LOUD and DEEP BASS. Reasonably priced. Nice looks.

Had to sell them when I got my new car because they wouldn't fit.

I am a huge fan of alpine equipment and these subs only reaffirm my appreciation for high end car audio equipment. These subs were so loud and hit so hard they blew out my brake lights and destroyed my trunk seal. That pretty much says it all. I ran one apline MRD-500 amp to each sub in a custom ported box.

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I only use Alpine and Infiniti.

In response to all the retarded reviews, HEAVY IS GOOD. The heavier the sub, the bigger the magnet, the more power handling it has, the better it sounds. this sub is very heavy

sound quality does not match JL.

This is a review for the R 15 since there is no category for it. This sub is very very tough. It can handle whatever you throw at it with zero distortion. I have a JL 500/1 running to it at 2ohms and it performs beautifully with everything I throw at it. I can sit in my driveway for hours getting a back massage. It feels like my nose is going to fall off and I'm going to throw up after a while. The SQ is very high on this sub as well. It has the finesse to round out any classical or light guitar music without being obtrusive. This sub will handle up to and including 1000 watts rms. Very durable construction.

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JL 15w6. (was not nearly as loud)

power handling and effiency, everything is good so far as i see

none yet

Its in the box design and setup that depends on the loudness of a sub. I run in DB Drag, and was all memphis, now switching to Alpine for '04 season. Gonna put some good numbers up for them hopefully to prove these subs can do the job if you know what you are doing. I am gonna run 4 swr-1241d subs along with 4 mrd-m500 accuclassD amps running them to the max. I built a custom quad port vented box with 4 separate chambers with 1.41 cubic feet per chamber. Its going in my 2002 s10 extreme in the ext cab, which is custom fit to fill the whole ext cab part. In a month or so after completing the interior layout, with have some spl results and hopefully with be in the 150's db after some fine tuning. Alpine is gonna right in the spl someday with everyone else.

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memphis hp 124d

Nice looks Good sq Affordable DVC

None, and people quit whining about them being heavy. Grow some muscles. They might weigh 15 lbs. I mean come on.

I bought 3 of the 1241d's for my standard cab f-150 and put them in a sealed box. The only problem is that the box i used only had about .67 cu feet per sub. So even with the MTX 81000d amp pushing 400 watts rms @ 2.3 ohms to each sub, they sound nothing like they should. I just finished a box that takes up the entire area behind my seat and gives them almost 1 cu foot per sub. I hope this will make all the difference in the world. But as it is they hit hard as hell but just will not hit the lows in that small of box, which i dont know any sub that can. So if you get these go with at least .9 cu feet per sub. I learned that it is the box that makes the sub.

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Audiobahn 1205x

looks pretty nice, pretty cheap, good lows

spl

I really dont think these subs are that bad, i think for the price they're actually pretty good. I thought the sq was as good as my w3's but nearly as loud. They can be found for pretty good prices. If people are looking at selections and subs in the Circu%t Ci^y level, theyre better than the polk momo and on the same level as an mtx 8000. sure better subs can be found and for probably less, but there pretty good subs. Not an spl champ by any means , would reccommend for sq

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basically evrtyhing

Cheap middle of the road sub.

Power hungry, Sound Q middle of the road at best

Cheesy sub that alpine wants to put into the sound Q arena. It's a decent sounding sub but not as great as your everday joe says they are. They can hit well but you won't be puttin up some major spl numbers without plenty of subs(15+) with plenty of amps.

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jl, focal, dyn, ads, image dynamics

EVERYTHING!!!!!!!!!!

Never knew there was any..........

I Have Two Alpine 15" Type R's and im Putting 1200Watts RMS into One With an MTX Thunder1000D Amp. All i have to say is that these subs would make the trunk fly off if i faced them back, but had to face them out to the backseat....Oh wells, The bass is enough to blow up your head, and i'd say im getting about 174db's!

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Nothing

Underrated, small enclosures, dual 4 ohm, nomex spider, kevlar cone, and they look sweet.

weak tinsel leads on the old style type r's

Holy Sh*t. Alpine knows how to make a sub! I am running a pair of the 1241's off a JBL BP1200.1 mono amp and it is loud. These subs wrecked my trunk lid, it bulged up in the middle of a 95 grand prix 2 dr. These subs are quick hitters too, i can listen to Fear Factory in mono and still hear every drum beat. The only problem I've had w/ them was when I had the 1240's, all 8 tinsel leads snapped and I had to get them replaced w/ the 1241's which have the tinsel lead in the spider. Luckily Ike Sound sent me these free even a month after my warranty was up. Plus they're sellin these for $129 a piece. I would definitely recommend.

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Pioneer, Punch HE2's, JL W6 (also a baaaad a** sub)

they are the sh!t

lifting these heavy ass subs made me stronger i can bench almost 1000lbs now

im deaf now because of these subs

Looks and SQ and its cheap if u find it at the right store.

Doesn't hit the lows as good I thought.

I purchased one 12" Type R and a MRD-M300 that pushed 340.5 watts into the sub. I have the sub in a 1.5 cu. ft. ported encloser and I think I'm gona put it in a sealed encloser. Its in a extended cab truck so I thought ported would be the way to go but it just won't hit the lows in the ported box. Other than that the sub looks and sounds great. I have never seen a sub that looked as good as this one.

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Pioneer SUX, Now my entire system is alpine, from the cd player to the componets, amps, subwoofer.