Will these subwoofer be enough ?


I have mc tube pre amp and set of 601 mono blocks with new klipshorns mk6 system sounds good but seems to be missing low end on certain music. Thought I would add a sub and then read here that with the mono blocks two subs would be better.than one .    I like REL as a brand and their classic line will look the part next to my horns . Ax 4k for two of these 12” . That’s about limit of my budget for a sub.  Will two of these smaller subs have the impact I am hoping for or would one 15” REL carbon or similar be better.? Is it highly recommended to have two subs with monoblocks ? 
recently added a Cambridge exn 100 and had  to immediately turn down treble . I have gotten used to it and works perfectly compared to troublesome McIntosh mb50 I had but seems there could be substantial improvement in sound there.  
 

any suggestions would be appreciated. Can buy subs from crutchfield and send back within 60 days.  May do that with the Cambridge unit as well.  
 

thanks everyone enjoy this forum 

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Showing 2 responses by ghdprentice

I upgraded my speakers from Sonus Faber Olympica 3 to Sonus Faber Amati Traditional. I felt I no longer needed them. The perfect coherence top to bottom, make me very happy with the sound. 

I was a planar speaker person for a couple decades. Subwoofers always part of the solution. I had heard that dynamic floor standing speakers could have excellent coherence... the same character from top to bottom. I never knew what is was until I got these speakers... I instantly understood. Extending the bass and trying to feather in different sets of speakers to boost the 28hz to 20hz range did more damage than good. 

I don’t listen to hiphop and don’t try to rattle the house. I listen to rock, jazz, world, classical and electronic. 

It really depends on what you are trying to do. If you are trying to accurately reproduce music. Then the subs you are looking at will do that. If you are looking to pressurize the room and overemphasize the lower bass, then larger subwoofers may be required. 

When I visit folks systems the first thing I typically notice is that the cross overs to the subs is too high and they are way too  loud, creating a huge bump in the bass... instead of an even transition and flat response. If you turn the subs up too loud, they will scramble the imaging. It's about what you are trying to do. I used to have two subs... they ran at less than 10% power and crossover of something like 40 hz. They extended the soundstage nicely. But it was so easy to turn them up too loud.