If you're planning to produce really low bass tones, I'd suggest starting with drivers that won't produce distortion that's more audible than the fundamental frequencies they're trying to reproduce...
Are you suggesting (other than the cheap stuff mentioned above, Pyramid & GRS) that the drivers mentioned have poor SQ?
Multiple cheap woofers won't have to work as hard as a single expensive woofer, so, distortion may not be worse. And, low frequency sounds often have plenty of harmonics already, so the subwoofers' contribution may be negligible.
But I guess some surrounds and spiders may be noisier than others, so it'd be wise to test a sample before ordering 10.
But I guess some surrounds and spiders may be noisier than others, so it'd be wise to test a sample before ordering 10.
Good plan! I was interested in some cheap JBL subwoofers on sale and a neighbor wanted a BP6 for his Honda, so introduced him to our modern version, the TH. Quite impressive in his car, but it highlighted why it was cheap/on sale, so passed on the entire genre figuring his would likely be the best of the bunch.
