The only issue I noticed with the 1230's was the tinsel leads from the connector plate tothe voice coil tends to get brittle over time and may break(very easy to fix). Otherwise, they were excellent sounding subs for very reasonable money.

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2004 300M SPECIAL
Alpine CDA 9833
Alpine Pxa-h701
Alpine Rux-c701
Rockford fosgate p400-4
Rockford fosgate p4004
Hifonics BX 1205D
JBL c608 GTi
JBL p963
Infinity 2.5" center channel
Alpine type R 12"(2)
200 amp alternator
yellow top battery
0 awg power and ground (welding cable) 300 amp anl fuse
all active SQL set up with 2000 watts rms