True RMS wattage of Type R's

[Bassphreak 10+ year member]

Wel I want to get two 12" or 15" Type R 1242D subs.

Everthing says they are rated 500w RMS a piece but how much can they really take in a daily setup.

I'm hoping to run 800w RMS to each sub.

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[Safe-N-Sound215 10+ year member]

Wel I want to get two 12" or 15" Type R 1242D subs.
Everthing says they are rated 500w RMS a piece but how much can they really take in a daily setup.

I'm hoping to run 800w RMS to each sub.

I just got one myself . but to answer your question, from what I read, alot of people around here run between 800-1000w, some run more, some run less. So they should be able to handle that without any problems

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[revrider1 5,000+ posts]

I dont have any, but have heard of people running them with 700-900 watts a piece.

 

[Crown_amps]

5 lighting bolts

 

[sanmarcosZfreak 10+ year member]

i had my buddies on about 1000watts, did ok

 

[Bassphreak 10+ year member]

If those wattages are all PER SUBWOOFER then that's a good deal.

I want some earthquaking bass and just don't know if the TYPE R's will give me the loudest I want.

Which selection will give me a LOUD (think banshee) EARTHQUAKING bass response that I am looking for?

First comparison.....Two subwoofers in ported box.

Two Alpine SWR-1242D's

Two Alpine SWX-1242D's

Two Sound Splinter RL-p12's

Two Sound Splinter RL-p15's

Second comparison......

Two Alpine SWR-1242D's

One Alpine SWX-1242D

One Sound Splinter RL-p12 (4 ohm DVC)

One Sound Splinter RL-p15 (4 ohm DVC)

The car I am using is a 1995 cutlass ciera 4 dr (I only wish I could wall of the backseat).I plan on making a port/cut through in the rear deck between the 6" x 9"s and slapping some bass blockers on the 6"x9"s.

Amplifier will be a Lanzar OPTI2000D.

 

[Bassphreak 10+ year member]

bump

 

[wilzyx 5,000+ posts]

mos def two SS RL-P 15's, will get just as loud if not louder than the type r's and destroy them in sq, plus they are small box woofers.

 

[Bassphreak 10+ year member]

I'm looking for alot of SPL but sq is good...

could anyone rate the sub choices I have listed above into two categories,the first being SPL and the second category being SQ/SQL?

 

[req 5,000+ posts]

lawl.

should read;

true wannnage of teh typeR ftw!??!!?~~!~oneoneon!@!"

but between 500 and 1000 will do in a nice fat ported box tuned to the mid 30's imo.

 

[IgnoreMe 5,000+ posts]

yea i am quite surprised with my friends type r 12". were sending it 1100 watts and the **** thing takes it without a sweat in a 2ft^3 @ 35hz box. sounds quite nice as well

 

[dleccord 5,000+ posts]

im sending mines 1100 its loud, but somehow not on the TL

 

[nike 10+ year member]

im powering 2 of them with a ppi 1500 so that 750 rms each

an they really hit hard

 

[hdave 10+ year member]

id say around 700 - 800 rms is getting close to pushing them

but mine was in a 2.8 net ported, so maybe u can throw some more power in a proper box

 

[prochobo 10+ year member]

I run 2 1242's in 4.7 cubes @ 35hz. Giving them approx ~750w right now. I can tell they want more. Gonna throw a 2500D on em this summer and I'll bet you anything they'll take it like a champ.

 

[HemiDevil 10+ year member]

I've got 2 1042D's in a 3cu ported to 32 in my stang. They're fed by a Hifonics BXi1606 (1600RMSx1) and flex my fiberglass truck lid and spoiler a good 1-1.5 inches! Plenty loud enough for me!

HD

 

[Leeiswho2b 10+ year member]

I ran my type R 15 @ 1200 watts with no probs.