can u hear the difference?

[Lucky 76 5]

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.

[Adrian_D 520]

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.

[Lucky 76 5]

so 4k will sound almost the same as 8k then?

[Duran 387]

so 4k will sound almost the same as 8k then?

There should be an audible difference.

[KU40 173]

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.

[///M5 2,833]

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.

[Lucky 76 5]

wow i feel retarded now putting in almost 8k rms in amps ... o well ive gone to far ... next time well go sq =)

[UpGradde 7]

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