Going from 1000w to 2000w (2 SA-12s)

[njknittle 10+ year member]

Would you recommend this? Someone give me a validated answer. Im sick of people telling me about electrical, electrical is keen at this point, and ill end up getting a battery if i get this. Would it be a big difference?

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[hispls 5,000+ posts]

Noticeable. I'd expect somewhere around 2db 2.5 on the high side.

 

[ciaonzo 5,000+ posts]

Noticeable. I'd expect somewhere around 2db 2.5 on the high side.

Was gonna give the ubiquitous 3dB answer but I like yours better, lol.

 

[njknittle 10+ year member]

Well i cant really relate to what a gain in 3db would sound like. Idk if thats good or not. Beginner at this stuff.

 

[stevew007 10+ year member]

yes it will be louder when you dbl lower power it makes a difference but when you go from 2000 -4000 and 4000-8000 it gets less and less noticeable.then you have to look at the limit's of the sub. some subs just wont get louder after so much power. like the re sx was tested to be it's loudest @ 1800 watts and anything over that was wasted.

 

[kramer_212 10+ year member]

Well i cant really relate to what a gain in 3db would sound like. Idk if thats good or not. Beginner at this stuff.

like mentioned above it will be noticeable.

 

[njknittle 10+ year member]

yes it will be louder when you dbl lower power it makes a difference but when you go from 2000 -4000 and 4000-8000 it gets less and less noticeable.then you have to look at the limit's of the sub. some subs just wont get louder after so much power. like the re sx was tested to be it's loudest @ 1800 watts and anything over that was wasted.

Well what do you think about the SA-12s?

 

[stevew007 10+ year member]

Was gonna give the ubiquitous 3dB answer but I like yours better, lol.

well going from lower power to higher power it can be done.we were testing one day doing a 150 at vol 20 then went to vol 23 and hit a 156 then to vol 25 and did a 159.9.

so it can happen.but we were also running 10k

 

[stevew007 10+ year member]

Well what do you think about the SA-12s?

sa's should take the power easy.because you wont be getting a true 2000 watts all the time

 

[Phoenix Risen 10+ year member]

Well what do you think about the SA-12s?

they will love that 2k as long as its clean.

 

[njknittle 10+ year member]

So im not making a bad decision in doing this is what im asking? Lets just put it this way. Say someone was close to doing a hair trick like they got some hairs moving, would that 3db make most of the hairs move? Im sorry for being reluctant, i just wanna get the idea of what 3dbs is like

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

Well i cant really relate to what a gain in 3db would sound like. Idk if thats good or not. Beginner at this stuff.

3dB is about the minimum threshold that the ear can perceive as a change. You'll notice something is louder, but it won't be significant.

 

[murph 10+ year member]

So im not making a bad decision in doing this is what im asking? Lets just put it this way. Say someone was close to doing a hair trick like they got some hairs moving, would that 3db make most of the hairs move? Im sorry for being reluctant, i just wanna get the idea of what 3dbs is like

more power will make the low end hit harder but with 2 sa12's doubt your gonna get a hair trick. You need some real low end monster subs to do that with 2 12's

 

[njknittle 10+ year member]

Well i dont have a db reader, but i do know that anything below 30hz usually hits the hardest. The box is tuned to 28 or 29 if i remember correctly .

 

[murph 10+ year member]

Well i dont have a db reader, but i do know that anything below 30hz usually hits the hardest. The box is tuned to 28 or 29 if i remember correctly .

with tuning around there you may be able to get a slight hair trick is it a trunk car because sealing it off will help you big time