Boston G312-4 vs Alpine SWR-1222D

[Loaked 10+ year member]

OK, heres the shakedown:

You have a Mmats 1500.2 amp, sealed enclosure for 2 12"s 1.25cuft a side. In a 2006 Mercedes E350.

Gun to your head, which do you choose?

I know there are roughly 76 other options out there, but to not waste anyones time, of the 2, which do you prefer?

Thanks for your time.

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[mclerico83 5,000+ posts]

alpines will be louder where bostons will sound better, if u can find a boston g5 ur money

that amp is 2 powerful anyway for the g3's puts out 1600rms at 2 ohm

 

[Loaked 10+ year member]

The Mmats amp is kind of a beast for what it is, but I have it running off high level converter, and it losses A LOT of signal. Im not really worried about overpowering them, I've never blown a sub before, I just like to have enough rather than not enough.

I've had Alpines before I loved them, but thats the thing, I wanted to try something different, and I always like boston stuff, just never had thier subs before.

 

[mclerico83 5,000+ posts]

SSA Shop - SSA Dcon 12D4 subwoofer300rms

may i recomend this sub its a much better sub tripple stacked and way underated really like a 500rms sub

SSA Dcon 12" review - DIYMA.com

(2) CADENCE COMPETITION 12" 2800w CAR AUDIO SUBWOOFERS - eBay (item 300402576242 end time Apr-01-10 09:46:19 PDT)

these are what i run in my grand prix amazing subs will destroy type r's

 

[Loaked 10+ year member]

You know I hear alot about SSA's, and they are pretty cheap for what they are too... I just never heard them myself. Thanks for the recomendation, I will take a closer look at those. For some reason I was under the assumption they wouldnt really work in sealed enclosures, but looks like I stand corrected...

 

[vbk09 10+ year member]

ok alpine is alright for most people, and im not saying they are incapable subs(far from it)

but honestly i would like to think the g3 would not only outperform in spl but most definatly in sq too

i cant say ive heard a g3 but i can speak from experience that the g5 will beat the type r easily...in the exact same car and box(my brother gave me his camaro when for graduation and gave me the probox/wiring) i put my g5 10" in powered by the alpine 500w monoblock amp running 500w@2ohm rms whereas he was doing 700w@4ohms to his 10" type r, and mine was definatly louder...so personally, yea im gonna recommend the g3, it might say 300rms, but im gonna have to go out on a limb and say it can take close to as much as the type r, and if it cant, it has the soft parts system so you can just buy a new coil instead of the whole woofer like you would more than likely have to do on the type r