Only the brand new ones are 600W RMS.

 

the old type r's are still good. I've heard the type r is the "spl" sub in alpines line up though the type x has more power handling. if you can fit a 12'' I'd say for for that, but if not then a 10'' I guess will do well. I will say that I have seen the lower end kicker subs get pretty loud, but they sound like crap sometimes. do the type r, with the proper box it should do just fine. just be sure to protect the cone with some kind of grill

 

im running 4 type R. last years model. i hit 134.9 with a box ported way to high. no dedener. stock headunit and 2 stereo amps i could not match together right. id ray with a good monoblock stable at 1 ohm proper port. new headunit. hope i will get to around 145 ish.

 

alpine type r's are great woofers for the price you can find them on ebay, and will take more than rated power, hwen used properly

 

Alright well I just picked one of the new models up today, can't wait to hear it once its broken in. How long should I break it in for? and how many watts should I put through it? Or is there a special frequency or something I can play for a couple hours to speed up the process?

 

25hz-45hz sweeps work well. dont play it anymore than 3/4 volume

 

Alright. I ran it at that for about an hour and a half. Should that be good? or is there a safer time I should be doing that for?

-thanks, and sorry about the newby questions

 

hey man good to see your using alpine type R's but with four of them you could easy do a 150db just have to put power to it i had a friend running 2 12" alpine type R's on a bassworx3000.1D amp and was hitting a 149.7 db in his civic so yeah if your running four and change somethings around your going to be nice and loud

 

I've put a few single Type R's in a few peoples cars, all were 12's though. 600 watts sealed in the one car pounded pretty good and another guy had 600 watts to a ported box and he seemed really pleased.

 

as of all speakers i run i break it in for minimum 40hrs...