Alpine type R

[tclay77 10+ year member]

Have two ? about the sub. I have an Orion 1200d and thinking about getting two 12" dual 2ohm alpine type r subs for 1/2 ohm daily driver. I have heard that these subs can handle alot more than spec, how much more? Also can two type r's hit around 140 or more? Any type r or Orion owners with this setup?

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[LightningStryk7 10+ year member]

They can handle quite a bit more. But if you gonna buy the 2ohm 1 u can only wire it to .5 ohms or 2 ohms. If you buy the dual 4 ohm u can wire it to 4 ohms or 1 ohm.

 

[tclay77 10+ year member]

Alot of people have said that the orion 1200d is very capable of running at 1/2 ohm.

 

[vosschs 5,000+ posts]

i got a brutus bx1500d for 2 of them

 

[T9X 10+ year member]

Why not get 2 dual 4ohm subs and run them at 1 ohm as stated above? //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/confused.gif.e820e0216602db4765798ac39d28caa9.gif

 

[radel2dope 10+ year member]

Alot of people have said that the orion 1200d is very capable of running at 1/2 ohm.

Even if that is true, which I do not know. You won't need even close to the power put out at 1/2 ohm. The Type R's are 300W RMS. Even if you ran them at 550 each, that is still only 1100 of the Orion's 1200 at 1 ohm. Just be safe and run them at one ohm, there is absolutely no reason to run them at 1/2.

 

[tclay77 10+ year member]

The new 05 type r subs are 500 watts. Someone on this forum is supost to be running 1300 to one. Just wondering if 700 to 800 watts each will be ok. Need someone with hands on to give there opinion.

 

[SBLAZER]

they alpine type r can handle the power 1 12 05version type r takes a viper2500.1 @ 1ohm for burps and did a 150.3. it'll handle the viper @2ohm all day, if ya easy on the volume. dont let it bump for long periods of time at high volume. for burps they'll take the power for daily i'd say an 1200d would be enuff for em. idk about running the orion at .5ohm daily. maybe imp rise would play or sumhtin. but i kno u betta keep the voltage up if ya gonna run it at .5ohm daily. its an tuff amp and it'll take the beating.

 

[tclay77 10+ year member]

Well I will run two type r's, so each sub will get about 700 to 800 watts each. I do not plan on one 1200d on one type r. Just wondering it that many watts will be ok for daily on the subs.

 

[LightningStryk7 10+ year member]

Might be a little much. Maybe if its in a sealed box with impedance rise it could handle it fine. Just dont go crazy on the volume all the time.

 

[tclay77 10+ year member]

Yea, it will be in a sealed box.

 

[geezy21unc 10+ year member]

yo dude if you wanna keep your subs for a while and not void the warranty stick around the 500w 700w range. im sure they will play over 1000w but not for long. i have two going to a memphis studio amp and they sound sick! ported down to 32hz , yes sir nice! but one thing is tru they r power hungry so more watts wouldnt kill it

 

[andy1234 10+ year member]

theres a kid in my town thats running two of last year models 12s with a ported box powered by a ed nine1 wired to 1 ohm taking it like a champ

 

[geezy21unc 10+ year member]

i'll say it till i die alpine swr1242d subs r underrated...word......