My best upgrade ever., i you own an alpine you need this Options

[njccmd2002]

makes a great improvement, wow, so good that im tossing the box out. I mean is not a lot ob bass, but i just grew out the subs...

[chacha]

enlighten me on this....we don't need the sub if we have this...how to install?

[zonz540]

Ive put those in TONS of installs ive done... Its worth the $100 if you run off of the stereo. Theyre a baby PDX amp and sound super clean.
What kind of speakers are you running?

This post has been edited by zonz540: Sep 28, 2011 - 11:04 PM

[njccmd2002]

my whole system is alpine now, but im running the blue boxed speakers,type s, i need the red boxed ones, type r.

I used a sub to give it a little more power. but this little pre amp gives me the juice ans clarity i need.

By no way its going to replace a sub. Just happens I like the way this soounds better.

If you look closely i have the center speaker from alpine too under my stereo.

If you are a bass guy, like boom, boom, boom, this is not the way to go. But It got to the point that i felt embarrassed of a 12 inch sub box in the trunk, and having no trunk space.

now, i dont need it anymore... for 125, you cannot ask for more.

[chacha]

can you use this with other brand stereo or must it be alpine to alpine product?

[zonz540]

You can cut the harness off of the ends of the amp on both sides, ive put them in boats and what not with decks that werent alpine. All it is is a high level input that uses the 12v (+) to power the high efficiency amplifier. It voids the warranty, but they are a solid design and ive never had a problem with any of them or even my PDX amp. I recommend them to anyone, theyre excellent.


njccmd2002, the type-r's will need an amp with an actual power cable from the battery to give you the "bump" youre looking for... Theyre not as efficient as the type-s speakers. I have the type-x pros run active and biamped at 300 w/channel. They want more... I think that youll want to run them AT recommended RMS or slightly above to get the results youre looking for. As you go up the ladder on Alpine drivers, they get to want more and more power for any amount of sound. I lost about 10 dB when i went from a 4 channel Infinity setup to a 2 channel Alpine setup.
Honestly, ive had better results with Infinity Kappa components. The woven glass cones are stiff and light. They give tight bass response on Alpine decks (I run Pioneer, theyre cleaner, but the bass is cut to 1/3 of my original Alpine). They are also a 2 ohm voice coil, so they will run okay with your current setup at ~50 watts RMS. If you step it up, i ran 140 RMS to them and they can really rock. Sadly, i like the Kappas more than my current setup, but the Type-X is a cleaner driver with an audiophile grade scanspeak tweeter. I cant say enough about the Kappas. Id do them over the Type-R's any day of the week.

[SupraKid]

needs moar subz

[njccmd2002]

needs moar subz

im too old for subs.

zonz540, that was long, but im ok with what i have.... no more audio upgrades...

[Spree]

Cool. I like.

Although you are never too old for subs. That sort of talk leads to the dark side. Get an under seat sub!

This post has been edited by Spree: Oct 17, 2011 - 7:02 AM