Well im about to order my Zenclosures subwoofer box.
I have (2) 10" JL Audio 10w3v3-4 with a JL AMP 500/1

Someone told me just to get the single Subwoofer box because it hits harder with one sub instead of 2 because with 2 subwoofer the box is not giving it enough air.

What are your guys thought?

Box im getting:

 

is the box build to specs? having a bigger box doesnt always mean a better sound. Get the box build to specs and you wont be disappointed. However if you wanna go for one 10" i would HIGHLY recommend a 10W7

 

If you call Zenclosures the will build a box to your specs. You just need to figure out how many cu/ft you need and they'll hook you up.

 

A single beastly 12 will be much better than those middle of the line W3's.

I had 2 JL W3V2 and it doesn't compare to my single Adire Audio Brahma 12" with the same amp (JL 500/1)

 

All depends on the box, sub, amp, and car. If you're tight on cargo space, and tight on money, a single sub is definetly the way to go. You'll be able to supply that one sub with a more adequate amount of enclosure air space, and you wont have to spend as much on a more powerful amp needed to push 2 subs. Look at it this way, 2 subs require twice the amount of air space and twice the amount of power just to get them running as efficiently as that same single sub. Your average car audio consumer makes decisions and purchases on quanity over quality though....so I'm sure it's a common situation to see some 16 year old kid with 4 12's in his trunk, but they are sititing in a box half the size recommended and he's feeding them with an amp that in reality is only giving them a 1/10 of what they should be getting....in which case the guy with a single sub in the right size box and receiving th ecorrect amount of power is going to sound as good if not better. Aside from those facts though, there is no "one is better than two" or vice versa argument.

 

We're talking about a zenclosure box, G35, and a jl 500/1.

 

I was thinking about the same thing.. going with a 10 and a amp with the stock head unit. I wonder if the sound quality would improve

 

I didn't even know the box came with custom specs. I thought the zenclosures box all came with the same specs.

So my question is people who have this dual 10" sub, how good is the bass hitting?

 

I have the single 12 zenclosure box and it hits fine...It's more of the total volume and how good your subs/amps are. Your subs will be spec'd for a certain sealed and ported volume.

 

1 good 12" will hit harder than 2 10"s. depending on what your looking for. As long as the box is the correct airspace (whether one 10 or 2) the 2 10s will hit harder.

 

I don't like how 12 looks and the 12 zenclosures box. That's why I bought 2 10s jl sub. And got them 2 for 200. Heck of the deal

 

Well asuming the zenclosure is built to the sub's specs, it comes down to the quality of the sub and the power it's rated at in order to take advantage of the current jl 500/1 you're trying to use. Could go either way, you could pick up a beast of a 12 or 10 that's rated for 1000w rms and it's not going to sound that great. You could pick up a beast of a 12 or 10 that calls for 2 cubic feet of airspace and try to throw it in a zenclosure that doesn't have that air space and it's not going to sound that great. Every application is different. Could a single sub sound better than two? Ofcourse. Could dual subs sound better than a single? Ofcourse. Just depends on the the equipment you pair up, the money you want to spend, and the space you want to spare. I've done 3 little 8's in a customer's vehicle that you would swear were a couple 12's back there if you didn't know it.

 

exactly. we're on the same page.