One more thing, although I am going to try Alpine, I found more than
one Vanagon owner on the Internet who could not see the faceplate
properly in a Vanagon and swapped their Alpine out for another brand
in frustration.

>Date: Wed, 04 Jan 2012 15:10:10 -0500
>To: VANAGON@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>From: Derek Drew <derekdrew@derekmail.com>
>Subject: Re: Sound systems (yet again)
>
>I just bought the really great Alpine 4 channel x 150W RMS power
>amplifier (600W RMS total), which fits great under the dash so you
>don't have to take up the valuable under-seat space for your power amp.
>
>The power amplifier is at http://alpine-usa.com/product/view/pdx-f6/
>
>The key thing about this amp is that it is incredibly compact,
>allowing it to fit far above the glovebox, yet has gobs of power.
>
>I am going to run the 600 watts RMS into my front doors (150W x 4)
>because I have four drivers in the front doors, each rated for that
>power (old NOS driveer JBLs I had), and then pick a different amp to
>drive the rear speakers and the rear subs.
>
>The obvious place to ....

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