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Old 01-17-2007 | 03:13 PM
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Alpine MRP-F200

I just finished some work for a guy, and he gave me this amp he had just pulled out of his car, since he was trading it in ..

I am in the process of deciding the new system I want to put in my truck .. nothing fancy,j ust some good replacement speakers, an Alpine W205 HU, and enough power to be able to hear it .. I haven't decided if I am putting a sub in yet or not ..

the amp is in perfect shape,and sounded great in his car, so I know it works.

Is this Alpine amp worth throwing into my system ? Would it do a good enough job of driving the replacement speakers?
 
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Old 01-17-2007 | 04:15 PM
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Well, it is a good little amp. I had a same series Alpine installed in my ex GFs truck and it worked great.

Given that you have a supercrew, here is what I would suggest: Option A) get another high quality 4 channel amp and use it to bi-amp and electronically crossover a set of components in the front and remove the passive crossovers from the equation. Then use a third amp to drive a sub, and the alpine you just got for some rear fill.

Option B) Use that Alpine to run some components in the front w/ normal crossovers, and then a second amp to run the sub (you can get a 5 channel and use 2 channels for the rears and 3 for the sub).
 
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Old 01-17-2007 | 04:52 PM
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I like Lumadar's option B. Bridge that amp, if you can, and run all the power to front speakers. Then get another amp to power a sub down the road if you want.
 
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Old 01-19-2007 | 01:29 PM
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Why not power the rear fill?

I have the Alpine MRP-F240. Havne't installed it yet, but looking forward to it.
 
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Old 01-19-2007 | 04:49 PM
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thanks .. good to know it is worth throwing in the truck ..

Can I use the amp to power the fronts, and let the HU power the rear fill until I get around to adding a sub w/ amp, and an amp for the rear ??
 
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Old 01-19-2007 | 05:36 PM
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Yes, you sure could..

I don't think you really need a seperate amp for the rear, unless this amp you are talking about is 2ch only..
 



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