Two 10's vs One 12

Originally Posted by 2fast4thelaw

(3) 10's will triple your distortion because your pushing (3) cones on one amp, especially if your amp is running 2 ohms or lower!

Plus 1 on the single 12!! Trust me you will have all the bass you can stand with a single 12 and it is capable of creating pain in your ears. Just use a "sealed" 1.2 to 1.5 cu ft box so the cone can travel its full X-Max efficiently. Just push it with a good clean amp of at least 250 watts.

You might get equivilent output with a pair of 10's and they will hit hard, but they wont drop as low as a single 12. I have always gotten the best SQ from a single sub. Running a single sub at 4 ohms will give you the lowest distortion. Plus a single 12 is cheaper than a pair of equivelent 10's and your amp will have to work much harder to drive the pair.

In the right box/amp/sub combination a 12 is NOT sluggish in the least! Especially in such a small car.

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.

Originally Posted by speedfreak28

actually its very true, The enclosure volume has more to do with the driver having tight response rather than driver diameter. a 15 in a small enclosure will be more responsive than a 10 in a large enclosure. A smaller enclosure tends to be more responsive but you lose a little on teh low end.