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<blockquote data-quote="RAM_Designs" data-source="post: 3459456" data-attributes="member: 566575">Distoriton has nothing to do with the sub being able to play the note...it&#039;ll still play it, regardless of how distorted or clean the sound is.The question is, &quot;how loud can it get before driver distortion sets in?&quot;&nbsp; Once you get past xmax, nonlinear distortion beings to set in pretty quickly (in most cases).&nbsp; When dealing with subs from the same line, say an RE8 vs an RE12, while playing a 20hz tone both subs will start to excurt nonlinearly after the same amount of xmax.Of course it will seem like the 12 is &quot;diggin deeper&quot; because it can be heard over the 8, even though the 8 is playing the exact same note, just as well (just not as loud).&nbsp; Now, if you take the cone area advantage away from the 12&quot; subwoofer, and use three 8&#039;s instead (roughly the same cone area as a 12), then you&#039;ll see that the 8&#039;s will produce the 20hz tone just as loudly as the 12...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="RAM_Designs, post: 3459456, member: 566575"] Distoriton has nothing to do with the sub being able to play the note...it'll still play it, regardless of how distorted or clean the sound is. The question is, "how loud can it get before driver distortion sets in?" Once you get past xmax, nonlinear distortion beings to set in pretty quickly (in most cases). When dealing with subs from the same line, say an RE8 vs an RE12, while playing a 20hz tone both subs will start to excurt nonlinearly after the same amount of xmax. Of course it will seem like the 12 is "diggin deeper" because it can be heard over the 8, even though the 8 is playing the exact same note, just as well (just not as loud). Now, if you take the cone area advantage away from the 12" subwoofer, and use three 8's instead (roughly the same cone area as a 12), then you'll see that the 8's will produce the 20hz tone just as loudly as the 12... [/QUOTE]

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