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I know Ed the inventor says you need at least 300 watts for the two bucket subs but lately I've tried them with a 100 watt plate amp which I found to be sufficient depending on the type of music. Ed rocks out at insane levels and no doubt needs the extra power. With two bucket subs ( 8 ohm Peerless woofers ) connected in parallel you'll get a 4 ohm load for a single plate amp and extract it's maximum output.
For me in the small room the stereo is in (guessing 10' X 12') I use a pair of KLH 22A speakers running on a Lafayette LA-375 amp at about 25 WPC and either due to room issues or the efficiency of the KLH speakers one sub is not enough for all types of music. When I play more modern music with lots of bass is usually when the sub runs out of steam.
I know there's some room issues as in the center where I sit the bass is lower, but if I walk towards the sub or the corners the bass is louder.
Have a topic started on building a second one.