Customer Ratings & Reviews

Powerful little amp! Gets pretty warm though.....

Okay this is a long review, but i like to study electronics before I buy them so I'm going to try to give a helpful over-all review here for the other people like me. I bought this amp to put in my fiances car. 1992 Toyota Corolla. Between my dad and I, we have owned every model of this Pioneer GM series two channel amp. This is by far the loudest. The wattage ratings for it are definitely accurate. I have it paired with a Pioneer TS-W310S4 (1,400 watts max and 400 rms) running 4 ohms bridged @ 450 watts rms in a vented Belva enclosure. I have installed many stereo systems for family and friends and i am a bit of a car audio enthusiast. This little amp is LOUD. it says it runs 450 watts rms bridged and I know it does every bit of that. I have had Pioneer, Kenwood, and Hifonics amps. I currently have a Hifonics BRX1100.1D running two Kenwood KFC-W3013PS subs running 2 ohms @ 800 watts rms in the back of a 2001 Chevy Impala. This little set up in my fiances car is just as loud as my set up. With the back seat down in her car, its even louder than mine. This amp is very precise and loud with no signal clip or distortion. Beware though, it WILL get hot running it hard for a while. It has no cooling fan. That's why I gave it four stars in some places. I haven't had it kick into protect yet though. Even when it gets hot it doesn't lose power like my Kenwood amp did. I have always been a firm believer in Pioneer products. I replaced all the factory speakers and head unit in both our cars with Pioneer products. Even added some pioneer Tweeters In both cars so the full range would be just as loud as the low frequencies. Over all, you can't go wrong with this amp or any Pioneer products. Sonics low prices and very fast shipping is just icing on the cake.

Good

I bought two of the 12 inch type s subs and am happy with them. They arnt the loudest but are worth the money. Great for someone getting into the sub game

Alpine Subs

Worked great in my application, always have had good experience with Alpine products. The dual voice coil configuration makes it easy to order what you need to run your subs at 2 ohms.

Great sub and great price!

Alpine has never let me down. This subwoofer hits extremely hard. I have one powered by an alpine mrv-m500 wired at 4 ohms in a ported box. The amp is only at the normal output power setting and that's all I need. This sub is a great buy for anyone who wants the perfect amount of bass to not drown out the music completely. Don't get me wrong though, this sub is capable of doing that if you want it to.

Yeaaaaa!

If u know me I like bass! I have 2 of these in the ground shaker 2 12 sqp
Box and it slams. I was surprised cause that's really nota big box. Imagine
A custom box! Other than that I have it hooked up to a brutis 1200 @ 2 ohms. Good subs.

subs

My boyfriend wanted these subs so i decided to buy them fir him hes happy with them

descent!

This speaker was second choice in regards of finding one that had high temp voice coils. I hooked it up to class d autotek1500d and dropped ohms to 1. I broke it in over three weeks and then as soon as she started banging good, it blew. It had great sound but maybe sealed box and hot summer day banging didn't go well? Either way can't really be mad it was good just not good enough for my application. Vented boxes keep speakers cooler just don't have that tight low I like so if you like sealed set up then get something that can handle the heat!

Best subs around for the price

Started with a 10" alpine type E that is now in my girlfriends toyota celica. Bought 2 of these for my car and they sound amazing no matter what style of music im listening to. I couldnt say enough good things about these subs. Extremely satisfied with all alpime products, especially the type S subs.

It Alright

I have owned two of these both have broken on me. Thee first was my fault and the second was a factory issue but would not honor warrenty. They sounded awesome when they worked. I had only one hooked up at a time in a ported box with a alpine mrv500 amp.

bass shaking, hard hitting, deep low traveling bass by far!!!!!

I had just replaced 4 10" orion cobalt subwoofers in a 5 cubic foot box ported at 45hertz. with a sws12d2 subwoofer in a 1.5 cubic foot L vented wedge box tuned at 35.1 hertz. this thing hits as hard as my old 4 orion 10" and hits as low as the 4 10". for the price of this sws you get more then your money's worth!!! this sub slams hard in my hatch back!!! I've been thinking bout getting a sws15d2. don't get me wrong the 12 is loud n hits low. but im a bass head!!!! to the fullest!!!

excellent budget sub

Great service from the guys at sonic electronix as always. Sub is one of the best bangs for the buck. It sounds great paired with my hifonics amp. I can't imagine how it would sound if I built a tuned box

great sub for the price

The sub works great with my 1200 watt pioneer mono amp, and it thumps hard even when not using 100% of its potential. I would recommend a lower wattage amp, because my amp blows out the sub.

great, pretty sub.

this subwoofer is great on my phoenix gold 300.1 at 1 ohm(makes 340 rms at 2 ohms) and it likes high 30 hz to 45hz. recommend to anyone who appreciates sq and a little bump to make your music come alive.

Great subs

where to began.. i have 2 of theese wired in 2 ohms powered by a ZRX1800.1D in a ported box tuned at 35 and it rocks my trunk i have a 1977 chevy caprice so i want 2 more (trunk is big enuff) and the amp can handle 4(so why not if you wanna B herd for a block or 2.. two of these is all you need

Lotta bass, little money

I ordered 2 of these subs for my senior project and boy, i was definitely not disappointed. I built a sealed box to the manufacturers specs and machined it out on a CNC router machine. Whoever said sealed subs don't hit hard definitely hasn't heard these baby's! You can feel the bass in your chest and there's great response with a sealed box with really tight sound. I wired each subs coils in series, to double impedance then parallel together to cut it in half to bring the final impedance to 2 ohms. Im using the hifonics 2000.1D amp tuned to run at 900w rms. These subs really bump for a great price, all the kids say they hear me coming up the school driveway! if you are looking for an ear piercing bass i would build a ported enclosure because im sure these things would perform great in that scenario too. But 2 of these subs in a sealed box tuned to max potential is perfect for what i wanted for daily driving, cant even see out the rearview! these things perform great in a sealed box and have been running cool, they definitely handle the power efficiently. Alpine all the way! i have been recommending the type s's and type r's to all my friends now, these are some of the crispest subs and the tightest bass ive ever heard. I cant speak to the durability because i've only had them for 2 weeks, but after driving for a while i stopped to check how they were doing and the cone wasnt even warm after bumping for hours at 900w between the 2 subs.

Great little amplifier!

This is a great little amplifier. I am using it to drive a a pair of component speakers mounted in the front doors of my vehicle. The speakers are rated at 90w x 2 RMS. I had originally tried to power them with an Alpine MRP-T130 that provided 50w x 2, but at higher levels the amp was entering protection mode. This amp is lightweight, but more than powerful enough at 150w x 2 @ 4Ω. The power easily provides excessively loud levels without any perceived distortion for hours on end. I feel that this product represents the best value of any stereo amplifier in this price segment.

Pros:
- CEA-2006 compliant
- Powerful
- Clean (great for highs or subs)
- Very reputable and experienced brand
- Light (improved gas mileage and performance for vehicle)

Cons:
- No single-band parametric EQ if using for a subwoofer
- No remote bass knob for subwoofer
- No high-pass crossover
- Not 1Ω stable (but you shouldn't expect that in this price range)
- Light (Class AB amps tend to be heavier with greater quality amps, but no problems so far)

Who doesn't like to save money ?

Great products at great prices. Nothing more important to say than that.

Good cheap amp.

Bought this to power my Pioneer TS-SWX2502, 10" sub. Works fanstasic bridged. It gets warm but never hot enough to trip out. Have yet to hear the bass distort/clip, even blasting it as loud as I can stand.

Great amp for the price, it looks well made.

sounds amazing!

had the system installed professionally on my 2013 lancer and it slams coupled together with all other pioneer component speakers and subs. Sonic Electronix has the best price and shipping time and everything was delivered of course perfect condition. I would definitely purchase from here again especially Pioneer the sound quality is amazing!

By ANDREW on May 3, 2015 Verified purchase

Best amp

Best amp you'll ever own . I install it and never had problems , I love pioneer products . 5 star amp

best 12 for the price

I order this sub thinking it be OK till I git a better on but when I built the box for it and got it playing its really loud and clean sounding it sounds good in 1.70 cubic box with 4 in port that a foot long and mount the sub up side down works better btw, but I got told a lot that its loud

By calvin on August 20, 2015 Verified purchase

Great value

Good product low price and fast ship
I love it

Great product

ALPINE is a great product period. Buying a great product at almost half the cost of a retail store makes ur experience even better!

Great sub

For the price, u can't beat this sub. The best bang for your buck

Certified on a Budget

Perfect match for a 10 year old KFC-W3011 sub. The 450w RMS certified pioneer amp has no problem giving life to a 400w RMS Kenwood sub. I even used my multi-meter and a 40Hz test tone along with my excelon head unit and had no problem getting what I wanted out of this amp. The amp is bridged at 4ohms and hits just right for a small car setup. At some point I plan to try this same amp out on a pair of 6x9s. I have no complaints.

Amp

Good price and quality I would recommend this product for the price

Junk Amplifier

Would not recommend to my worse enemy. This is not capable of handling 2 10" sub-woofers at all may handle 1 low powered sub not 2. Lasted less than 2 years had to replace with a better unit and the cost was far more expensive.

By Bill on November 22, 2016 Verified purchase