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<blockquote data-quote="bbeljefe" data-source="post: 8251741" data-attributes="member: 655960">Well known manufacturer to whom? To the layperson or to someone who designs and builds audio systems professionally or who competes?I have no idea what Jason offered you but chances are, it&#039;s less expensive than the stuff you&#039;re looking at and chances are greater that it&#039;s better gear as well. Mainstream equipment, whether we&#039;re talking car audio, fishing or RC car racing, is more often than not inferior to that made by niche companies in the specific industry. That&#039;s not to say that everything you listed is junk but it is to say that &quot;well known&quot; means nothing. In today&#039;s world it only takes a few minutes to research a brand and find out if those who own it are happy or unhappy with their purchase and you&#039;ve gone to the trouble of joining a group who runs non mainstream gear so you are already in the perfect place to do just that and find yourself some actual high quality audio gear.As for getting lower response from a 15... not true. I can make 6&quot; subs hit 20Hz notes with authority. Likewise, I can make an 18&quot; sub play up to 120Hz with tight and clear response. And either can do both if they&#039;re in the correct enclosure. Specific to your choices, two 12s would easily do better than one equivalent 15 because two12s is ~175in² of cone area vs ~130in² for one 15. Not to mention, with two subs you double power handling capability and motor force.Also, you do not need a multi channel amp to run multiple subwoofers. Nor do you need a bridgeable amp to run at a specific impedance.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="bbeljefe, post: 8251741, member: 655960"] Well known manufacturer to whom? To the layperson or to someone who designs and builds audio systems professionally or who competes? I have no idea what Jason offered you but chances are, it's less expensive than the stuff you're looking at and chances are greater that it's better gear as well. Mainstream equipment, whether we're talking car audio, fishing or RC car racing, is more often than not inferior to that made by niche companies in the specific industry. That's not to say that everything you listed is junk but it is to say that "well known" means nothing. In today's world it only takes a few minutes to research a brand and find out if those who own it are happy or unhappy with their purchase and you've gone to the trouble of joining a group who runs non mainstream gear so you are already in the perfect place to do just that and find yourself some actual high quality audio gear. As for getting lower response from a 15... not true. I can make 6" subs hit 20Hz notes with authority. Likewise, I can make an 18" sub play up to 120Hz with tight and clear response. And either can do both if they're in the correct enclosure. Specific to your choices, two 12s would easily do better than one equivalent 15 because two 12s is ~175in² of cone area vs ~130in² for one 15. Not to mention, with two subs you double power handling capability and motor force. Also, you do not need a multi channel amp to run multiple subwoofers. Nor do you need a bridgeable amp to run at a specific impedance. [/QUOTE]

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