Customer Ratings & Reviews

Really good

Have this amp connected to my Dodge factory head unit using high level output connected to 2- 12inch pioneer champion series at 300 RMS 4ohm. unbelievable quality and sound. Once you tune your subwoofer and amp to specs you wil have no problem. more that enough bass needed, Great amp!!

The perfect amp for my needs!

This little amp puts out just the right amount of power for my system. I mounted it behind an internal side panel so that it would be out of sight, and it fit perfectly. I haven't had any problems with it what so ever, and it really brought good sounding base to my sub woofer. I would definitely recommend this amp to my friends.

Alpine MRV-M500

My buddy had 1 of these running to pioneer 10s and it sound great Hit pretty hard great amp over all.Probably does a little more then rated 550/600 maybe.Very clean looking amp sturdy feeling and great clean sound

Big power with little space

Not a bad little amp. I run 2 kenwood 12's @ 2 ohm with this amp and I love every minute of it. I am sometimes tempted to turn the gain down but it runs so clean I never do.

Beautiful

I just bought this amp, I upgraded from a power acoustic 870 watt 4 channel, and its powering 2 12 inch audiobahns, and it's amazing! It is definitely worth the money. I would recommend this to anyone

Great Amp

Powerful small amp. I brought this amp to pair with a 10" Sundown Audio woofer in a 2012 Fors Mustang and it sounds great.

By Prince on July 22, 2019 Verified purchase

Solid sound

Good amp. Not alot of power but it is a work horse

By Anonymous on August 31, 2019 Verified purchase

Great amp

Good clean power this little amplifier can push a pair of rockford fosgates hard I definitely recommend it.

By Anonymous on August 12, 2019 Verified purchase

Tiny Monster

Finally replaced my m500 after 7 years of 500rms. These things are durable, dependable little beasts and underrated. Excellent value.

Cheap kit that did it's job

Inexpensive kit that works great for the 300 watt amp I'm running.

Great amp for the price

Alpine makes good products and this amp is no exception. I have it hook up to an Alpine SWS D4, 12" sub and it sounds great. True rms watts, can't go wrong with Alpine.

By Anonymous on October 12, 2019 Verified purchase

Belva BAK82BL (Blue) Review

Overall this was a pretty good kit for the money. The one downside was I was missing the following and had to go out and buy these to finish my install.
One black rubber firewall grommet
One 8 Gauge Blue chrome plated ring terminals
One 8 Gauge Black chrome plated ring terminal
Three 18 Gauge Blue Spade terminal
Two 18 Gauge Black Spade terminal
One 18 Gauge Red butt connector
Ten 4" Black zip ties

No complaints

Good amp kit for the price. Not sure if it is true 8 gauge but at this price can't complain. Plus it is everything you need

By Chad on February 26, 2017 Verified purchase

Great value

Worked great for the system I installed. It came with everything to complete the project. Sonic has great service and fast shipping.

By Mike on January 22, 2017 Verified purchase

Great deal

Worked great for a 240 watt amp powering 4 6x9's in a custom built enclosure

By Anonymous on October 31, 2019 Verified purchase

AMP. KIT

VERY GOOD QUILTY PRODUCT AND HAD ENOUGH WIRE FOR PROJECT

Not worth it.

This wiring kit isn't worth your money. Just buy a decent one for $50 than wasting your time with this piece of crap.

By Ray on December 19, 2015 Verified purchase

Nice cabling

Product performs as advertised. Came with most of necessary hardware

Great Value!

Its a great wiring kit for the money. You cant beat it. Wires are nice and flexible, unlike other cheap wire thats stiff. Id buy again.

By Andrew on September 15, 2015 Verified purchase

Just what I was looking for!

I purchased this to go in the trunk of my 1966 mustang. I purchased it after reading another review of an install in a mustang. It fit perfectly in the side of the trunk and did not take up a lot Space. Sounds great.

Great value great quality

they had the best price for this amp, fast shipping

Crazy the Size vs the Power

This mrv m 500 on a alpine type r can get so loud that my nose vibrates and causes me to sneeze. Thats no lie. and on top of that its cool to touch after a long session of high volume and what not. When looking at the size of it, it looks like a joke, but it performs as good at amps that are 10 times the size. couldnt be more happier with the purchase.

By Anonymous on June 7, 2019 Verified purchase

Amazing Bass (and grace...lol)

Wow! This replaced a 13 yr old pioneer amp (that actually sounded really good) that was rated at only 50w less power than the M500. BUT it seems like this Alpine has twice the power! Much fuller sounding low end and kicks my JL 12w0 hard! Instant smiles. I am pleased, to say the least. Get one!

Great product

When I ordere everyone is awesome and they know the product

Best SQ for the price

Amazing build quality! SQ is wonderful for the price, even with factory speakers. Will make any factory car speakers wake up.

Solid sub amp

Running the mrv-m500 on a jl12w3v3-2 in a ported box. Soft kick on, runs at low temperatures and puts out solid power without draining the battery to bad. I've only run it a few hours, but love it so far.

Perfect Bass

I have this amp hooked up to a 12" Alpine sub in a sealed box in my 2011 Camaro. The bass is clean, solid and will shake your brain if you want it to. From rock to rap and everything in between.

By Daniel on April 29, 2016 Verified purchase

It's got that super bass

Nah but for real it does its power definitely, if you can trust my ear dyno. Pushed a type s very hard.. Pushed a fosgate p2 hard too... Good amp.. Stayed cool.. Guts look well made.

Hello

Good Evening,
This alpine amplifier puts out some serious bass at 530* watts RMS. MY Rockford Fosgate subwoofer handles the power without issues.

I have a kicker 1200 and at 600 watt @ 4 ohms, (never tried the 1200 watt at 2 ohms option) I hear tremendous more clarity in my music overall without sacrificing ANY bass. On my Kicker I'm running a single NVX 15" which I love.

I have a compact so I had to choose a lower watt setup. I wanna try a rockford fosgate and jl audio amp sometime. But overall if I had to choose a good amp I would go with kicker because my music sounded way better.

Sincerely Yours,
Frank

Very good wire for subwoffer install

The wire looks like good quality and had everything I needed for a subwoofer install

Great for the money

For wiring up a smaller amp or a full range amp, this kit is perfect.

By Jon on February 23, 2018 Verified purchase

Great

All the materials where there that I needed. The package was a great help.

By Anonymous on May 5, 2019 Verified purchase

Great Product!

Best wiring kit for the money spent. I have Installed multiple systems all with Belva wiring kits,not a single complaint.

By Tyler on January 1, 2017 Verified purchase

Solid kit for the price!

I used this kit to install an NVX Quick Bass 8" self-contained subwoofer system in my Ford F-250 SuperDuty. The wiring overall is a good quality for the price and the length of the kit gave me plenty of options as to where to mount it in my truck. For the $15 I paid, it did the job and the subwoofer sounds great. The kit was well-packaged and had absolutely every terminal, zip tie, etc that you will need when installing. So in short, hard to beat for the price!

By Scottie on January 27, 2016 Verified purchase

I keep buying these amps.

This is the third one I bought. Clean and powerful amp in a reasonably sized package. They never let me down. This is a great sub amp for a moderate system that wont tax your vehicles electrical.

By Anonymous on October 12, 2019 Verified purchase

Nice

For two SWT 10S4’s it is perfect, never gets hot nor does it cut out. Small footprint and great sound. For me it’s a really impressive little amp.

Good for the price

for the price I really like it. Small wattage wiring only. And it's easy to bend into place

By jeff on March 22, 2017 Verified purchase

Great Item's

I would recommend this item for anyone that is just wanting a little boost in their system, priced right with quick delivery. All in 1 great idea

great amp

I was told about this amp and took a risk on getting it but this amp that has more then enough power for an L7 12".

Very Good amp for my setup. I run a 12 inch Rockford Fosgate using this amp and it supplies a lot of power for this sub. Best mono amp I have purchased.

By Gilbert on January 31, 2023 Verified purchase

Reliable, Powerful, Compact

I have had the Alpine MRV-500 for over 5 years now, never replaced it. I have typically used it in 4ohms. From one car to another, blowing up a couple subwoofers in the process I am impressed with the quality. I do have an audio control epicenter hooked up to it and it makes bass even more crisp.
I've had mostly kicker subs ranging from 300 to 100watts. I've also used Skar Audio 1,200 watt, Infinity 1000 watt, Precision Power 800 watt. They worked very well in a vented box. I would go on a limb and assume it was a 1.75 cu ft but not 100% sure. Since a very young age I have trusted Alpine products and by far I am very impressed.

Belva BAK82BL (Blue)

Wire is flexible and had more then enough pieces for configuration.

Far superior value than other kits

I am not normally compelled to write such a lengthy review, but felt I had to given my "TOFTT" attitude with the 1 star review I had read.

The thing that drew me to this kit was the price and reality that the other inexpensive kits look like a joke (see Boss Audio KIT-2 or Install Bay AK8). I am really happy with this kit as it provides way more wire than the two aforementioned kits and provided plenty of throughput for my set up. On top of the quality, it matches my blue theme so I am happy with the aesthetics too.

One personal note on the reviews of this kit versus others: I considered the other comment about $50 kits (and looked at the NVX XKIT82 and Kicker CK8). I put thought into those kits (Pure copper vs CCA) and watched the Sonic video, but the reality is I am running a 400W RMS two channel amp (Rockford P400X2) and for not that long of periods (never more than a couple of hours). The wire never gets hot, it's still made up mostly of copper (confirmed with Belva tech support), and it saved me a ton of money.

Reality check time: Save yourself $20-$30 and get *this* kit vs others if you are running less than 500W RMS.

By Robby on June 15, 2016 Verified purchase

Speaker wire

Great kit just make sure you buy separate speaker wire the wire in the package is very thin dam near no copper just casing.

By MARCUS on January 20, 2020 Verified purchase

Little amp really packs a punch!

Alpine packed a lot of power into this little package. I'm just running one 10" woofer in my wife's Jeep, to add a little bass to her system. And I have to keep the settings pretty low due to the amount of power this thing produces. Not to mention it's compact size that allows it to fit nicely in areas with very limited space. I also like that it allows you to simply add an Alpine "remote bass knob" ! Now she can adjust her bass with 1 simple turn of a knob on the dash. Anyway, for anyone looking for a great little amp (that packs a great punch), I'd HIGHLY consider purchasing this Alpine MRV-M500. And it won't break your bank either, as it's very reasonably priced! GREAT BANG FOR YOUR BUCK! (no pun intended).

Belva for the win

Great product. I have the MTX Magna sub system and the wires worked perfect. That system is small compared to others like it but it rattles my eclipse that you would think I have vibrating seats, love it

By Johnny Lobos on March 30, 2017 Verified purchase

Awesome small amp

These things are a beast! I've bought 2 of these now and I truly believe they are under-rated. I'm pushing 2 10" JL w1s and they sound amazing with no distortion at max volume.. Buy this amp!

By Adam on April 24, 2021 Verified purchase

Great bang for your buck!

Installed this in a 2017 Subaru Forester with a Kenwood after-market head unit. Everything seems to be of great quality so far, except for the remote turn-on the wire which is rather frail. Highly recommend!

By Nick on May 10, 2020 Verified purchase

Good buy

It is a good product. But it could have a longer power cord. I had to run my power wire a different way. Every thing else was great.

By Salsage on January 25, 2020 Verified purchase

Good product

Comes with 17' of power and remote wire. The quality is good and comes with what is needed to get an amp and subs going.

By Jason on January 13, 2020 Verified purchase

Great amp for the price

I have always loved Alpine products. Reasonable prices especially on sale and extremely reliable. This amp is a perfect match for the subs by Alpine that I’m using them for. I recommend this amp to anyone that wants a good amp at a fair price to drive 2 subs that need approximately 250 watts each at 2 ohms.

By Cordie on January 12, 2020 Verified purchase

Excellent Amp Small Foot Print

This amp has been Incredible. It replaced my Rockford Fosgate Prime amp that I thought went bad. It stays cool, puts out rated power and sounds great doing so. Usually it's hard to tell with sub frequencies but I is a great amp. Very happy with my purchase!

Alpine MRV-M500

The name alpine speaks for itself but this really is a sleek, powerful amp that delivers crisp power. I had a really tight spot I wanted to put an amp to keep it low profile,and this fit perfectly.

Great value

It came with everything I needed so the installation was a breeze

Hit Banger

This little unit does the job. I was pushing a Rockford Fosgate R2D4 10. in a ported box. Unfortunately, the amp gave out on me. The solid Blue square started blinking blue. I looked in the troubleshooting and there was no indication of the blue blinking light. I unplugged and re-plugged the 12+, GRND, REM. Then the blue went to red. I swapped out the Alpine amp with another amp laying around (DX 500.1) and everything works well.

So far so good! AMP installed into 2016 Jeep Wrangler JKY Sahara

The installation for this was easy. I purchased the ILX-W650 Alpine Head unit and paired that with SBV-10-WRA Subwoofer. The sub is plugged into the Amp, the Amp wiring to the Battery, Ground, RCA to the Headunit - painless.

Adjusting settings on the Amp were straightforward. The sleek design allows me to place this under my driver's seat without drawing attention to it.

5/5

By Calypso on June 1, 2020 Verified purchase

Nice little amp!

For the size/power/price combo of this amp, how can you go wrong?!
It’s fairly clean sound, doesn’t get 1000 degrees, has plenty of power, and fits in smaller places like under seats. Don’t get me wrong, it’s not a premium monster amp, so don’t go thinking you’re going to put this on a pair of 500w 12’s unless you’re just wanting to blow something up. I’ve got this on a JL 10TW1 and it sounds phenomenal.
Another win from alpine on the budget line.

By Nick on July 30, 2020 Verified purchase

Much better than Boss kit

The Belva kit is vastly superior to the Boss Kit 2, great value.

Complete kit

I ordered the kit with an amp. The install kit was complete. Seems other kits never have all the pieces. Great value!

By rick on March 17, 2023 Verified purchase

Great little amp for the money would definitely buy more of them

By Jeremy on November 4, 2022 Verified purchase

I hooked this amp up to a pair of Cerwin Vega 3000W Max XED Series Dual 12" Loaded Sealed Enclosure. This Alpine amplifier Rocks and the deal Sonic Electronix has on it right now is unbeatable.

By Chad on January 13, 2024 Verified purchase

Plug N Play on easy mode

Hands down easiest amplifier to work with. Super small dimensions so it's easily hideable. I wired it to 2ohms with a 12" nvx 600w RMS subwoofer. also used the Rockford fosgate amplifier wiring kit.

By John on April 27, 2025 Verified purchase

I truly can’t give a review as of yet because my alpine amplifier never arrived yesterday and I can’t seem to find out anything as to why it didn’t arrive.

Cons: didn’t arrive on the date they sent me!.
So I can’t truly give a honest rating until my package arrives.

By Jesse on December 4, 2024 Verified purchase

NVX is awesome.

Great price to quality ratio. You can tell the quality of these deserve to be much more expensive once they hit You’re hands.

By Eugene on October 25, 2024 Verified purchase

Great performance with value and quality

The amp is a compact size for the power it delivers. This product has all of the adjustments needed to drive my 2 ohm JL 13w5v2 subwoofer. I’m very impressed with this Class D amp.

By Brian on September 14, 2024 Verified purchase

Great Value Amp Wiring Kit!

The kit was great! Super budget friendly kit and easy to install. Would be good if there were more length to the wires but it's $40 some odd bucks so it's an acceptable compromise. If you want to get into a stereo kit cheap buy this kit!

By Jesse on September 17, 2025 Verified purchase

Let Alpine play

Good power for the price. Compact and easy to mount under the seat.
Driving a 12" R class sub.
I don't like the Philips head screws for electric and speaker connections.
Clean sounding base.

By J on August 13, 2025 Verified purchase

Great amp with features

Amp is great for providing more than stated power and clean output. Minus 1 star because I want to be able to toggle subwoofer amp on/off via remote wire. However amp would turn on from sensing signal input via RCAs with no way to disable, even when using remote wire.

By Tommy on May 24, 2025 Verified purchase