This is a great kit though the only reason I gave this kit 4 stars was because of price. This kit is $90 after tax and you can get Knuconcept kit for half the price but you will wait for it to be delivered while the Kicker is readily available (depending where you live of course). Now while I do love cheaper I always remember, you get what you pay for, does more expensive mean better no, but the name backing this product does.
Enhance your vehicle's audio with this Alpine MRV-M500 amplifier that features a variable low-pass-filter crossover that lets you adjust the frequency from 50Hz to 200Hz for easy customization. Enhanced shut-down performance helps ensure safe operation.
This amplifier fits the need for the everyday car stereo enthusiast. The footprint of this amp is SMALL. I installed this under my driver seat and used the kicker 8 amp kit. Now before anyone criticizes this amp does ask for a 4 AWG kit and I spoke with a rep at Alpine who told me that the kicker 8 AWG kit is just fine for my purposes especially since I was installing it under my driver seat. My reason for installing it under my driver seat was A) I did not want any aftermarket items showing in my car B) this also shortened the power cable requirements thus allowing me to use the 8 AWG kit. This amp is a powering a JL Audio 8in W3 woofer. My car is 2013 Honda Accord EX-L V6 Coupe. I kept everything stock as far as head unit and stock amp which powers my Polk Audio DB series component and rears. They sound great using the stock amp but I am sure better if I used a more powerful/cleaner amp. The JL Audio sub is in a custom sealed box which is mounted under the rear deck with the original sub removed. The entire rear deck, top and underneath have been sound dampened, the entire trunk including the spare tire well, has been sound dampened. The draw is around 300W RMS and this has been a VAST sound improvement over the stock "premium" sound system. The Alpine M500 amp never even gets warm and this is running for long periods of time, installation was a snap only took 25 mins to install amp (if you know what you are doing and do your homework on where to run your wires). This amp is truly a winner.