an opinion on the type-r from a lifeime in car audio

[toaster 10+ year member]

type r = gey.

ok, so you mean in the same way as silver = intelligent?

or, as in silver = useless commentator?

 

[audiolife 5,000+ posts]

type r can get loud but its a low note woofer compared to probably what you were used to running. most fart theirs (as u prolly know 60hz+) type r is 50 hz and under

 

[Spkrman]

Glad to see an educated review!

The R's really can sound great, and they do get very loud.

I don't care who made or makes the type R... if it was the RE Type R and the Alpine SX, I'd still be running the type R - its just a good woofer.

That being said... not many companies actually design and build their own woofers.

 

[chinny 5,000+ posts]

hehe type-r > Chinny
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thanks for the great amp, bro!

lol i love u, of course its great it was modded by the only one and the great chinny!

 

[bigbangtheory 5,000+ posts]

Well I was in the same situation. I used to do competitions, mostly local car show ones. But everytime or almost everytime I would be the one impressing everyone else. I have had cars do up to 156dbs on the ac/190 and loudest I got was in a trunk with a custom ported rear deck on the TL was 153.4. I have been doing demo cars for a couple of different stereo shops as well. I have used subs such as

Kove-Armagedon M series,z series,and the uberwoofer the u2 series

MTX-5000,8000,and the 9500's, which was the loudest to date for me.

Audiopipe-Yes cheap subs but did a 149.2 with 4 of them,on the tl to boot.

Audiocraps-Got loud but sounded horriable

Orion-xtr's,cobalts

Rockford Fosgate-Old series 1's(lol)

Soundstream-very good subs,older ones and cant remember model.

Lanzar-xmax,heritage(not bad cheap subs believe it or not)

Alpine-type R's( I have these now, 2 of them)

Well most of those cheaper subs was when I first got into car audio back in the day. It was a bug and just keep getting more and more expensive. Those Kove armegdon u2 subs were 800 a piece brand new msrp. I paid 400 for each. Never again I say after having my alpine type R's.

I found that it dosent take thousands and thousands of dollars to sound good and get loud. I have my alpines in a sealed enclousere and have to say they are the best woofer on the market for the price. I have hit 144.3 on the 190 a/c and 140.2 on the tl on the dash. Just wanted to let you new guys know that these are some great subs for the money. Are there better? Of course there is. But for the 115 bucks you can get them off the net then no there isnt. I could list alot of subs out there that will get louder and sound better but they will be alot more money, then again there are alot of subs out there that are highly overpriced that sound nothing like the type r. So it just all depends. Also I know everything is install dependent, but I have mine in the most basic install with no upgrading of the electrical system, which I need to do one day, but have to see these subs impress me. I will make a seperate box for ported when I run the local comps next summer. I cant wait to see what kind of numbers I get then. Peace!

 

[Spkrman]

something tells me you are confusing the ac 180 and ac 190.

 

[WeDgE 10+ year member]

something tells me you are confusing the ac 180 and ac 190.

How??

 

[mccrank]

i like type r's as far as alpine goes, they're a good bang for the buck... as far as sound reproduction gose at least. not for spl though

 

[audiolife 5,000+ posts]

if 2 12's can do a 150+ with nothing special done to the car i would say it can lend itself to power limited classes very well. sure you will say "x" woofer can or list a bunch of others that have but those are done by better than average spl nuts. 150+ in street/stock classes in most local cases will get you a top 3 and probably a first lol. considering you can get 2 woofers for 230 bucks its nothing to sneeze at and im not knocking the higheer priced subs either just a fact. sure you can spend more and might hit higher then again many dont.

 

[bigbangtheory 5,000+ posts]

something tells me you are confusing the ac 180 and ac 190.

How am I confusing you? I have ran many older mics that I dont mention because they were not very accurate. I found that the ac 180 was off a considerable amount next to the tl. The 190 is usually about 3-4 dbs different, well since I have used it form the Term lab. So I dont know how I am getting them confused.//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/eyebrow.gif.fe2c18d8720fe8c7eaed347b21ea05a5.gif

 

[squeak9798 5,000+ posts]

I don't know, I do remember Squeak (?) saying that Alpine bought it's subwoofers, rather than build them, and that the Type R was unique, coming from a different company than the Type E and Type X.
Don't quote me on that.

Wasn't me.

I know Alpine outsources almost all of their speakers (Vifa, Scanspeak, etc). But subwoofer wise I couldn't even guess. Just from a physical appearance and the uniqueness of the surround, I wouldn't even be able form an educated guess as to who makes their subwoofers......

 

[squeak9798 5,000+ posts]

with a linear 4.1hvs(2700 watts rms, benched),

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That is all.

 

[Silver 10+ year member]

ok, so you mean in the same way as silver = intelligent?
or, as in silver = useless commentator?

sigh.. ive had my expirence with it. thus, = gey.

 

[Raven 10+ year member]

Wasn't me.
I know Alpine outsources almost all of their speakers (Vifa, Scanspeak, etc). But subwoofer wise I couldn't even guess. Just from a physical appearance and the uniqueness of the surround, I wouldn't even be able form an educated guess as to who makes their subwoofers......

I had guessed it was you. You know about these things and had made a previous post about Alpine speakers coming from external sources. But I did say "Don't quote me on that."

Which you did, BTW. =)

 

[Eugenics 5,000+ posts]

i made a type r hit 190 once

glad to hear its working good for you, pics of the instal?