Type R vs. L7 *SPL*

[mazdakid 5,000+ posts]

unless you have a tcab box for the type r

has anyone tried a tcab with l7's?

 

[bjfish11 5,000+ posts]

eisenhower, chill the hell out
L7 will pwn a Type R any day of the week. Want a better comparison?

12" Alpine Type X vs 12" Kicker L7 with 1kw going to either, then you have a better comparison.

Go L7

Not really even then. Because the Type X is a sq driver. The Type R will kill the X is Spl if im not mistaken. Never heard an X, but im pretty sure they are alpines sq driver where as the R is the spl driver.

 

[Trancer 10+ year member]

It all depends on how much space you are using and the tuning aswell. Type R will slam in a smaller box than the L7's. L7s require more air space.

The Type R will throw the score in a lower tuning to where the L7 will throw it at a slightly higher tuning freq. compared to the R.

 

[HotCarl 10+ year member]

..How do you figure?

personal experience with each driver.....maybe other people think otherwise, this is just my opinion.

15'' version of either sub,in a well constructed/designed box will sound *roughly* the same.

well....i dunno about the new 06 L7's though, they are supposed to be more bada.ss

check into mark at TCAB, hes had plenty of real-world testing with both drivers.

 

[Polecat 5,000+ posts]

It all depends on how much space you are using and the tuning aswell. Type R will slam in a smaller box than the L7's. L7s require more air space.The Type R will throw the score in a lower tuning to where the L7 will throw it at a slightly higher tuning freq. compared to the R.

actually, you can use the CRX style L7 box and it will be really small..

 

[unbonyr 10+ year member]

straight spl higher tuned box if your competing L7 wins lower tuning more muscial setup daily driver I take type-r for the kill plain and simple they both can handle alot of watts for burps and daily driver play.

 

[Polecat 5,000+ posts]

tune higher=comps

tune lower=street bass

on either

 

[phildapimp89 10+ year member]

Not really even then. Because the Type X is a sq driver. The Type R will kill the X is Spl if im not mistaken. Never heard an X, but im pretty sure they are alpines sq driver where as the R is the spl driver.

Just because a sub costs more does not necessarily mean it pushes out greater SPL... The X is a SQL driver moron.

 

[SAG3 5,000+ posts]

Not really even then. Because the Type X is a sq driver. The Type R will kill the X is Spl if im not mistaken. Never heard an X, but im pretty sure they are alpines sq driver where as the R is the spl driver.

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[HotCarl 10+ year member]

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[bibby 5,000+ posts]

i was thinking about putting my 15" l5 in a tcab, but the way i want it would require an actual inperson convo with them guys, and they in ill. so i dont know

 

[thehardknoxlife 10+ year member]

It all depends on how much space you are using and the tuning aswell. Type R will slam in a smaller box than the L7's. L7s require more air space.The Type R will throw the score in a lower tuning to where the L7 will throw it at a slightly higher tuning freq. compared to the R.

I can vouch for that. I just heard a guys 2 L7 15's from this forum. My 1 Type R 15 go quite a bit lower and louder My box is tuned to 30 hz his was at 34 . His his higher bass was louder, but he had 2 and a higher tune.

 

[PV Audio 5,000+ posts]

He's obviously going for an SPL setup, so the type x isn't comparable either. We went from apples to oranges, to apples to guavas.

 

[HotCarl 10+ year member]

He's obviously going for an SPL setup, so the type x isn't comparable either. We went from apples to oranges, to apples to guavas.

thumbs up on the exotic fruit simile.

or was that a metaphor?

are guavas even fruit?

eh whatever.

 

[Mr. Opportunist 10+ year member]

eisenhower, chill the hell out
L7 will pwn a Type R any day of the week. Want a better comparison?

12" Alpine Type X vs 12" Kicker L7 with 1kw going to either, then you have a better comparison.

Go L7

type-r has more output then the type-x, type-x is a little clearer, no comparison on the spl side though //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif

also to the one that said the type-r will get loud in a smaller box, it depends on what you consider a small box I guess...