12 alpine type r vs cerwin vega vmax

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Topic: 12 alpine type r vs cerwin vega vmax

Posted By: eric21
Subject: 12 alpine type r vs cerwin vega vmax
Date Posted: August 11, 2009 at 8:20 AM

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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Posted By: jimi77
Date Posted: August 11, 2009 at 8:25 AM

The Type-Rs do well ported. What frequency do you plan to tune to? 2cuft net or gross?

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Posted By: eric21
Date Posted: August 11, 2009 at 8:34 AM

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).

Thanks

Posted By: jimi77
Date Posted: August 11, 2009 at 1:22 PM

That should work just fine with the Alpines.

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Posted By: eric21
Date Posted: August 11, 2009 at 3:25 PM

Thanks man, they do look good.

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

Posted By: soundnsecurity
Date Posted: August 11, 2009 at 5:54 PM

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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Posted By: lspker
Date Posted: August 11, 2009 at 9:46 PM

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.

Posted By: jimi77
Date Posted: August 12, 2009 at 12:12 AM

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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Posted By: eric21
Date Posted: August 12, 2009 at 12:54 PM

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!