With so many car speakers available in today’s marketplace, you might feel completely overwhelmed trying to narrow down your choices. A quality, yet affordable, lineup of speakers from Alpine is the Type-S, designed to be a budget-friendly upgrade.
Overall, the Alpine Type-S speakers provide a great sounding speaker at a competitive price and are ideal as an OEM upgrade since they come in a variety of sizes. Best of all, they can run off the factory head unit.
The entire lineup of Type-S speakers have 4-ohm impedance and shallow mounting design for easy installation. Each speaker cone is constructed from tuned poly/mica for faster energy transfer and clarity. Naturally there is a rubber surround on each woofer, while the magnet comes from high grade strontium.
Each set also features silk dome swivel tweeters, which can swivel up to 10 degrees so you can adjust them for optimum listening position. The tweeters come equipped a neodymium magnet.
For the price, the Alpine Type-S lineup are midrange offerings that perform really well, even if you’re using a factory head unit. They don’t require a lot of power to sound great, which is ideal for car owners who are looking for an upgrade that doesn’t require a full custom stereo installation. Since they all feature tweeters, you can expect these speakers to provide solid high-range accuracy.
Below, we take a look at all the different sizes and models that are available in the Type-S lineup. You can see their power ratings, sensitivity, frequency response range, and mounting depths. We also mention tweeter sizes for each speaker.