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I think one of my JL's finally blew. I have been looking at replacements and a pair of 12inch Alpine Typr R's are looking kind of good right now. I wish I could go with the MTX 9500 but I don't feel like investing that much in a system. I'm going to have to replace my RF amp too since it doesn't put out nearly enough juice to power two Typr R's. So roughly 1000 watts on two Type R 12's, should make a nice little bumping sound.

 
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you gonna change your username here once you loose your amp?

 
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Type Rs sound pretty good. I don't know what your Rockford amp is putting out, but my friend had two Type Rs hooked up to an audiobahn 800 watt 2 channel amp in his explorer, and they bump a decent amount but not quite to their potential. What JLs did you have?

 
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i got a friend with 2 10" infinity subs and a kicker amp and it POUNDS... more then i liek it sometimes but idk... i know the 2 12" infinity subs wouold rock

 
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Type R Fan... sounds like a good name for yah ricer

Nah i never heard nothing bad about the type r subs, then again arch is the guy to ask about this

 
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type r's are good subs..

but be a man step up.. go withone type R fifteen and let loose some real noise.. that an a hifonics zeus 1000D or 1800D would blow your hatch clean off and you can do it all for about $800 bucks.. that is if you can build your own box..

 
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One Type R 15 would only take around 750 watts RMS (according to Alpine).

Two Type R 12's could handle a 1000 watts and have a lot more cone area.

I'm not seeing how the 15 would win unless I ported the box and played test tones at the tuning frequency of the box.

 
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the type r 12's will handle a bit more power. 2 12's rarely have a real higher spl than 1 15 even though there is more cone area because of the mass moving (at least from what I saw when competeing) let me know if you decide to go with those subs, and I'll check stock for you

 
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The RE subs are looking pretty good now and at least with those I would have a sub that no one else around here would have. I like 2Poor4Z's idea but I might see if I can take it a step further. On my next day off I will do some measuring and see if it would be possible to put two Type R15's in my trunk. They require about 1.3 cubic feet per sub so I figure a little over 3 cubic feet (once you add in sub displacement) would be a decent box. If I don't have enough room I guess I could always throw in some poly fill but I have never heard a box stuffed with poly fill so I have no idea if it will sound good or not.

 
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poly works well, and doing 2 subs in a box you don't need quite as much space as one (figure 1 cu ft a piece if 2 in the box)

 
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Hmm if that is true then I will need around 3.5 cubic ft and I know I cannot get that out of my trunk. Buddy of mine said I should just put them where the back seat was but shaping a box out of MDF like that will not be fun and I do not feel like fiber glassing a box right now. How much of a difference do you think the poly fill will make?

 
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how do you get 3.5 cu ft from 2? 2.5-2.75 should be plenty for them unless going ported

 
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Subs take around 1.3 each and then add 1 cu ft for displacement. That is if I run separate chambers.

 
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why run seperate? If you combine the chambers you'll get a bit more spl

 
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I would advise you to check your wires through & through before making an assumption that they blew. I thought one of my JVL's blew but it was just a wireing problem...
I have 2 JVL 10' in a sub QLogic Bandpass box and a 2 channel kicker impulse AMP. I hit harder than 12's..
Got enough tickets to prove my a$$ so I keep it down some...

Also, I wouldnt listen to that BullSh*t about bridging your AMP, you can overheat the amp..