Alpine Type R or Infinity Reference?

[MikeS 10+ year member]

I'm gonna give this another shot...

I'm looking to replace my Bazooka P Miller with something....umm...better! I've got less than $100 to spend. Something for $70 would be great. The major candidates seem to be the Infinity Reference 1230 or an Alpine Type S or Type R...

Some other possibilities:

Pioneer TS-W300R

Kicker Comp

MTX Audio Road Thunder RT12-04

Rockford Fosgate Punch Stage 1 P112S4

Phoenix Gold Octane R12

Whats my best bet here? Any other suggestions?

Thanks,

Mike

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[ANeonRider 10+ year member]

Type R, but I'm partial.

 

[ighettoboyi 10+ year member]

references are uber nice //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wacky.gif.cf4a48f9e6dfe9504ffd2c946fd2f340.gif

 

[Expy2000]

R..

 

[z400rdr 10+ year member]

Incriminator Audio 187's......

 

[ighettoboyi 10+ year member]

see if you can find any old pg ti's floating around

 

[traksta15 10+ year member]

pioneer 305dc, thinkin bout buyin 1 for the gf......i think they're like 40 or 50

 

[ZeroSktr56 10+ year member]

I'd say go with the Type R, **** loud in a ported box for bein only one 12

 

[xSomeguyx 10+ year member]

You'll be able to get that 1230w wickedly cheap on eBay.

 

[MikeS 10+ year member]

Yeah, the 1230w is SUPER cheap on eBay. The Type S's and PG Octanes are pretty reasonable too. Everyone seems pretty jazzed on the Type Rs, but they're a little pricey(I might go for it anyways). If I take that out of the mix is the 1230w the best bet?

Thanks!

 

[Redford 10+ year member]

Give the Type-Rs more than 300w RMS, they NEED it. A lot of people I know run 600w RMS to each of their Type-Rs and they can definately take more power than that. Infinity subs are a little power hungry too, but I'm not sure what's a good ammount of power for the Reference subs.

 

[MikeS 10+ year member]

Hmm...I'm not a super thumper, so I'm only going to be throwing about 300watts RMS at it. I'm just running a single twelve in a sealed cab. Is the Type-R a bad fit for this? I really am more interested in SQ than SPL. As is I have more volume than I ever really need.

Mike

 

[whiplash 10+ year member]

I would definately say go with the Infinity. I had 3 of the old style 1230W's with the raised dustcap off my Memphis 1000d and they were insanely loud and sounded amazingly clean. The same time I got mine my friend bought two 1030w's and ran them clam-shell isobarik in a ported box and they sounded amazingly loud for two 10's as well. I have a box with two of the new style 1030w's sitting next to me right now waiting to get installed in my friends car as soon as he gets off work.

 

[jujumantb 10+ year member]

Hmm...I'm not a super thumper, so I'm only going to be throwing about 300watts RMS at it. I'm just running a single twelve in a sealed cab. Is the Type-R a bad fit for this? I really am more interested in SQ than SPL. As is I have more volume than I ever really need.
Mike

Yes it will be perfect, as said, they can take a bt more power than 300watts, but if you are going for SQ thats pointless anyways. I threw 300 to each of mine ported and they sang, but thats ported...

 

[electronicsgeek 10+ year member]

depends what your after...SQL?SPL?...they Type-R's are really nice for SQL...i got mine for $100 new