Alright folks,

I have right at 300$ to spend for a B-Day Present.

Im wanting subs, but im having trouble deciding what kind / best for my money.

300$ for subs, an amp, and a box, doesnt leave me much room to choose I know, but what would you all do?

Im going for sound quality, tight-puchy bass, not an endless drone of low notes in a sub.

The idea of just one sub seems a bit odd to me.

What would you all do with 300$ ?

 

300.00 for sub amp and box. you could get by with 1 sub, my choice is infiniti, a single 10 will do fine, thats what i have and its enough, my neighbors feel the bass in their house 4 doors down ,90 bucks at best buy, the box you can build yourself for under 30 dollars carpeted and seeled, the amp is the piece of the puzzle that will run you the most. you can message me and i can give you my set-up and it sounds awesome.

 

In this price range you're really not best off buying new because you're not going to very good sounding stuff. Either buy used or refurbed - you will get a much better product and still stay within your price range.

Spend the majority of your budget either your amp or sub(s). This will give you a nice component and you won't feel bad about upgrading the cheap amp/sub(s) later down the road.

As for number and size of drivers, don't be sucked in by what you see everyone else doing. One driver will only be 3 dB quieter than two drivers of the same size if available power is the same (ie using the same amp for both setups). If you want a bigger increase in output not only do you have to double your number of subwoofers but you also have to double your amplifier's output and this will still only yield another 3 dB increase for a total of 6 dB's louder than the initial driver with half the power. Not only do you have to pay for the extra woofer, you also have to pay roughly twice as much for an amp that can push two woofers instead of just one.

I agree that one driver might look “weird” but in the majority of instances one is usually more than enough. You’re also much better off buying one quality driver (Elemental Designs, RE, Sound Splinter, Ascendant Audio, etc) vs buying two ‘ok’ drivers (Infinity, JLB, Audiobahn, Rockford, etc). The only sub $150 driver I would recommend is Dayton Audio’s 12” (or 10”) reference subwoofer.

 

Actually, ive decided to go with just one 12" infinity sub.