Best Sub for my Amp Help
05-12-2009, 05:10 PM
#1
Best Sub for my Amp Help
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 $$ is to go with a 12W3V3.
Any comments would be helpful, thanks.
Any comments would be helpful, thanks.
05-12-2009, 08:36 PM
#3
So ive put together a very clean and simple system for my car and have everything but a Sub. I have Alpine Comps for the front, Alpine 6 x 9's in the rear and I have an Alpine PDX-5 to power them plus the sub. The amp is rated at 75 x 4 + 300 x 1 (Birthsheet says 104 x 4 and 374 x 1) I Wanted an Alpine Type-R 12" (Alpine's site says RMS power range is between 200W and 500W) but I was told the sub would be Underpowered by the PDX-5 and I should go with the Type-S 12" (RMS range between 50W and 300W) as it would be more efficient and would sound better. My question is will this Amp push the Type-R or should I get the the Type-S? My other option, although its a little more $$ is to go with a 12W3V3. Any comments would be helpful, thanks.
Any comments would be helpful, thanks.
My $0.02 worth.....
05-13-2009, 05:38 PM
#4
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.
05-13-2009, 09:35 PM
#5
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.
05-14-2009, 03:34 PM
#6
05-14-2009, 08:28 PM
#7
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
jonny
General Discussion
37
05-16-2006 05:26 PM
GhettoStudMuffin
General SQ
1
04-23-2005 07:19 AM
