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<blockquote data-quote="zako" data-source="post: 8040243" data-attributes="member: 629735"><p>The 2012 Alpine Type S increases xmax to 15mm and power handling to 500 watts. The subwoofer employs underhung voice coil design, which promises better SQ. Lo and behold, I am actually impressed with what&#039;s Alpine offering here with a $100 subwoofer. Perhaps it&#039;s not the loudest, but you should get some pleasing bass out of it if installed correctly. The only issue with the 12 inch version, is that qtc is kind of high. If you believe in low qtc, then try a box bigger than what&#039;s recommended. The 10 and 15 don&#039;t have this problem. Alpine&#039;s engineer who posts on DIYMA mentioned that his S15 in a sealed box rivals the SQ of a R8 in a ported box (another good Alpine subwoofer, these are overbuilt 8s with low inductance and reportedly good SQ). I briefly heard the older S&#039;s and I thought they weren&#039;t bad. Sure, this is not a weapons grade product. If you need to get loud boom boom look elsewhere. From personal experience, I can&#039;t say enough good things about my Infinity Kappa 120.9w. Put it into a 1cu ft sealed box and run some 500 clean watts to it (I use a 600watt amp with it). Bass it very tight, transparent, and yet with lots of &quot;meat&quot; on the right track. It&#039;s probably too nice for a 95 integra ;p</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="zako, post: 8040243, member: 629735"] The 2012 Alpine Type S increases xmax to 15mm and power handling to 500 watts. The subwoofer employs underhung voice coil design, which promises better SQ. Lo and behold, I am actually impressed with what's Alpine offering here with a $100 subwoofer. Perhaps it's not the loudest, but you should get some pleasing bass out of it if installed correctly. The only issue with the 12 inch version, is that qtc is kind of high. If you believe in low qtc, then try a box bigger than what's recommended. The 10 and 15 don't have this problem. Alpine's engineer who posts on DIYMA mentioned that his S15 in a sealed box rivals the SQ of a R8 in a ported box (another good Alpine subwoofer, these are overbuilt 8s with low inductance and reportedly good SQ). I briefly heard the older S's and I thought they weren't bad. Sure, this is not a weapons grade product. If you need to get loud boom boom look elsewhere. From personal experience, I can't say enough good things about my Infinity Kappa 120.9w. Put it into a 1cu ft sealed box and run some 500 clean watts to it (I use a 600watt amp with it). Bass it very tight, transparent, and yet with lots of "meat" on the right track. It's probably too nice for a 95 integra ;p [/QUOTE]

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