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<blockquote data-quote="Silas Pradetto" data-source="post: 73019" data-attributes="member: 34">I think you have your answer.I&#039;ll expand on that. You are running your whole sound rig on one 120V, 20A circuit? With a power conditioner inline?First, you never want to be using any sort of power conditioning on high-draw things like amplifiers. Wall power is plenty clean unless there is a lightning strike; &#039;power conditioners&#039; rarely do anything useful other than provide more outlets. Second, better equipment senses line current and voltage and has the ability to limit their current consumption so they don&#039;t trip breakers. Running your whole sound rig like you are guarantees you are pushing that circuit to its limit and the gear is not performing to potential.Separate all the gear onto different circuits. Put the subs each on their own circuits. Given real input power, I&#039;m sure the better sub will pull ahead, as you would expect. It takes power to make power.And, there is no &#039;2 phase&#039;. There is split-phase (single phase) power and three-phase power. With three-phase, it is certainly possible to use just two of the three legs, but it is not &#039;2 phase&#039;.As a note for you: the 8006AS subs I have came with a 20-amp line cord, intending for each sub to have its own ENTIRE 20A circuit.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Silas Pradetto, post: 73019, member: 34"] I think you have your answer. I'll expand on that. You are running your whole sound rig on one 120V, 20A circuit? With a power conditioner inline? First, you never want to be using any sort of power conditioning on high-draw things like amplifiers. Wall power is plenty clean unless there is a lightning strike; 'power conditioners' rarely do anything useful other than provide more outlets. Second, better equipment senses line current and voltage and has the ability to limit their current consumption so they don't trip breakers. Running your whole sound rig like you are guarantees you are pushing that circuit to its limit and the gear is not performing to potential. Separate all the gear onto different circuits. Put the subs each on their own circuits. Given real input power, I'm sure the better sub will pull ahead, as you would expect. It takes power to make power. And, there is no '2 phase'. There is split-phase (single phase) power and three-phase power. With three-phase, it is certainly possible to use just two of the three legs, but it is not '2 phase'. As a note for you: the 8006AS subs I have came with a 20-amp line cord, intending for each sub to have its own ENTIRE 20A circuit. [/QUOTE]

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