What do you think?

[bushtree 10+ year member]

Hey everyone,

I currently have 2 10" Kicker CompVR (2005 model) subs in a sealed box. (.6 cuft for each sub). And i am feeding them 350watts each..

I cant put the kickers in a proper sized box because of the limited space in the back of my truck.

I was thinking about putting 1 12" Alpine Type R in a seal box built to spec (.86 cu ft) and feeding it around 900watts.

I have a feeling the sound quality will be better without a doubt, but what about the spl? Will the Single alpine in a proper box kick the kicker's butts?

Thanks,

Nick

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[Diplexers 10+ year member]

If you fed those Comp VR's a little more power they would sound awesome. I havn't heard a Type R yet so I can't comment on which will sound better.

 

[PhatTonyDeMarco 5,000+ posts]

Hmm.. That is hard to say, seeing as how they are both sealed. If you were porting the Type R than I would say without a doubt it will be louder. You have NO room for a ported box? What space are you working with?

 

[trevor87 5,000+ posts]

Not to steal the thread but im gonna port my type r but i have minimal space so my box wont be really big itll be like 15x15x15

 

[bushtree 10+ year member]

The max airspace i would have to work with is about .9 cu ft that is why i was wanting to go with the sealed box..

 

[PhatTonyDeMarco 5,000+ posts]

Not to steal the thread but im gonna port my type r but i have minimal space so my box wont be really big itll be like 15x15x15

Well, with those measurments it will only be like 1.7 net cubes, which isnt much. It depends on what you want to tune it to though... But that is a small ported box.

 

[tRiGgEr 5,000+ posts]

Bushtree - Keep what you have. Sealing up a type-r will not yield better results over the kicker you know have.

trevor87 - that box would even be to small for a 10".

 

[trevor87 5,000+ posts]

Well wats the smallest i could go with? if i have to ill get a bed cover and put it in the bed and i can put it behind the seat casue i dont think it will fit .

im planning on taking the bench seat out at xmas and getting two bucket seats then ill have room in the middle for a tall/long box about the size of an armrest.

im jsut tryin to figure out wat i can do till xmas.

 

[PhatTonyDeMarco 5,000+ posts]

Well wats the smallest i could go with? if i have to ill get a bed cover and put it in the bed and i can put it behind the seat casue i dont think it will fit .
im planning on taking the bench seat out at xmas and getting two bucket seats then ill have room in the middle for a tall/long box about the size of an armrest.

im jsut tryin to figure out wat i can do till xmas.

For a Type R, the ideal ported box is around a 2.5 cube box, after displacement. So somewhere around 2.8 cubes net.

 

[trevor87 5,000+ posts]

For a Type R, the ideal ported box is around a 2.5 cube box, after displacement. So somewhere around 2.8 cubes net.

Well can u estimate wat the size of that box is?

 

[tRiGgEr 5,000+ posts]

Well can u estimate wat the size of that box is?

He did. a box of 2ft^3 would be good. So after displacment around 2.5ft^3. Depending on the port...

 

[bushtree 10+ year member]

Well you see the kickers i have now are in a box that is to small for them, so i dont think they are really sounding as good as they are known to be...

In the past i had an RE SE 12" in a sealed box (1.25cu ft) with 600watts. Does anyone know as to how the Alpine would be in comparision to my previous SE setup?

As my kickers sound NO WHERE NEAR that se, i know its most likely the install but i dont have the room to fix the kickers..

Thanks,

 

[PhatTonyDeMarco 5,000+ posts]

Well you see the kickers i have now are in a box that is to small for them, so i dont think they are really sounding as good as they are known to be...
In the past i had an RE SE 12" in a sealed box (1.25cu ft) with 600watts. Does anyone know as to how the Alpine would be in comparision to my previous SE setup?

As my kickers sound NO WHERE NEAR that se, i know its most likely the install but i dont have the room to fix the kickers..

Thanks,

Why would you go from an SE to some CompVR's?

 

[bushtree 10+ year member]

Its a long story, but i sold my truck i had the SE in and took out my stereo equipment, then i bought a new truck and got into some finacial trouble so i had to sell my SE's (i actully had 2, but only ever put 1 in). Anyways when i got some money back i figured i would just stick some kickers under the back seat in my truck, but once i did that i realized that wasnt going to settle my need for Premium loud sound in my truck. haha...

 

[trevor87 5,000+ posts]

This is just a crappy paint image idea i made do you think it would make any diffrence...Nvm ill figure it out later

when i said box size i meant like 0x0x0 ya know like the box measurements