Type X Subs
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Topic: Type X Subs
Posted By: boostedcivic
Subject: Type X Subs
Date Posted: November 05, 2004 at 2:55 PM
Has any one worked with the Alpine Type X subs, How do they sound? Thanks, Jason
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Posted By: lathan
Date Posted: November 05, 2004 at 10:51 PM
just got a pair of the 15's. Im absolutley in love with them! for the money, its like if u cant afford jl they are the nest best thing, but thats just my oppinion. I have them hooked into my alpine 1507 amps bridged getting about 900 rms each in my 94 deville. couldnt be happier. good luck and peace
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Lathan Hites
"I'm sorry, without a credit card I'll be requiring a stool sample"
Posted By: boostedcivic
Date Posted: November 05, 2004 at 11:02 PM
Cool cause i've been contimplatin weather or not to buy them Thanks, Jason
Posted By: spootydlux4
Date Posted: November 05, 2004 at 11:07 PM
my friend had 2 type X 10"s in his truck without about 500rms to each and they were loud as hell the first day he got em, i havent heard since he broke them in though. but ive heard that the first batch made had bad voicecoils but they ahave put new and better voicecoils in them now and are supposed to sound even better.
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Posted By: Alpine Guy
Date Posted: November 06, 2004 at 11:32 AM
lathan wrote:
just got a pair of the 15's. Im absolutley in love with them! for the money, its like if u cant afford jl they are the nest best thing, but thats just my oppinion. I have them hooked into my alpine 1507 amps bridged getting about 900 rms each in my 94 deville. couldnt be happier. good luck and peace
You must be thinking of the type-r's, , cuz there is no type-x 15 ------------- 2003 Chevy Avalanche,Eclipse CD7000,Morel Elate 5,Adire Extremis,Alpine PDX-4.150, 15" TC-3000, 2 Alpine PDX-1.1000, 470Amp HO Alt.
Posted By: boostedcivic
Date Posted: November 07, 2004 at 12:28 AM
Thanks guys I am going to purchase two of the 12" versions and run them on an MRD1001 Thanks,Jason
Posted By: jeffchilcott
Date Posted: November 07, 2004 at 12:42 AM
not to make fun, but i had a guy come in and tell me he just just sold his old sub and was looking for new one's He told me he had JL 15 W7's when i told him that jl didnt make a 15w7 only a 13.5 w7 he told me JL made them for him custom for $800 a piece and they were stolen from his truck...He ended up leaveing and last I heard he was running 2 lightning audio 12's from walmart. haha
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Posted By: Alpine Guy
Date Posted: November 07, 2004 at 4:18 PM
boostedcivic wrote:
Thanks guys I am going to purchase two of the 12" versions and run them on an MRD1001 Thanks,Jason
Your going to have to look into a different amp set up with those subs. The mrd-m1001 isn't capable of putting out the full 1000wrms because the 2 subs can only be wired to 1 ohm or 4 ohm. The 1001 dosn't go down to 1 ohm, so you would be running the amp at 4 ohm resulting in 250wrms per sub. You could look at 2 mrd-m501 's , or a JBL BPX1100.1 or the BPX2200.1 but its a very powerful amp. Definately try to get 500-1000 rms to each sub. I would reccomend 750rms to be the best. ------------- 2003 Chevy Avalanche,Eclipse CD7000,Morel Elate 5,Adire Extremis,Alpine PDX-4.150, 15" TC-3000, 2 Alpine PDX-1.1000, 470Amp HO Alt.
Posted By: tnelson
Date Posted: November 07, 2004 at 10:55 PM
I just got a pair of type x 12s and a pair of alpine mrd 1001s. Right now I just have one installed..and I must say..it's very nice... I few pics... I havn't added them to my page yet www.xfortress.net/blazer.php
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Posted By: tnelson
Date Posted: November 07, 2004 at 10:58 PM
I hate to double post.. but Jason.. I wouldn't run two type x's on one mrd 1001.. get two mrd's..pretty much what alpineguy said
Posted By: lathan
Date Posted: November 09, 2004 at 11:43 AM
my god guys im slippin, i meant 12's...lol really. musta been tired. geez. sorry
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Lathan Hites
"I'm sorry, without a credit card I'll be requiring a stool sample"
Posted By: pacojoebob
Date Posted: November 12, 2004 at 7:29 PM
hey he said he got a pair of those amps
Posted By: Alpine Guy
Date Posted: November 12, 2004 at 7:31 PM
sweet, ,make shure he gets it all set up properly, he's playing wit alota power there,, a messed up gain setting will most likely end up in some smoked subs.
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2003 Chevy Avalanche,Eclipse CD7000,Morel Elate 5,Adire Extremis,Alpine PDX-4.150, 15" TC-3000, 2 Alpine PDX-1.1000, 470Amp HO Alt.
Posted By: stavy customs1
Date Posted: November 13, 2004 at 12:50 AM
jeffchilcott wrote:
not to make fun, but i had a guy come in and tell me he just just sold his old sub and was looking for new one's He told me he had JL 15 W7's when i told him that jl didnt make a 15w7 only a 13.5 w7 he told me JL made them for him custom for $800 a piece and they were stolen from his truck...He ended up leaveing and last I heard he was running 2 lightning audio 12's from walmart. haha
HAHA we have kids like that at best buy though they dont buy there stuff from walmart. I know this one kid is ALWAYS In best buy telling me how hes been at frys pricing l7's or w7's and i remember i asked him what he was running in his car one time and he told me he was running 3 12s with a 1000w amp. Im like what brand are they. Hes like "Kinwood" there a rip off of kenwood and they sound so bad ass i almost peed in my pants from laughing so hard. ------------- Best Buy Installer
Posted By: lathan
Date Posted: November 13, 2004 at 12:21 PM
yea I install at best buy too, and all the little punk kids working there will surely drive u crazy. Like this one kid who truly believes he wants to run some 12's for mid's... They just get more rediculous every day.
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Lathan Hites
"I'm sorry, without a credit card I'll be requiring a stool sample"
Posted By: tnelson
Date Posted: November 13, 2004 at 5:42 PM
the vent on my type x's box puts out my air than my ac vents :) I'm considering running ac ducts from my sub box vents to my dash:)
Posted By: boostedcivic
Date Posted: November 13, 2004 at 8:46 PM
Thanks guys i think runnin two mrd's is gonna sound great, thanks, jason
Posted By: tnelson
Date Posted: November 13, 2004 at 9:06 PM
Yes.. it will ..I'm currently running two mrds with two type x 12s. It sounds great..and is well over more than I needed.
Posted By: boostedcivic
Date Posted: November 13, 2004 at 11:04 PM
it is gonna be awesome. has anyone worked with a streetwires cap, cause with that amount of power i know iam going to have to run a couple. If not streetwires its ok just anything reliable. I plan on running 1/0 gauge to a dis block and from there 4 gauge to the 2 amps. Thanks, Jason
Posted By: uthinkuknoaudio
Date Posted: November 13, 2004 at 11:40 PM
Everyone has their opinion, and here is mine. I guess i like the type x's, but i think they require too much power to sound good. When i put 750 W of Memphis power into one of them it sounded decent ( i am an SQ critic ) but when i put 1000 W of US amps power into it, it was music to my ears. Give the X's clean power and they will rock. That is the only beef i got with them ... other than that they are good.
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"I don't play games. I play Nakamichi and that for real yo" - Probably some japanese kid said this in the early 80's trying to sell stereo out of his trunk lol.
Posted By: tnelson
Date Posted: November 14, 2004 at 7:33 AM
boostedcivic,,i'm currently running no cap though I need one. I'm running 1/0 gauge from batt to rear mounted distro block and 4 gauge from the block to amps as well. That sub/amp combo will show you dash battery gauge how to bounce :) I'm going to upgrade my alternator and batt this week. I'm thinking of getting an optima yellow top.,
uthinkuknoaudio, agreed..they do NEED there power. I'm suprised they didn't hit with 750 however.
This may be a dumb question.. but keep in mind i'm not mr audio know it all.. How can I tell if my sub is pulling a 4 or 2 ohm load. My subs are dvc,, but I think the way I have the vc's wired they are running in 4ohm because it's like 2 subs wired in parellel. The terminals on my sub are like one terminal that powers both vcs.. know what i'm talking about?
Posted By: uthinkuknoaudio
Date Posted: November 14, 2004 at 9:17 AM
It all depends on your wiring ... but definitely go with the optima yellow top. I have one and it is great. tony ------------- "I don't play games. I play Nakamichi and that for real yo" - Probably some japanese kid said this in the early 80's trying to sell stereo out of his trunk lol.
Posted By: tnelson
Date Posted: November 14, 2004 at 10:10 AM
yah..that's what i'm getting..so to wire my sub to run 2 ohm..do I need to wire my vc's in series?
Posted By: tnelson
Date Posted: November 14, 2004 at 10:15 AM
ok..I just looked at my wiring and compared it with the "wiring a dvc sub for a 2ohm load" diagram on mtx's site..and it's currently wired like that..both + terminals to amp and both - terminals to amp
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