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Best sub for music,

Not HT, repeat not the boomboomboom of HT  effects.  which does not offer the high fidelity of musical sub bass (20hz-40hz) 
I'd have to go with the seas W26E001. which has a magnesium/aluminum cone. 
What that raitio is, not sure, seems 50/50. 
None of us here like the sound of those old aluminum cones. But my guess is Seas had to incorporate some alumium inorder to gain the 20-30hz and also mabe keep costs down. 
This YT vid says **Aluminum cone** which is confusing YTers.
Its a  composite, and perhaps the best ture woofer on the market.
Been around for ages, still hard to beat for pure natural low mids. .
Magesium is the best material to keep unwanted resonances out in the  60-1k range, very low/hardly measurable distortion. 
The issue here  tops out at 1k, so its really a  sub. 
This woofer may be a  good candidate to pair with a  5 inch wide band. 



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSiuaMWodzI

http://www.seas.no/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=362:e0026-08s-w26fx001&c...
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How important is the amplifier in a system of subs?
Almost any solid state amp made in the last 30-40 years has enough feedback to play the bass right (that's why solid state has always been known for good bass - good mids and highs? -that's another story...). Avoid any solid state amp that does not have a direct coupled output and you should be fine as long as it has enough power.
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There is many that say 2 subs is the best way to go. Can someone explain this philosophy a bit more (simple terms preferred)?
Yes. If the subs are asked to go above about 80Hz they will begin to attract attention to themselves. At this point you'll need two, one for the left and right in the same vicinity as your main speakers.


If the subs have no output above 50-60 Hz it won't matter where you put them so long as you can get the bass right at the listening chair. This might be hard with only 2 subs; very easy with 4 as discussed prior in this thread.
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I’ll probably get promptly booted out of here and banned for life for suggesting 18" JBL drivers on an audiophile forum
Nah. 18s are cool. The bigger cone needs less excursion. Very nice for extension in the bass. The only real issue is the size of the cabinet to work with one.
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when I went to buy my first sub, the rule of thumb was, “you only need one, bass isn’t directional”. That didn’t feel right to me.
At 80Hz the waveform is about 14 feet long. This means that in most rooms within a couple of iterations of the cycle of the bass note is reverberance- so its also omnidirectional. At lower frequencies the waveform is even longer. That’s the rhyme and reason.

Two subs works better simply because you reduce standing waves a bit with their use. 3 subs works better; 4 subs works excellent with quite diminishing returns above 4.
There's nothing below 160hz, hardly a few cello notes and kettle drums,
You guys are fooling youself.
Low E on a string bass is 41Hz. You're fooling yourself if you think bandwidth that low or lower won't help with realism.


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