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12 alpine type r vs cerwin vega vmax


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eric21 
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I have an crew cab pickup truck and wanted to have some opinions as to which sub would produce better low end output for daily driving.  I will be making a 4 - 12" box which will be ported with 2cu.ft. per woofer with 750watts per woofer (i know this is slightly above their power handling).

So what do you think, the Alpine type R or the Cerwin Vega - VMAX?

Any and all opinions are appreciated,

Thanks

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The Type-Rs do well ported.  What frequency do you plan to tune to?  2cuft net or gross?
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eric21 
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I was going to tune the ports to about 32-33 hertz and my air space would be 2 cu.ft. after woofer and port displacement.

Every woofer setup that i've ever had has been turned fairly high because I try to cram in too many speakers, so now i'm just looking for low deep bass (not concerned with what it hits on the meter).

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That should work just fine with the Alpines. 
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eric21 
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Thanks man, they do look good.

Anybody else have any opinions on either of these 2 subs or a preference?

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i haven't had much listening time with type R's but we just did 2 cars with the cerwin vega Vmax subs and they slam pretty hard. nice deep bass too. for the price they are a good deal but so are the type r subs. i really dont think you can go wrong with either of those 2 subs.
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The Type R will hit lower, the Cerwin Vega higher and louder.  The CV better for real music......but having said that I don't sell them anymore.
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lspker wrote:
The Type R will hit lower, the Cerwin Vega higher and louder.  The CV better for real music......but having said that I don't sell them anymore.

Very similar subs.  Looks like both companies had peaky ported subs in mind, much the Kicker L5 and L7s. 

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eric21 
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Thanks for all the replies, i've decided on the 4 - 12" alpine type R's because i've heard people say they can take more abuse and play lower.

As far as the box goes, I was messing around with some calculators and I came up with a 8 cu.ft. box net with 4 - 4" aeroports 14" long turned to 32hertz (I would prefer areoports from listening to other systems).

I'm not sure if I should put the ports on the top of the box or on the front of the box on the same face as the woofers. As I mentioned before this is going in a crew cab with the woofers firing foward.

Lets hear some opinions on my box design (will it sound ok? or do you have any other ideas)

Thanks so much!


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