Carb_Fanatic
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hey
i am looking to buy a new 12" sub, or two, soon. i aint rich by any means and have around 150 to spend.
i will be running the sub(s) off a alpine M500 mono amp giving 500w rms into 2ohm.
at the moment i am considering a brand new alpine type R 12" with the dual voice coils so i can run it at 2ohm and turn the gain down a bit. or i have been offered two fussion 400w max subs for £50. now i can run those in parallel to get the 2ohm.
what ya all think?
any other ideas then please say................. 
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Carb_Fanatic
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anyone?
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dirtydan
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hmm, u should ask to listen to the fussion subs see what u think. All down to personal preferance imo 
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DC
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just remeber if u get 1 dual voice coil sub and ya thinkin of adding another 1 at a later date your better with dual 2 ohm voice coils. We had this discussion bout mine i think,lol.
1 dual 4 ohm sub= 2 or 8 ohms
1 dual 2 ohm sub= 1 or 4 ohms
2 dual 4 ohm subs= 1 or 4 ohms
2 dual 2 ohm subs = 0.5 or 2 ohms
I know you probably knew that but just didnt want u 2 do what ive done n get forced into runnin at 1 ohm, lol.
PS. Nothing against Alpine but i got rid of a Type R for JL W3 and there is no comparison. JL is about £40 more but it shows
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Carb_Fanatic
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ok, cheers.
i am only going to be running one sub for sure, its not about volume for me, i`m a SQ nutter.....lol
i will be running the single with the big power behind it so that nothing will be lacking power at all.
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corsa-sxi
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the Jl sub is £190 and the alpine is about £120, is there really a diff? im thinking of gettting a package of MRDM300 and alpine type R sub
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Carb_Fanatic
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you are get the alpine for 99 now, look for alpha car audio in the back of the mags
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corsa-sxi
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yes but im opting for 12" version
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Carb_Fanatic
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no, the 12 is £99, either of the dual voice coil ones are.... have a look
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corsa-sxi
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inc box?
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TOMAS
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May I recomend a nice JL W3. Well tried and tested, loverly subs however you may just want to click the gain down a touch. Im running two 12" typeR's with two M500's (one hooked to each). When I just run one it sounds loverly, very SQ and just the right level of bass. May I also recomend that if you do choose type R you want a 0.9-1.0 CuFt sealed box, mine are in 0.75's and they are a tad too small and peaky, tried them in many boxes and 1.0 CuFt sounds sweet, just struggle to fit them in my boot with such large boxes....
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