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<blockquote data-quote="gunz4me2" data-source="post: 7932015" data-attributes="member: 613729">The bad thing about the W3v3 is that JL Audio tried to make it play louder to compete with the Type R available at the time.&nbsp; Now that Alpine has revised the Type R, I think the Type R is actually a better SQ sub than the currently available W3v3.Going back a generation, I hated my 10w3v2s and was less than impressed with them in JL Audio&#039;s recommended sealed enclosure.&nbsp; The Phoenix Gold RSd 10s that I sold with my 1997 Civic actually sounded better in the same sealed enclosure than the JL Audio subs did.&nbsp; It took me a while to wrap my head around that one because they actually modeled within 1 decibel of each other, yet the Phoenix Gold subs seemed to hit the low end with a tad bit more authority.&nbsp; OTOH, the JL Audio subs hit the useless upper end with much more authority.&nbsp; At the time, I was into drum and bass, and a strong 80 to 120 Hz response was NOT what I was looking for.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="gunz4me2, post: 7932015, member: 613729"] The bad thing about the W3v3 is that JL Audio tried to make it play louder to compete with the Type R available at the time. Now that Alpine has revised the Type R, I think the Type R is actually a better SQ sub than the currently available W3v3. Going back a generation, I hated my 10w3v2s and was less than impressed with them in JL Audio's recommended sealed enclosure. The Phoenix Gold RSd 10s that I sold with my 1997 Civic actually sounded better in the same sealed enclosure than the JL Audio subs did. It took me a while to wrap my head around that one because they actually modeled within 1 decibel of each other, yet the Phoenix Gold subs seemed to hit the low end with a tad bit more authority. OTOH, the JL Audio subs hit the useless upper end with much more authority. At the time, I was into drum and bass, and a strong 80 to 120 Hz response was NOT what I was looking for. [/QUOTE]

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