Hifonics vs Alpine

[mccanng 10+ year member]

I was wondering if people could leave feedback on either of these amps and one of them will be powering 2 Alpine Type Rs @ 2ohm.

Hifonics BXi1610D or an Alpine MRP-M1000

Thanks Greg

Click to read more...

 

[tryan77 10+ year member]

poll fail

 

[Alpine4life89 10+ year member]

If you got the money for the alpine, buy it. I personally prefer high quality amps over lower quality ones.

 

[RidnClean 5,000+ posts]

the alpine would be cleaner and more power.

also, a single type R could run off 1k.

 

[Alpine4life89 10+ year member]

the alpine would be cleaner and more power.
also, a single type R could run off 1k.

they get to sounding pretty shitty after about 500 though, 2 of them would sound great on that amp. Can't you get those alpine 1000's for like less that 400 on ebay now days?

 

[mccanng 10+ year member]

yea they are like 300, i was just wondering what people thought about mixing amps and subs because personally i try to match subs with the same brand amp but i wanted feedback thats all

Greg

 

[RidnClean 5,000+ posts]

they get to sounding pretty shitty after about 500 though, 2 of them would sound great on that amp. Can't you get those alpine 1000's for like less that 400 on ebay now days?

not the ones i heard.

 

[cstac 10+ year member]

I would stick with name brand personally, better sound quality.

 

[bustaplz 10+ year member]

I've been running a Hifonics BXi608 for about a month now at 1ohm. It stays cool and I haven't had any problems with it. I couldn't tell you if the SQ would be better with another amp because I've only used the Hifonics for my RE SR10's

 

[mrose 10+ year member]

MRP1000 would be better and alot cleaner! I have one amp on each sub and sound wonderful

 

[mcsoul 10+ year member]

I'm all about flexibility, what if you want to change things up and run 1 ohm subs some day?

 

[denim 5,000+ posts]

Voted.

 

[bigbangtheory 5,000+ posts]

To save coin, do the Hifonics, which will be fine for the Type R's.

Nothing wrong with the Alpine amp though, just a little more chedder.

End of days, stop posting, for real!

 

[stocker08 10+ year member]

It all comes down to how much you want to spend. The alpine is going to be significantly more, for a very similar amp. What you would be paying extra for is name brand, reliability, re-sale value, and what you said, matching subs to amp (looks nice, thats about it).

 

[SentraStyle 10+ year member]

It all comes down to how much you want to spend. The alpine is going to be significantly more, for a very similar amp. What you would be paying extra for is name brand, reliability, re-sale value, and what you said, matching subs to amp (looks nice, thats about it).

Are you really paying more for a reliability? I mean if it's more reliable...that means it will work longer. So if you buy a less reliable amp for cheaper, and you have to replace it because it is no longer reliable...what have you saved?