Dont over power them with 1000watts ,250 should keep them happy

none yet.

This sub is very good for the money. There are other subs out there that could spank this sub for cheaper, but if you like alpine then go ahead an buy a couple of them. Like i did.These are not competition grade subs so dont think theyll beat that guy with a w7... (which i think is a waste of money)

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Nice SQ and pretty good volume level for the average listener if fully powered. For the price it is an awsome sub...enough said

sound like crap underpowered.

Okay I thought these subs kinda sucked when I heard them in my friends car because he was running a boss war 1400 watt amp to them...Then we hooked my eclipse 34230 up to them...he...he...he Dang...there was a huge difference in clearity and volume. Why?? his amps reall rated power probably sucks becase it is a boss and boss sucks.... just like power acoustik and most other budget brands. This amp cost me 350 dollars.Why? because it puts out real power....Yea it isnt the best amp designed to bump (its def no crossfire) but it still is raelly nice. These alpines fully powered sound nice for just regular listening. It isnt anything that would mess you up if you were in the car though. My JLw6v2's are designed for that. I have a crossfire 1000D running to those parallel. I hit 149.5 db's last night on the dash. Most subs are blown because they are underpowered and as soon as we dished out a full 500 watts to these (-amp puts out 550 peak per channel @ 4 ohms-)they sounded much better.

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value for money [i paid 160 australian dollars], look pretty cool, a good first sub considering the price, but if u get a sub, ur serious about sound, so fork out a bit extra and get something decent [focal, mb quart, boston acoustics].

sound crap and distort at what i would call short of loud.

if ur serious about ur car system forget i have a general rule that u should forget about japanese speakers and this is definitlely the case with the alpine s12. i ran two of them off a soundstream reference class 5 amp [which is a seriously mad amp] and the subs sucked serious arse. the bass is hollow and muddy [rather than sounding 'bup bup' it sounds 'booowwww ooowwww']and hence sounds terrible on any sort of music that has fairly active base lines - ie r n b, soul, whatever. furthermore, u cant really crank these too loud either cos they distort terribly. i replaced these pieces of junk with a couple of orion amps which are run at 2 ohm rather than 4 ohm like the s12 and the improvement is incredible. just a quick note, im still of the opinion that alpine make some of the best head units going round. im currently using the CDM 7861R and im very satisfied

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gooood for money and for music

not really for competion but can b dun get me wrong

Hi....my friend has a Alpine Type S and i gotta say for the money it sounds dang good. Alpine has proven it self for years I SWEAR on ther head units, no doubt i like ther head units the best, but ill b pushing 2 Power Acoustik MOFO 12's with a MA Audio Hard Kore 4400 Watt amp it will slam. Place another note on her if u dun think so but i think it will. But the type Sfor the money is relly a good n solid amp. By tha way i woodnt listen to Ryan because he said Phoenix Gold was the shiz....the Type R or S wil lsend it to town with a whipped butt and he ran it on a 4- channel amp and prolly dogged it and ondered y it busted....but if u think im wrong take a trip down to Beaumont Tx 2 hrs from louisana in a couple weeks and let my MOFO's dominate ya and for those phoenix gold's my bud's Type S will handle them for me..I'm starting to sell sub's jus e-mail me at Steed805@hotmail.com and ill hook u up for REALLY cheap Rockford MA Alpine Pioneer and MANY MANY more almost any kind u want. jus e-mail me.

Clean sounding, versatile

none yet...

I am running this sub off a weak amp and it sounds huge. If you are looking for a musical sub than this is what you need. Kicks hard for rap and other heavy stuff too... I have a small car and it fills it well.

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sound good good looks

power handling c'mon guys get to the 1000wat RMS

not bad sounding subs but my JL W7 destroys these subs i was powering 2 12" subs with a Power Acoustiks 3000watt class D amp with the gain down to 0 still sounded good quite good infact but no where close to the JL quality JL OWNS ALL OTHERS oh and Phoenix golds are terrible dont waste your time

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None...even when mine wasnt blown, the bass coming out was comparable to a decent set of component speakers

Everything. Weak bass, fragile Coil...

Garbage! This sub is trash and I will defend that to the death. I have 1 SWS-1240 12" Alpine, with an AG360 4 channel Zapco powering it. I have blown this sub TWICE! The sad part is, my gain and bass boost on my amp were almost at zero the second time. The VoiceCoil on this sub stretches SOO easily. My buddy with a 12" PhoenixGold and a 2 channel PhoenixGold amp KILLS my setup with bass. My amp is killer, but the sub I sadly put on it is trash...honestly, go get a PG or Rockford Fosgate....Alpine subs are trash!

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Hard thump. Clean sound. Push plugs. Kevlar cone. Not over rated for sales gimmicks like other subs.

Needs more definition in the upper bass region (I know its a sub but I like them crossed higher 120-160HZ)

I high sound quality sub. The sub cone is made of paper coated with Kevlar. This leads to it nearly belting out bass. I compared this sub to my older Pioneers. On tracks that go LOW the Alpine takes the Pioneer apart! Low frequency stuff you did not hear normally would come to life with this Alpine. This sub is rated at 200W and I suggest you fead it ATLEAST that. Im currently pumping 160W into it and its begging for more! This is not a sub for thosewho like LOUD bass. Its a musical sub to please those who can ick the finie differences in the bass lines and like a HARD thump as well.

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Powerful.

Big boxes can be a pian

I got the 15inch alpine type-r sub in a 7cb foot box. I must say I'm very pleaseed with this sub i've experimented with lots of subs and this one can delivery a much more powerful punch than 2 12's.

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stylish,great for the price, more bass the the kickers i heard

None zip the best subs i heard

I have two alpine type s subs in my 1992 pontiac bonneville se with a 1000 wat kenwood amp and damn those subs hit hard as hell when my buddy who was installing it went for a test drive while i was cleaning up the intall stuff was at the stop sign 6 houses down i could still fell the bass so i recomend you all to get two or more of these.

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