3 Subwoofer installs

[loud-n-low 10+ year member]

earthquake magma's are run in 3's often...sound **** good too

 

[HannaS10 10+ year member]

3 Pioneer Premier 12's. 1000wrms.

 

[oxsign 5,000+ posts]

I had 3 12" power acoustiks, and I just ordered 3 10" MAW-10" that should be here on Mon. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/naughty.gif.94359f346c0f1259df8038d60b41863e.gif

 

[snoopdan 5,000+ posts]

Here we go again with the "most people want...." BS. How do you know what most people want? Do you have a marketing business? Have you conducted independent studies? Do you have a pie chart? Please explain how you arrived at this conclusion.I have no interest in putting up huge SPL numbers.

I have plenty of power to run my system with a lot of headroom and it sounds great.

And for the record, my amp will do 1200 watts at 1 ohm if I need it to. That's low power?

lol

anyways, good luck with your setup. Looks nice.

 

[helotaxi 5,000+ posts]

An "odd" impedance means nothing. As long as the amp is capable of running at the impedance, its not an issue. My 3 subs are dual 4 ohm and that makes the impedance 2.7 ohm. I have sufficient power for my subs and my amp never breaks a sweat.

I'm fully aware that amps don't need a round number (and never really see one anyway), but one way or another, you're either not getting everything out of it or you're counting on impedance rise or a margin of safety in the stability rating of the amp when running an odd load.

 

[1 Hugh Jass 10+ year member]

In my particular situation, space for an enclosure was very limited. I went with 8" subs because of the mounting depth and enclosure requirements. I could have fit 4, but the enclosure would not have sounded like I wanted it to. I realize that my amp is capable of more, but it is not needed. My subs get approximately 250 watts each continous, which is plenty. I should not have to worry about fluctuations because my sub amp is 1 ohm stable. It is well within its abilities.

By the way, I completely agree with you. And thanks for posting an intelligent response and not bagging on my "weak" system.

 

[helotaxi 5,000+ posts]

I run 8's as well. I also used to run a whopping 400W to a XXX12. I'm like you, I really don't care about how loud it is as I'm more concerned with the quality rather than quantity of the sound. Also, I don't bag on other people's stuff, unless they act like asshats and even then I usually bag on them directly...

 

[RipDaJacka]

I just hooked up Three Power Acoustik FUBR 10's Dual 2ohm VC's... With a lil help of an impedence Calc. I Wired them to 1.3 ohms.. I put em on a new Hifonics BX1605D mono amp.. IT BANGS in my g/f's car..