maw 15 vs. type r 15

Reidk
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I am currently using a maw 15 in 2.3 sealed It gets really loud but cannot handle a1000 watts very well. I want to go with an alpine type r 15 and put it in 2.4 cubic foot sealed box. I would be using the same amp. Would it be about the same loudness but take the power better? or would it take the power better and be louder? I would like to buy a ported box eventually but right now this is what i have to work with.

 
my maw 15 does not take the power very well at all. It gets loud but if you pop the trunk and listen to the sub while it's hitting it doesn't sound good at all. and it bottoms out. When my gain or low pass or bass is turned down quite a bit it sounds a heck of alot better.

 
and the sealed box that i'm going to use currently has two 4" by 11" circle ports but i've been told that is not the right tuning for a type r. but the maw hits pretty low in that box so i may try the type r in that box.

 
ive heard type rs in a sealed box also and they sounded nice..until i heard them in my ported box in my trunk...and it was twice as loud..but i also have 12 inch ...the 15 would prolly sound even better with a port

 
I have. but I don't want a sub that i have to back the gain down on. the maw is going in my 71 skylark with a pg xenon 400.1 amp. the sub sounded really good with that amp.

 
Well good luck finding a sub that "you don't have to turn the gain down on"

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alls i'm saying is i got a 1000 rms amp and I want a sub that candle every bit of it. If i turn the gain down i lose air movement and seat vibration...i like that stuff. I just bought and sold a premier 3001d4 all within a couple days cause it didn't move enough air for me. but it did take the power just fine.

 
go for the alpine. definatly good subs IMO as long as they are the 05's or better.

that amp will push the type r pretty good (but you CAN step it up to almost 2k in power if you're careful). my friend had 1 12" off 2k (of course it wasnt 2k after box rise etc, but it was a 2k rms amp with the gain set to give 2kwrms) in his explorer and, i was quite surprised when i heard that first bassline. they take the power very well.

is your current subwoofer getting stinky? if not your probably good to go.

as for turning the gain down...why should he have to. obviously in this case he has to because the sub is bottoming out, but there is nothing wrong with wanting a sub that can take the power. if he's not clipping, overpowering, or bottoming the sub out, there is no reason to turn the gain down unless he wants less output.

 
You don't want the gain cranked on your amp for daily needs regardless of sub.
i will say day in and day out...if your not clipping it really doesn't matter.

i want my gains cranked to the very tip top that i can get without clipping for daily. im sure that many people want the absolute most they can get out of their system...the problem is they dont know when a good signal stops and a bad one starts.

 
I have been running the gain about halfway...i dont' have a meter so I just kept it right there figuring that it would be fine.

 
get something like a Fi Q or icon or something with considerably more xmax. both the type r and the maw are 13mm 1 way. the q is 27mm 1 way and the icon i believe is 20+
I am intrested in these subs but I would really like a sub in the 200 dollar range. where can I get pricing?

 
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