what enclosure did you have it in?
1.0 sealed
you'll have better luck in a ported enclosure, a properly designed one, not a store bought one. I had the newest gen 1000rms type R 12 before, it sounds a lot better when ported. You'll also want to give it the whole 1000 rms. If your underpowering it with, it'll sound sluggish for sure.
Won't a type r in a ported enclosure have even more difficulty keeping up with double bass? Good for hip hop though
Not if it's designed right.
Correct. Ported enclosures are not just super boomy. There are basically infinite ways to design a box; meaning that you can make it sound several different ways. A proper ported enclosure vs. sealed will be much louder. Keep in mind most enclosure theories you hear are meant for home audio, not car audio. Different rules apply.
My type r seemed sluggish with aggressive music. Are you saying it would do better in a properly tuned ported enclosure
Not necessarily in this case. The Type R isn't really known to be an accurate woofer overall.
you need a head unit with time correction. Make sure you have good amount of cross sectional area for the port It raises the F3 of the box and makes it a lot punchier, Keep the enclosure size on the recommended to larger side for efficiency and throw a lot of power to the sub and it'll be slamming while keeping up with everything.
