One subwoofer or two..?

[Mills561 10+ year member]

I already have a pair of 12" Alpine Type-R, which will be hooked up to a Recoil RED 1000.1, but I'm wondering if it would be best to just use only one of the woofers? Will it make a difference in having two subs if I'm sending the same wattage to it? One Type-R will be able to handle the amp.

Thing is.. I have an 02' Chevy Trailblazer, so two 12s would probably be more visually appealing in an SUV. What do you guys think?

Thanks for any responses.

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[Justyn93 10+ year member]

I'd just leave it at 2

 

[Bumpin' Goalie 10+ year member]

2 woofers as long as they both see 500rms. Same overall power, but double surface area.

Also, many people have Type-R's doing fine on 1000rms. But others run into trouble. Running 500 to ea will make it a safe investment and louder.

 

[Wingman0121 10+ year member]

Those Type-Rs are dual 4 ohm each yes?

SUVs are large so definitely two so you can "excite" the cabin better.

I have a feeling that the Recoil RED1000.1 can handle .5 ohms because it doesn't even get hot and I had it wired to 1 ohm.

 

[t1990le 10+ year member]

Deff 2 subs on the same power will always be louder than 1. Why dont you go with 4 type rs at .5ohm? //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[Wingman0121 10+ year member]

Why dont you go with 4 type rs at .5ohm? //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

Cause he bought that amp from me and probably want to get used to it first //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif good stuff though

 

[MONSONwarrior Premium Member]

I have the same vehicle with 1 DD 2512 and mine gets LOUD, can't imagine two, I'm not sure how Type-R's sound but if you want more vehicle specific info go over to TrailVoy.com, everyone there is friendly and eager to help.

 

[Mills561 10+ year member]

Around how many watts would .5 ohms be?

 

[Wingman0121 10+ year member]

Around how many watts would .5 ohms be?

Donno, never tried. It seems to have more fuse ratings than most other 1000 watt RMS class-d mono amps so that leads me to think that it can.

 

[Maxipads 10+ year member]

I bet it would be around 1 ohm after impedence rise so prolly 1000 watts

 

[05fronty 5,000+ posts]

stay with 2.