Under Powered Type X's

[ashtrey1212 10+ year member]

I'm 5 days away from finally getting two brand new 12" Alpine Type X's and I'm a little paranoid. For the time being I plan on using an Alpine PDX 1.1000 to power both subs, but I'm worried about the whole under powering issue. Alot of people are saying that my amp should do just fine even though there would be a 1000 watt stretch of power that the subs would need that they wouldn't be getting. I do eventually plan on getting another PDX 1.1000 so I can run one to each sub, but thats not going to be for another month or so. Anyways, my question is. Will the one amp do a well enough job on powering two of these subs and will they still be loud enough that I will be satisfied for the time being?

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[terra 5,000+ posts]

just do it. if its not loud enough just wait till the second amp comes

 

[Lingerfelt 10+ year member]

What enclosure are you going to run them in?

 

[ashtrey1212 10+ year member]

Duel 12" ported, Im not sure what the dimensions are.

P.S. I like how you got something I wrote in your singnature. lol //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[rockmo 10+ year member]

you will be fine, need to run lower power to break em in anyway!

 

[TeoTorriatte 10+ year member]

#1 -- You don't need to run low power to break subs in.

#2 -- The second amp will gain you 3 dB (less after power compression) at full volume -- nothing more. It will still get loud enough to damage your hearing with just one amp.

 

[bumpin buick 5,000+ posts]

Duel 12" ported, Im not sure what the dimensions are.P.S. I like how you got something I wrote in your singnature. lol //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

just so you know that quote in his signature was making fun of you

 

[bumpin buick 5,000+ posts]

you will be fine, need to run lower power to break em in anyway!

lol need to run low power ehh?

 

[ashtrey1212 10+ year member]

just so you know that quote in his signature was making fun of you

lmao!!! Ya I found that out after the fact. I thought they were talking about crossover fequency when they were talking about box tuning. Whatever, **** happens.

 

[maldecido33 10+ year member]

I'm 5 days away from finally getting two brand new 12" Alpine Type X's and I'm a little paranoid. For the time being I plan on using an Alpine PDX 1.1000 to power both subs, but I'm worried about the whole under powering issue. Alot of people are saying that my amp should do just fine even though there would be a 1000 watt stretch of power that the subs would need that they wouldn't be getting. I do eventually plan on getting another PDX 1.1000 so I can run one to each sub, but thats not going to be for another month or so. Anyways, my question is. Will the one amp do a well enough job on powering two of these subs and will they still be loud enough that I will be satisfied for the time being?

You'll be happy; and hey, if you're not, it sounds like you're in no real position to do anything about it :shrug:

Duel 12" ported, Im not sure what the dimensions are.P.S. I like how you got something I wrote in your singnature. lol //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

Making fun of you.

you will be fine, need to run lower power to break em in anyway!

You're retarded.

lmao!!! Ya I found that out after the fact.

Goooooooooooood.