Type R...dissapointed

[sonic purity 10+ year member]

did you give it a chance to break in? I had two 12's and they took about a good hour of bumpin before they really started getting loud. SQ was better before they broke in though

 

[sonic purity 10+ year member]

sorry, double post

Fi is going to be louder though

 

[Lakota 5,000+ posts]

sorry, double post
Fi is going to be louder though

Between a Q and a R it's tough to say. I wish that I had one to drop in and test vs. my R.

 

[snb778 5,000+ posts]

you should have AT LEAST 800W hooked up to that in a smaller box, if not 1000.. I know people get them loud at lower volumes, but for a street beat setup...id get more power, and bigger box for just 1 12"

 

[THUMPPER 10+ year member]

I stuck a single Alpine Type R 12" in as a temp set up in a 1.90cf3 enclosure

tuned at 29hz and have it hooked up to my BPX 2200.1

the sub actually doesn't sound to bad...it actually takes the 2400+w rms

with regular music beets (NOT BASS CD"S)

it doesn't blow me away or anything but SHE BANGS

 

[snb778 5,000+ posts]

anybody know who can test an amp?? I'm almost willing to send mine to anyone to see what kind of power it puts out... be nice to get some more bench test results on a bigger amp

 

[chithead81 10+ year member]

I had two 12" Type R's on an Orion 2250SX with 1.65 cu. ft per sub ported like Alpine recommended. I can't remember one person that could sit in my CRX for more than 30 seconds when those things would get going. Only subs I've ever had that would cause the dashboard to flex in the middle.

 

[audioholic 5,000+ posts]

I was thinking that. But should it not be louder than a Q off the same watts? I mean, the Q can take much more too...


I'm thinking of taking out my rear speakers for more airflow. My deck lid thing rattles like CRAZY too. I"m not quite sure how i'm goin to get rid of it yet.

You are comparing the R to a sub that costs approximately twice as much. I don't see where your major confusion comes in when the costlier sub performs better.

 

[sonic purity 10+ year member]

You are comparing the R to a sub that costs approximately twice as much. I don't see where your major confusion comes in when the costlier sub performs better.

Thats what I was thinkin.//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif

 

[PSturmer 10+ year member]

there good for the money. most of the time people dont have them in the right enclosures to get loud.

 

[jmanpc 5,000+ posts]

Arrrrrrrrrrggggggggggggghhhhhhhh

 

[bigbangtheory 5,000+ posts]

I didn't realize the R's took such small specs for an enclosure ported. Hell I had my two sealed in a 1.75 per chamber. Slammed though, off 1000rms, so 500rms a sub and was doing 141.2 in a cavalier. Sounded pretty good too.

 

[skateboardkid 10+ year member]

max gain setting

. Have no idea what I did to get this. Bass EQ on the amp is maxxed out, as is the bass on the HU. Or maybe, I don't know what clipping sounds like? I was under the assumption it would be like the gains on the speakers where it changes tone.

you sub might live through a week of those setttings but more likely you are gonna smoke the VC unless you set the gains different, turn off all bass boosts, and set your gains using a DMM..

A bigger box might help in the efficiency department, gettign you louder off of the power you do have available.

Look into a line driver it sounds like your RCA voltage is more like a tenth of a volt instead of the claimed 2.2volts.

 

[reid1boys 10+ year member]

Want to sell the type R you are disappointed in?

 

[NJTStang11 10+ year member]

#1-Camry trunks **** for getting bass thru

#2-You need more power

#3-Your box could be bigger, and tuned a lil higher.