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<blockquote data-quote="quackhead" data-source="post: 7790929" data-attributes="member: 573547"><p>If you are powering them with the same amp...but do understand the box plays the major role here.</p><p></p><p></p><p>If you maintain the same power to all the speakers, yes..say you have 1 sub on 600 watts and you add another and power it with an additional 600 watts (1200 watts system power) A doubling of cone area will too give you a +3db gain....again, noticeable, but not major....but now you get into the coupling of subs and the effects of the subs being able to play louder at lower frequencies...realize too that when playing music, the power the subs are receiving is not a steady flow, it fluctuates dramatically..that 1200 watt amp at full unclipped volume, may be producing any where from 200 to 900 watts on music. It is really better to look to a larger amp rating than the sub rating for this reason..impedance changes so much during music play. On a quality built pair of 500 watt subs, i would not hesitate to use a quality built 1500 watt amp. ( now we get into maintaining a steady flow of voltage to the amp)...lol</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="quackhead, post: 7790929, member: 573547"] If you are powering them with the same amp...but do understand the box plays the major role here. If you maintain the same power to all the speakers, yes..say you have 1 sub on 600 watts and you add another and power it with an additional 600 watts (1200 watts system power) A doubling of cone area will too give you a +3db gain....again, noticeable, but not major....but now you get into the coupling of subs and the effects of the subs being able to play louder at lower frequencies...realize too that when playing music, the power the subs are receiving is not a steady flow, it fluctuates dramatically..that 1200 watt amp at full unclipped volume, may be producing any where from 200 to 900 watts on music. It is really better to look to a larger amp rating than the sub rating for this reason..impedance changes so much during music play. On a quality built pair of 500 watt subs, i would not hesitate to use a quality built 1500 watt amp. ( now we get into maintaining a steady flow of voltage to the amp)...lol [/QUOTE]
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