One or two subs?

[Chwplayer09 10+ year member]

I was told by someone that it is smarter to have one sub rather than two because one sub is pulling out all the watts rather than the two splitting the watts, ex. one 12" over two 12" one twelve doin 500w then two 12's doin 250 ea. Is that bull or is it true????

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[PowerdByGuiness 10+ year member]

its bull

i personally prefer just one good sub to save space

 

[SSS 18734 5,000+ posts]

depends on the subs...

I'd rather have a single ported sub with more power than two sealed subs with half that power split between them. Assuming they are the same subs of course.

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

I was told by someone that it is smarter to have one sub rather than two because one sub is pulling out all the watts rather than the two splitting the watts, ex. one 12" over two 12" one twelve doin 500w then two 12's doin 250 ea. Is that bull or is it true????

It's not true.

 

[PhatTonyDeMarco 5,000+ posts]

Yeah it really depends on the subs... If you have enough power for two subwoofers, and want that much sound, then by all means go for it. But if you are limited with space, power, and do not wish to have a lot of SPL (but it could still be achieved with a single sub, I am talking about the same subs, in both situations) then use a single sub.

Dependant on what you have to power it with, and what you want to achieve.

 

[Jdizzle 10+ year member]

i prefer one sub personally, some people like 2 3 4 6 whatever, its all about what you want

 

[derek33 10+ year member]

depending on the equipment, you can find a single sub that can handle alot of watts, and be plenty loud.

its probably a myth, but more people say 1 sub sounds better. they use the "less moving parts" reasoning, but both subs move in syncronation, so i dont think its true.

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

^^^

That's not true at all.

 

[Skip2MyLude 10+ year member]

^^^
That's not true at all.

Care to elaborate a bit???

 

[bri487 5,000+ posts]

depending on the equipment, you can find a single sub that can handle alot of watts, and be plenty loud.
its probably a myth, but more people say 1 sub sounds better. they use the "less moving parts" reasoning, but both subs move in syncronation, so i dont think its true.

if it is done right, two woofers will always douns better than one. but once you get a lot of subs(like 4,6, or more), there is a lot of cancellation, so the more the batter flexuates a lot.

 

[Bigrick31 10+ year member]

Heres the way i look at it. if your power is limited i would rather have 1 great sub running off that 1 amp rather than 2 ok subs running off it

 

[bri487 5,000+ posts]

Heres the way i look at it. if your power is limited i would rather have 1 great sub running off that 1 amp rather than 2 ok subs running off it

given that you had adequite power there is no reason why you shouldn't run two subs over one. unless limited by space, dont want something that loud, etc...

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

if it is done right, two woofers will always douns better than one. but once you get a lot of subs(like 4,6, or more), there is a lot of cancellation, so the more the batter flexuates a lot.

Two drivers will not "always" sound better than one...I don't see where you're getting that from.

Two drivers have a much greater potential to get louder than a single one, but nothing that fundamentally affects SQ changes.

 

[bri487 5,000+ posts]

Two drivers will not "always" sound better than one...I don't see where you're getting that from.
Two drivers have a much greater potential to get louder than a single one, but nothing that fundamentally affects SQ changes.

SQL is the wave of the future.

 

[GTonDubs 10+ year member]

Two drivers will not "always" sound better than one...I don't see where you're getting that from.
Two drivers have a much greater potential to get louder than a single one, but nothing that fundamentally affects SQ changes.

if you do one sub properly in the same space it takes for 2 you can demolish the output of the 2 easily, from my experiances