So ive put together a very clean and simple system for my car and have everything but a Sub. I have Alpine Comps for the front, Alpine 6 x 9's in the rear and I have an Alpine PDX-5 to power them plus the sub. The amp is rated at 75 x 4 + 300 x 1 (Birthsheet says 104 x 4 and 374 x 1) I Wanted an Alpine Type-R 12" (Alpine's site says RMS power range is between 200W and 500W) but I was told the sub would be Underpowered by the PDX-5 and I should go with the Type-S 12" (RMS range between 50W and 300W) as it would be more efficient and would sound better. My question is will this Amp push the Type-R or should I get the the Type-S? My other option, although its a little more $$ is to go with a 12W3V3. Any comments would be helpful, thanks.

 

If your never going to run more then 300W (I assume your amp is rated in Wrms) I would get the type S. No point in paying more for what your never going to use.

 

In that power range I would look at a pair of the JL 10W0 V2s....they are priced around the $100 mark these days and if you have the space for a pair they would do a nice job on that amp......

My $0.02 worth.....

 

Thanks for the suggestions, I actually considered doing the 2 10's and looked at the 10w0v2's. Since I plan on going with a sealed box, the box for the 10's wont be all that big either since it would only be 1.3 cu.ft for both. The Type-S 12" calls for 1.25 cu.ft. Will I notice a difference in sound spending a little extra and moving up to the w1's? although im really not a fan of the silver colour. I had 2 12W1's in my CRX back in the early 90's with a 200w Audio Art amp running them and they sounded awesome so im sure the W0's will sound great as well.

 

If you are only feeding them 300W I wouldn't bother with the W1s....the W0s are very efficient speakers and that 300W is an ideal amount of power for 2 of them.....

 

Thanks, I ordered 2 10w0v2's today on my way home from work. Will be getting them tomorrow

 

If you can give them each 1cuft each (sealed or ported at 32hz) you will be very happy with those speakers....