Recent content by Scott Sublett

Yeah, the phone doesn't pick up the highs that well and I turned the sub amp gain up and mids/highs gain down for the test. I normally don't go around listening to anything at that volume and the mids/highs are factory, albeit Harmon Kardon, but still would hate to blow them up.

This is a comparison of these two subs in ported enclosures built by the manufacturers. You will see a system overview, DSP overview, and a metered SPL test on both sets of subs. Equipment will be listed at the end of this. The tests were conducted with each pair of speakers running at 1-Ohm...

Here is the link to my video and takeaways after testing both sets of subs out in my car. The file is too large to upload, so hopefully YT links are allowed.

I have always had JL subwoofers. The owner of the shop I go through wanted me to try the Alpine because they are half the price and he says they’re going to be as good or better. So, he agreed to order me a pair of the Alpines so we can do a side-by-side comparison with my SPL meter, and then I...

Getting this installed tomorrow, the shop has my Alpine PXE-C-60-60 DSP, so it is not pictured here. The JLs are in a ported enclosure built by JL tuned to 33hz. The Alpines are also in an...

Crap, totally forgot to list the model. I'll add it now, and now just realized it was in the title! Alpine R2-SB12V.

Getting this installed tomorrow, the shop has my Alpine PXE-C-60-60 DSP, so it is not pictured here. The JLs are in a ported enclosure built by JL tuned to 33hz. The Alpines are also in an Alpine ported enclosure tuned to 35hz. I don't think the tuning will make much of a difference. I will...

I have been in the game a LONG time and have always run JL W6s. I am putting a new system into a BMW 330XI GT, and stopped down to talk to the owner of our local shop, I have known him for some...

I have been in the game a LONG time and have always run JL W6s. I am putting a new system into a BMW 330XI GT, and stopped down to talk to the owner of our local shop, I have known him for some time, but he does not have JL. He was trying to talk me into the Alpines, saying they wound just as...