Two 10's vs One 12

FuszNissan · 09-11-2009, 11:07 AM

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Originally Posted by bigaudiofanat

I am going to call BS on that one. You can run as many subs as you want on a amp as long as the amp can handle the ohms and put out clean power to them.

bigaudiofanat · 09-10-2009, 07:37 PM

Wow 3 that is to much for me lol. Yes I am one of those that care about what I am listening to and how it is being heard. The quality of some 12's are worse than 10's but others can be much better. 10's can do a lot but a 12 can do much more for what it can reproduce. Say you have a song that goes down to 23hrz "just a example" The 10 is going to fade out or clip because it can not reproduce that freq. But a 12 will be able to reproduce it just fine. Some people say well the higher freq of a bigger sub can not be reproduced. That might be true but your only going to have your sub reproduce 60hrz and below so that dose not affect it.

speedoflife · 09-10-2009, 08:41 PM

I'd go for a 12 if you like the deep stuff. Use the extra space available to make your box a ported one. And for the most part, a 12" will not tend to be "sluggish." You might start dealing with nonlinear (aka distortion) with an 18" burping at twice it's RMS, but for these applications, ever sub will be just as fast and have the potential to be as accurate as the other. The only advantage to 10's is that you can take advantage of coupling and gain a few dB's.
And I have seen 4 10's hit over 140 dB (TermLab) at 10 htz, so it really just depends on what you can fit/power!

09-10-2009, 07:37 PM	#2 (permalink)
bigaudiofanat Car Audio Installer Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Magnolia DE Posts: 8,342 Drives: 2012 Infiniti G37x Rep Power: 853	Wow 3 that is to much for me lol. Yes I am one of those that care about what I am listening to and how it is being heard. The quality of some 12's are worse than 10's but others can be much better. 10's can do a lot but a 12 can do much more for what it can reproduce. Say you have a song that goes down to 23hrz "just a example" The 10 is going to fade out or clip because it can not reproduce that freq. But a 12 will be able to reproduce it just fine. Some people say well the higher freq of a bigger sub can not be reproduced. That might be true but your only going to have your sub reproduce 60hrz and below so that dose not affect it. __________________ Need help with car audio or electronics? Let me know!! Need Help Let Me Know Direct email address reimermatt@gmail.com Owner of: Dynamic Mobile Audio Follow me below https://www.facebook.com/Dynamicmobileaudio/

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09-10-2009, 08:41 PM	#3 (permalink)
speedoflife Enthusiast Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: MS/TX Posts: 268 Drives: '06 Pontiac G.P. Rep Power: 16	I'd go for a 12 if you like the deep stuff. Use the extra space available to make your box a ported one. And for the most part, a 12" will not tend to be "sluggish." You might start dealing with nonlinear (aka distortion) with an 18" burping at twice it's RMS, but for these applications, ever sub will be just as fast and have the potential to be as accurate as the other. The only advantage to 10's is that you can take advantage of coupling and gain a few dB's. And I have seen 4 10's hit over 140 dB (TermLab) at 10 htz, so it really just depends on what you can fit/power!