Alpine 12" DVC 4ohm survey

[BLD 25 10+ year member]

There are a whole heck of a lot more subs out there. I suggest that you take a few days and search on these boards and familiarize yourself with some of the other brands.

Ask yourself if you are looking into SQ or SPL, or somewhere in between. I suggest you pick up a pair of subs, and sell one of your amps.

 

[plugitin 5,000+ posts]

dc ftw

 

[Jester44010 10+ year member]

Definitly looking for SPL

 

[treadburner 10+ year member]

you can put a clean 1k to them which i have done before

BUT you need to break them in first

 

[Jester44010 10+ year member]

how do you break them in?

 

[treadburner 10+ year member]

play them on 500 rms or so for 4 or 5 days

first pair of r's i bought i blew in 5 minutes on 700 rms a piece

then the next set i broke in and liked how they sounded and ended up doing 6 type r's

 

[swrve31 10+ year member]

i have 2 10" type r's on a jl 1000/1v2, and they love it. they are in a maybe 2.6 cubed box at 30hz. but yeah, they definately need to be broke in. the others are all excellent brands(dd, sundown, rd, fi) but for commercially available subs, i like the type r's.

 

[pieper88 10+ year member]

you can put a clean 1k to them which i have done before
BUT you need to break them in first

i was just about to say this. I have between 800-900 on mine but I broke them in for a good month and half.

 

[phemps 10+ year member]

I would say that the fosgate T1000's definitly produce clean power, they both birthed a little over 1400 watts rms @ 1ohm and 875, and 930 rms @ 2ohm

its not clean power if your clipping the shiit out of it...

 

[spltuscon 10+ year member]

I run between 1200 and 1800 a piece to mine daily (depends on whether I'm running 2 or 4). This is clean rms power...tested with clamp meter/ dmm for true power. I have also run them on 2 T1000's with no problems...but I'm surprised no one else mentioned this...its the box!

They take a ton of power in a good ported box, but in a 1.25ft sealed box with that much power, they are probably bottoming out. Right now, you are wasting huge potential from those subs. Put them in a good ported box and use some common sense (if you smell them, turn them down) and you'll be happy.

 

[Jester44010 10+ year member]

Ok i bought a ported box and put them in. also swapped them out for two new subs! going to break them in for a few weeks and see how they do!