This turned out to be one of the best swarm discussions thanks to the DBA detractors arguments and opinions
Cheeg, I'm not an expert on this matter just a learning user and by empirical evidence having experimented single and dual big not integrated subs before and a DBA of 4 smaller subs now I can tell you I prefer and advocate for the DBA big time.
By the way, although I respect the knowledge showed by the detractors of DBA and also respect (but not share) their opinions, their particular claim of "big bass" and "thump thump thump" and "appreciated by bass heads" IMO it is an insult to the DBA, one of the features of the DBA which I appreciate the most is that quite differently from single or dual non integrated subs the amount of bass you need is very very minimal per sub hence not "thump thump thump" at all. Sometimes you will hear the term "the subs disappear" in my case how I understand this "practically" is bass is "natural" like where u are going to an "acoustic" concert.
I use 2 SA1000 with 4 audiokinesis subs and gain on my amps (parallel connected) is at 50 percent on a 36 by 19 room
Oh one last thing if you are indeed a basshead one SA1000 with 2 (8ohm) subs in parallel will clip sometimes after 90 percent gain so using one sa1000 with 4 subs might be a challenging proposition
Cheeg, I'm not an expert on this matter just a learning user and by empirical evidence having experimented single and dual big not integrated subs before and a DBA of 4 smaller subs now I can tell you I prefer and advocate for the DBA big time.
By the way, although I respect the knowledge showed by the detractors of DBA and also respect (but not share) their opinions, their particular claim of "big bass" and "thump thump thump" and "appreciated by bass heads" IMO it is an insult to the DBA, one of the features of the DBA which I appreciate the most is that quite differently from single or dual non integrated subs the amount of bass you need is very very minimal per sub hence not "thump thump thump" at all. Sometimes you will hear the term "the subs disappear" in my case how I understand this "practically" is bass is "natural" like where u are going to an "acoustic" concert.
I use 2 SA1000 with 4 audiokinesis subs and gain on my amps (parallel connected) is at 50 percent on a 36 by 19 room
Oh one last thing if you are indeed a basshead one SA1000 with 2 (8ohm) subs in parallel will clip sometimes after 90 percent gain so using one sa1000 with 4 subs might be a challenging proposition