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sdhaney

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Posted: January 23, 2010 at 11:12 AM / IP Logged

ive searched like crazy, but sorry if this is a repeat

i have a Memphis 5 channel amp (16-mch600) and has a sub channel thats 400 watts at 1 ohm. right now i have a 12 in. kicker L5 running the 400 at one ohm. i was wondering if i would get more bass if i switched the L5 out with 4 12in. kicker comps running 100 watts each.

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Posted: January 23, 2010 at 11:35 AM / IP Logged

What enclosure will you be putting them in, firstly, and secondly, I can almost guarantee that whichever way you go, you will NOT be able to hear the difference.

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sdhaney

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Posted: January 23, 2010 at 11:43 AM / IP Logged

i was going to do a ported enclosure, i thought it might be louder because it would be more surface area moving. so it would be pointless and i should keep the L5?

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incognyto

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Posted: January 24, 2010 at 1:20 AM / IP Logged

i personally like ported better. same amp watt's to more subs usually doesn't give you that much more boom though, less you wire it down in ohm's.

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blackcivichatch

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Posted: January 24, 2010 at 2:07 AM / IP Logged

1 Sub in a proper sized box is gonna sound better than 4 subs in a box thats too small. Kicker especially. They Like pretty decent sized boxes, even more so with a ported enclosure. My vote goes to the 1 L5

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incognyto

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Posted: January 24, 2010 at 4:44 PM / IP Logged

unless your maxing out the L5... like the amp has more juice and you can't use it. but by the sounds of it you have it set reasonably. I say keep the L5, OR better yet, buy a bigger sub amp or another 400 watter from the same company and one more L5.

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singlecabslamin

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Posted: January 25, 2010 at 2:33 PM / IP Logged

why not go with a memphis M3 and stay with the brand your using, or 2 of the power reference series subs

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