Alpine Type-E??

[bumpinthanite 10+ year member]

My buddy that works at a circuit city road shop keeps raving about the Alpine Type-E's. He tells me that you can't beat the sound for the price (2 tens for $112!?). Now, I thought that type-e was only at circuit city....Anyways, has anyone heard them? I'm just curious if they are good. Also, what about the type S? I just wanna hear any thoughts anyone that has heard the E's and/or S's has, cuz I'm curious. Thanks

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[more_spl 10+ year member]

S > E.. use the search for more info

 

[bass_mekanik 10+ year member]

umm take type s subs any day the type e's are a stripped down type s (literaly)

they have a smaller coil shorter tinsels have cheap termials that may break if u are too rough with them and the magnet has a smaller bump in the back plate so the excursion is down a little too

 

[swimfreak26 10+ year member]

never heard the E's, but from what people say around here.....don't buy them, extra money for the S's is well worth it

 

[bumpinthanite 10+ year member]

Now, I'm sure that the type r's are far, far superior to the type s. BUT...how do they compare? You guys gave me some sweet and detailed info. on the type e compared to the type s. Thank you much. Can you tell me how the S really compares to the R?

Thanks

=-=colin-=-

 

[jbl_marshall21 10+ year member]

type s is just a smaller version of the type R. the type R has more power handling but they almost sound the same. type will sound maybe a tad better.

 

[bumpinthanite 10+ year member]

Since the power handling is lower with the S and you now have me quite curious, would two type-s 10's sound good (nearly as good as a type-r) with a Pioneer 760wMax amp? Like, a tight sound with some hard hit, but good sq.

thanks

=-=colin-=-

 

[bumpinthanite 10+ year member]

I am in the process of upgrading everything in my setup, and the subs are the last thing I have to do. This is in my other car, which I am trying to make pretty decent, as far as sound goes.

Basically, I want a nice sq set up that hits, but not overwhelmingly. SQL, if you will. Some people have said that, if you are going to go sealed, you need a larger box for a type-s...how large is large?

Thanks.

=-=colin-=-

 

[bumpinthanite 10+ year member]

Thanks man. My sealed enclosure should be fine for something like an S, then. Um, the ring thing that comes with q-logic boxes....if you're familiar with that, should I re-do that so it has a perfect fit or maybe even get rid of it all together with new subs? What would be optimal to seal the box off nicely with new subs in a box that has been used already?

=-=colin-=-

 

[bumpinthanite 10+ year member]

I've made a box before and it didn't turn out all that bad, but I am sooo **** busy with everything right now that I don't think that I have the time to be able to take my time making a really good, quality box. What pre-mades are good?

 

[Mercureie 10+ year member]

check out the boxes on sounddomain made by a company called r/t i havn't had ne problems with thier boxes. i used one for my type-r before i started makin my own boxes.

 

[Mercureie 10+ year member]

I also recommend R/T, but only the MDF enclosures ...

MDF is a must have especially in higher power apps.

 

[Bobyota 10+ year member]

Originally posted by Jmac It depends on the amount of power you send to it ...

 

I have my Type-Rs in a 1.5 ft^3/sub sealed enclosure and they sound really good, though they're currently underpowered by a fair margin (410 RMS to the pair). They sounded a lot better off my RF Power 500.2 (724 RMS to the pair).

 

Anyways, if you plan on sending it 250-300 RMS, you'll probably want a fairly large enclosure (2 ft^3). If you plan to send it a little more than that (300-350 RMS), you'll probably want something closer to 1.75 ft^3. 350-400 RMS = 1.5 ft^3 ... 400-450 RMS = 1.25 ft^3 ... 450-500 RMS = 1 ft^3 ... 500-550 RMS = 0.75 ft^3 ... 550-600 RMS = 0.5 ft^3 ...

 

Mind you, as the enclosure is reduced in size, sound quality and low-frequency bass will suffer ...

 

If you plan to go ported, I would keep the box fairly small (under 2 ft^3) and tune low (25-30 Hz) ...

Jmac, I may be getting a little picky here, but....

Do you know how well your R's sound at around 25-30 hz? I may be able to do about 1.5 ft^3 for two 10's and 160w to each sub. A lot of the rock music I listen to has bass guitar notes around 25-30 hz.....so you got me curious //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[Bobyota 10+ year member]

Well it looks like the S would be better for me for now, but I may upgrade to more power. I guess that would make the R better for room to grow?

They did ok overpowering them with 724w for the pair? hhhmmm that amp may be an option //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif uh, what's an RF Power 500.2? Man there seems to be a lot more brands out there than when I used to play around with car audio back in the day //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/eek.gif.771b7a90cf45cabdc554ff1121c21c4a.gif

 

[bass_mekanik 10+ year member]

type s subs are better than what they are given credit for i have over 700 rms to a pair of 10's daily and they have not given up yet