Alpine SWE-1000

After searching on the internet, and looking for some new Car speakers that would fit into my Fiat, I found the Alpine series. Although not widely marketed, I found a series of three of them and tested them out before I decided to buy them. I would love to say that they performed excellently and created a unique musical environment in my vehicle...but they didn't. I found the speakers quite poor in reception, they seemed to hum and reverb whenever I sped up. I thought initially that this was due to loose connections, but after I searched for the cables and tightened them, the problem was still ... more

This review is for the SWE-1000 subwoofer, yet Mr.Freeman has posted a comment about Apine speakers in general....not the specific item, so it is very misleading. My experience with this has been that it give me exactly what I wanted. Ok, so it will never belt out the bass like a large 10" or 12" subwoofer in a box and seperate amp will, but the space I had was limited and I wanted more and better bass than the door speakers gave, and this delivered admirably. In fact, it gave more than I wanted, so the remote allowed me to lower the level to a levele acceptable to my needs. That feature is ... more