. Should be cheaper than that now but its an awesome combo and I would highly recommend it. The thing with the X 12.....I had it in a 1.3 sealed box on the samp amp and everything but it sounded weak. Great SQ but terrible SPL output. Switched to a bigger ported (the one its in now) and have zero complaints. I had 2 10" type r's before this with 500watts to each and this thing outdrives them no questions asked.
Posted By: rl0811
Date Posted: August 05, 2008 at 11:25 PM
thats a very good deal, type r's retail at $220 brand new. so theres a lot of money saved right there. and i run a 12" type r, and it hits hard enough for me. what kind of box are you putting it in?
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Posted By: haemphyst
Date Posted: August 06, 2008 at 7:45 AM
samsizzle wrote:
hey do you think i could use my old blaupunkt 400watt RMS amp on one coil and the mrp-m1000 amp on the other coil? do you think this would be better than just the mrp-m1000 amp by itself? the pdx is out of the picture right now.. ehh
so basically, will two different power amps(blaupunkt 400 RMS+ mrp-m100, 1000 RMS) on each coil be louder than one (mrp-m1000, 1000 RMS) amp? or will this hurt the sub?
It will hurt nothing to do what you are suggesting, but it won't get you very much, at all. To double the power will get you 3dB, so to add only 400 watts will gain you about 1dB... Hardly worth the effort at all. CERTAINLY an effort you would never hear.
eclipser93 wrote:
no you dont want different amps on different voice coils. Maybe if it was the same exact amp and they were tuned to put out the exact same power in phase you could.
Why do you think this? Your thinking is flawed. If they were two completely different amplifiers, with completely different power outputs and completely different overall specifications, wired completely out of phase, NO damage will come to the woofer whatsoever, as long as the total power rating of the woofer is not exceeded. While the results may be less than optimal, it is perfectly safe (as I said, as long as the power rating of the woofer is not exceeded) to do what he is suggesting.
A bit long, but VERY informative, you should read the "Running one 4 ohm voice coil on a DVC Sub" thread. I know it starts with a thread title that doesn't SEEM to have any regard to what we are discussing here, but within the thread there is info directly relating. ------------- It all reminds me of something that Molière once said to Guy de Maupassant at a café in Vienna: "That's nice. You should write it down."
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