Reviews/help on s12L5

**Maki** · March 10th, 2003 10:43 AM

gamit ako now s12l5 powered by old alpine na amp yung black na DUO B circuit, 150x2rms, not bridged kasi dapat 2 amp na black alpine gagmtin ko kaya 4ohmdvc binili ko na sub, pero naka stereo lang sa isang amp parang pumipitikpitik na yung sub, i tried using 2 amps on it mukhang bibigay na yung sub...kala ko 600wrms rated tong s12l5? mataas pa naman expectations ko dito, gamit ko aksi dato 2 12inch na kicker competition c12a, powered by these 2 amps and ok naman...=)

opinions namna tungkol sa s12l5...

btw tama lahat ng wiring and gain settings ng amp (magkapareho and 3-1 ratio.) installer din kasi ako =) hehehehe hindi lang tlga ako satisfoed dun sa sub....btw 2.5 cuft. yung box +port...to spec sa kciker...pero yung port hinabaan ko para maging 35hz yung tuning...(slotted ports)

**looney_loey** · March 10th, 2003 06:57 PM

maki, did you tried using an amp na mataas if not ka match niya in power ratings baka gumanda siya like the KX600.1 or the LA Strike S2.600.2 or the likes... :D

**Maki** · March 11th, 2003 08:50 AM

haven't tried using other amps na kapareho rating...alam ko lang kasi underrrated tong mga alpine na to... kaya nde lang 150rmsx2 lang output nito, pero nde ko expect ganun kalakas na kaya ma drive ng sagad yung s12L5, i tried yung rf punch 50ix ko dito and punch 75 hd, (rated 50x2 and 75x2 respectively)ok tunog pero not as loud..nde niya nasasagad yung sub so nde pumipitik...=)yung punch 75hd very clean amp...but yung old alpine cleaner amp! hehehehe mataas yung rail voltage kaya malaki yung headroom kaya malinis 2munog heheh kaya i know nde nagcliclip yung amp...sub lang tlga bumibigay... tnx sa rep

btw yung black alpine amp 300x1 bridged so nung 2 ginamit ko na amp, in PAPER magkarating cla....tnx

**IMm29** · March 12th, 2003 04:41 PM

o nga, supposedly 600w yung RMS ng S12L5. RMS pa lang, so dapat me headroom pa yang sub. gusto mong i-test sa KX800.4 ko?

actually, kung KX800.4 ko naman nakakabit sa 10w3v2. if figures are to be believed, it's 400w RMS mono bridged sa amp vs. 300w RMS sa sub, so on louder and harder beats (like joe's i wanna know), napapapitik ko yung sub. right now, i'm trying it in stereo and ok naman, so i'm thinking about wiring the dvc in stereo.

**rain18** · March 12th, 2003 09:28 PM

ang S12L5 ratings: 50-600watts RMS. so if you feed it with 600 w RMS, medyo maxed out na sya.

http://www.crutchfield.com/cgi-bin/S-cptCDYOFdzJ/ProdView.asp?s=0&c=10&g=67700&I=2062S1 2L5&o=m&a=0&cc=01

**cardsVR** · March 12th, 2003 10:16 PM

i think 600w fits the bill like looney_loey's suggestion. ang mahirap kung near or exact or excess of its total peak power of 1200w.

**Maki** · March 12th, 2003 10:44 PM

oo nga eh...kahit ako nde ako naniwala nung 300wrms lang pinasok ko sa sub parang may pumipitik na...to think na malinis pa 2munog yung alpine na yun...(alpine black series duo b circuit 3544) bass cd pala pang test ko...=)

IMm29
pre tnx sa offer=)
san ka located? taga san juan kasi ako...eheheh gus2 ko din try...

**cardsVR** · March 13th, 2003 12:07 AM

Maki, ano yun specs ng amp mo? is it 300w x 1 at 2 ohms when bridged?

**IMm29** · March 13th, 2003 10:21 AM

Originally Posted by rain18

ang S12L5 ratings: 50-600watts RMS. so if you feed it with 600 w RMS, medyo maxed out na sya.

http://www.crutchfield.com/cgi-bin/S-cptCDYOFdzJ/ProdView.asp?s=0&c=10&g=67700&I=2062S1 2L5&o=m&a=0&cc=01

Teka pre, d ba matched dapat ang amp na 600w RMS and output sa sub na 600w RMS ang power handling, since pareho naman silang RMS?

Maki,
Alabang ako pre. Meet tayo in between minsan.

**Maki** · March 13th, 2003 04:34 PM

IMm29
cge ba =) layo ka din pala...=)

amp ko is 300wrmsx1 at 4ohms, so plano ko kasi dati 2 amp gagamitin ko (2 pareho na alpine 3544) kaya dual 4ohm ginamit ko...tapos una try ko gamit one amp lang na naka stereo kasi til 4ohms bridged lang kaya ng amp ko...pero parang pumipitik na yung sub and may distortion, kala ko nagididstort na yung amp...kaya try ko gamitin yung 2amp setup na plano ko tlga...pero parang umaabot na sa mechanical limits yung sub and pumipitik and may distortion din...heheehhe

btw nakita din ng frend ko na may s12L7d2 naman na unang model...gamit niya orion hcca225 to power the sub at 1ohm mono (at 1 ohm 400x1 ang rating ng orion,but i doubt na yun lang output power nun...hehehe mga arn 500 or 700 cguro...) sabi niya sa akin never daw niya nakita yung sub niya na ganun kalaki excursion....hmmmmm