chartman18
10+ year member
Bass Bumper
Hello, Im kinda new here, but I come here somewhat often looking for advice on how to do things properly. So my question is, Im about to buy a Alpine Type-R SWR 1242D 12" Subwoofer for my Ford Zx2 (average to small trunk). I had 2 Rockford 12" P1's, but they werent up to par as I wanted, so I was told one Type-R should blow them both away, am I correct? If so, I need a little help with a box idea, because all this talk about 'bottoming out' and destroying the coils, spiders, etc has got me scared to buy a subwoofer now, bc I bought my Rockfords as a package deal with a dual enclosure. Now, Im not 100% sure about tuning to the point where I should go any 'louder' or 'more', but I have an idea of it.
I think buying a box perfect for my subwoofer would be my easy way out, but reading upon alot of this forums, I dont think I can buy one that will make my sub sound great. I use my stereo for everyday use, and I always play it loud, so loud I want my mirrors shaking and I wanna feel it hitting my back. (Im hearing impaired, so a little vibration makes things better for me, lol, and I know its ironic Im making my hearing worse.)
Can someone explain to me how I should go about this, in detail, becaue Im sorry, Ill admit Im a n00b, used the forum search looking for anything Alpine Type-R that will suit me, and nothing really helped, but Ill really appreciate it if someone helped me out.
Im not sure if I want ported or sealed, I had experience with sealed, for the rockfords, and for those, they sounded better than ported, but Im not sure about the Type-R.
I will be having my back seats down that majority of the time, for show and for better 'feel' of the music. I covered my whole car in dynamat also.
As far as I know, I will be using the popular Alpine MRP M650 600RMS amplifier for the subwoofer. Im not also entirely sure how to go about hooking them up to 600RMS for 2ohms, compared to 400RMS for 4ohms, so maybe someone can explain that to me? If not its ok, considering this is a enclosure thread.
Well, the enclosure/box is what Im mainly concered/nervous about doing, so if you can help me out, I'd appreciate. Thanks guys!!
PS: This is a great forum.
I think buying a box perfect for my subwoofer would be my easy way out, but reading upon alot of this forums, I dont think I can buy one that will make my sub sound great. I use my stereo for everyday use, and I always play it loud, so loud I want my mirrors shaking and I wanna feel it hitting my back. (Im hearing impaired, so a little vibration makes things better for me, lol, and I know its ironic Im making my hearing worse.)
Can someone explain to me how I should go about this, in detail, becaue Im sorry, Ill admit Im a n00b, used the forum search looking for anything Alpine Type-R that will suit me, and nothing really helped, but Ill really appreciate it if someone helped me out.
Im not sure if I want ported or sealed, I had experience with sealed, for the rockfords, and for those, they sounded better than ported, but Im not sure about the Type-R.
I will be having my back seats down that majority of the time, for show and for better 'feel' of the music. I covered my whole car in dynamat also.
As far as I know, I will be using the popular Alpine MRP M650 600RMS amplifier for the subwoofer. Im not also entirely sure how to go about hooking them up to 600RMS for 2ohms, compared to 400RMS for 4ohms, so maybe someone can explain that to me? If not its ok, considering this is a enclosure thread.
Well, the enclosure/box is what Im mainly concered/nervous about doing, so if you can help me out, I'd appreciate. Thanks guys!!
PS: This is a great forum.
