2x f113v2 vs 1x Gotham
 

After moving my gear into my new house and listening room I realized my little ole f112 just can't keep up. Even my wife said we need more bass in the room, so that's the nod to spend more stereo money. I'm very loyal to JL so I'm not thinking of any other sub brands. I've had their subs in my cars, homes, boats.. and never been disappointed.

I went looking at JL's website and realized how much more the Gotham is than anything else in their catalog. Does anyone know what the difference is between running 2 f113's vs the Gotham? I could buy, at MSRP, 2 f113 subs for 9k. But the Gotham is 15k. That just seems a bit nuts considering there's 3000 watts powering a single F113 and "only" 4500 on the Gotham. I would think there would be far more SPL generated from the 2 f113's.

Thoughts?

I've also thought about picking up a couple of 212's as well and moving the current one to my living room upstairs.

Nothing like a Gotham, talk to Ivan he will help you out I am sure.

There's a 40% price increase and I'm scratching my head to figure out why.:scratch2:

Kyle... I have tons of experience with F113's & Gotham's. I'll chime in shortly when I'm on my computer, or we can talk on the phone.

Usually when Ivan tells me he wants to talk on the phone, it involves me sending him a big fat check. :yes:

sell them and get 2 F212s or to Gothams :)

Sending the check doesn't scare me. :).. I just can't understand the difference for an extra 6k. That's a hell of a lot bigger check.

I was actually thinking about getting two 212's and another 112. Stack the 112's on top of the 212's and have six 12's in my room. ... but then I realized that's most likely overkill. .. but then again so are the Kef Ref 5's. Those things put out so much sound it's just overpowering my single 112. And my new tv/listening room is 5x the size of my last one. I need a few more subs to make up for that. :yes:

Gotham's cost dramatically more due to their rounded cabinet. Nearly 2 weeks goes into each ones cabinet construction, painting and finishing.

The F212 represents the best value when looking for a powerful dual driver sub.

I personally own F112's, F113's, F212's and Gothams.

Ivan beat me to it...

That cabinet is nuts.

Start with one Gotham. Get a second when ready. That way you aren't ditching 2x113v2s when you realize you should have just went with the bigguns and added more later... ;)