Posted August 13, 200916 yr I understand that if you have the same setup you need to double your wattage each time to get 3 db louder. My question is when you get up to say 4kw and you have to double it to 8kw to get 3 db louder is there a significant difference in loudness? Is it the same audible difference than say the same setup at 200 rms is doubled to 400 rms.
August 13, 200916 yr Theoretically it is the same thing as going from 200 to 400 watts. In practice it will not be the same thing, especially at that power level. There are lots of things that can mess with the theory.
August 13, 200916 yr so 4k will sound almost the same as 8k then?There should be an audible difference.
August 13, 200916 yr It depends COMPLETELY on the subs and if they can handle the power increase. With the subs on today's market, no, you will not see a 3 db difference between 4k and 8k if that's on one sub, probably even two.
August 14, 200916 yr You'll meter it, but not hear it. Power compression on the subs won't let you get the full theoretical 3dB, on top of that acoustic masking at high levels will make it so you probably need more than 3dB to tell a difference. That amount of power is not about listening to your system anyways...or at least not for long as you will damage your ears if the rest of it is optimized.
August 14, 200916 yr Author wow i feel retarded now putting in almost 8k rms in amps ... o well ive gone to far ... next time well go sq =)
August 14, 200916 yr wow i feel retarded now putting in almost 8k rms in amps ... o well ive gone to far ... next time well go sq =)thats how I feel too lol
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