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<blockquote data-quote="HIWATT" data-source="post: 8390600" data-attributes="member: 643333">To each their own I suppose.I still have an old Sony XM-5540 that has spiderwebs in the heatsink - it still kicks out tonnes of great clean power like it was born yesterday.Have 1 Alpine MRV-1000 and another on the way. Paid $150 total for the pair... 1000 watts RMS (600 rated)The first V12 amps are my all time favourite. I don&#039;t care if they **** current like crazy. That&#039;s what caps are for. No biggie.An MRV-1000 powering a set of components up front is glorious.I still have the KTE-100M heatsink endcap that I never got rid of as well which will look cool with these two amps..There were a **** tonne of great products being made back then. PPI Art series were both totally cool and unique looking as well as awesome sounding.I guess it&#039;s like everything else. There&#039;s always a golden era with regards to products and we&#039;ve passed it with car audio long ago.No doubt there are good products still being made but there is a lot of junk out there now... and I can&#039;t justify going out and spending $500-1000 on an amp when I can find a good working old school equivalent that sounds and functions just as well as anything new, for less than $100.Also i have a ****** for analog volume controls so yeah I&#039;m one of &quot;those guys&quot; who love their old Alpine 7904&#039;s... even if you have to slam the side of your dash to get it to **** a disc in sometimes. lol</blockquote>

[QUOTE="HIWATT, post: 8390600, member: 643333"] To each their own I suppose. I still have an old Sony XM-5540 that has spiderwebs in the heatsink - it still kicks out tonnes of great clean power like it was born yesterday. Have 1 Alpine MRV-1000 and another on the way. Paid $150 total for the pair... 1000 watts RMS (600 rated) The first V12 amps are my all time favourite. I don't care if they **** current like crazy. That's what caps are for. No biggie. An MRV-1000 powering a set of components up front is glorious. I still have the KTE-100M heatsink endcap that I never got rid of as well which will look cool with these two amps.. There were a **** tonne of great products being made back then. PPI Art series were both totally cool and unique looking as well as awesome sounding. I guess it's like everything else. There's always a golden era with regards to products and we've passed it with car audio long ago. No doubt there are good products still being made but there is a lot of junk out there now... and I can't justify going out and spending $500-1000 on an amp when I can find a good working old school equivalent that sounds and functions just as well as anything new, for less than $100. Also i have a ****** for analog volume controls so yeah I'm one of "those guys" who love their old Alpine 7904's... even if you have to slam the side of your dash to get it to **** a disc in sometimes. lol [/QUOTE]

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