2 12w3 vs 1 12w7
08-01-2009, 12:59 AM
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1)Music of all types requires the reproduction of frequencies at all levels.
2) the mids and highs you are installing have a min. low end (usually somewhere between 50-80 hz)
3)you need to fill the bottom end with a sub woofer that compliments the rest
with that being said and understood it would be hard to choose what sub would sound better when comparing sub vs. sub on a stand alone basis unless all you want to listen to is very loud noise!! .
personally I have already choosen a single w-7 as I am running 2 sets of Focal K2Power components which hit very low on there own but lack extreme bottom end and all I wanted to do was fill in the freq. below 50hz which the w-7 does quite well with out sacrificing any sq
2) the mids and highs you are installing have a min. low end (usually somewhere between 50-80 hz)
3)you need to fill the bottom end with a sub woofer that compliments the rest
with that being said and understood it would be hard to choose what sub would sound better when comparing sub vs. sub on a stand alone basis unless all you want to listen to is very loud noise!! .
personally I have already choosen a single w-7 as I am running 2 sets of Focal K2Power components which hit very low on there own but lack extreme bottom end and all I wanted to do was fill in the freq. below 50hz which the w-7 does quite well with out sacrificing any sq
08-01-2009, 01:32 AM
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This is just a matter of mere curiosity. I currently have 2 x 12w3v3 of which I am very satisfied. It did get me wondering though. Given proper amplification will 2 x 12w3v3's in a sealed box be as loud as 1 x 12W7v3. My curiosity lies in the xmax. the 12w3v3 has 13mm xmax whereas the 12w7 has 26mm xmax.
As xmax is only a small factor in speaker design and as stated earlier there is no replacement for displacement more is louder (not better but louder)
cone area = volume
unless you are using the same single amp to power a single w-7 vs. 2 w-3's in which case would need to know what amp to make a fair assesment.
There are way to many variables
08-15-2009, 05:05 PM
#44
louder yes I'm sure.
As xmax is only a small factor in speaker design and as stated earlier there is no replacement for displacement more is louder (not better but louder)
cone area = volume
unless you are using the same single amp to power a single w-7 vs. 2 w-3's in which case would need to know what amp to make a fair assesment.
There are way to many variables
As xmax is only a small factor in speaker design and as stated earlier there is no replacement for displacement more is louder (not better but louder)
cone area = volume
unless you are using the same single amp to power a single w-7 vs. 2 w-3's in which case would need to know what amp to make a fair assesment.
There are way to many variables
Cone area combined with excursion capability are the prime determinants of volume.
as far as the comparison of SQ in these two subs, the W7 is a vastly superior design. keep in mind that its distortion is way less than the W3 at any power level the W3's can handle safely. Same for compression, on the long run the W7 suffers from much less compression than the W3's. nonetheless having two W3's which effectively require less than half as much power to get as loud as a single W3 with the said power means both compression and distortion will only start to show up later (as time and power increase). as to an A/B comparison for distortion and compression between a pair of W3's and a single W7, i haven't seen one...
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