10 or 12 inch subwoofer

Think of it as putting a sealed and a ported enclosure in the same install and running the same wattage to both.... what do you think its going to sound like:huh: and in dont mean a 4th order bandpass
 
i've done a 10 and a 12 in the same build that sounded great. one ported, one sealed. covered all angles. if you place them wrong it'll cancel each other yes. just place them correctly. my big pet peave is when people build with what they can get and put different equipment for right and left. it always pretty much sounds like crap.

seperate amps... both bridged... sounds just fine. i have seen a lot of competition cars utilizing one large sub surrounded by a whole mess of 10s. it's not uncommon to mix sizes for the best clarity and bang.
 
The posed notion that a larger sub isn't as accurate sounding as a smaller sub is not necessarily true. You just need to pay more for that accuracy. I run an 18" Mackie precision sub for pro-audio and home theatre applications and let me tell you something- it blows **** off the walls and it's a heck of a lot more accurate than my friends' polk 8s and 10s.

I would recommend a band-pass dual 12 setup paired with a 400W RMS amp- that'll just about demolish any vehicle it's inside. That is if you want to go the overkill route...
 
a 10 with some punch is cheaper and more space friendly than a bigger sub with decent accuracy in most cases though. at least in my experiences. polk and sony are trash (amongst others) anyway. many of the oldies but goodies you now have to watch out for nowadays too. seems everyone has entire product lines for "regular people" nowadays. who wants that junk?
 
dundadundun said:
i've done a 10 and a 12 in the same build that sounded great. one ported, one sealed. covered all angles. if you place them wrong it'll cancel each other yes. just place them correctly. my big pet peave is when people build with what they can get and put different equipment for right and left. it always pretty much sounds like crap.

seperate amps... both bridged... sounds just fine. i have seen a lot of competition cars utilizing one large sub surrounded by a whole mess of 10s. it's not uncommon to mix sizes for the best clarity and bang.
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im not sayin they wont sound good(better yet decent)im sayin they will have cancellation in the same enclosure and from what i got from the question the OP asked thats what i thought he was asking?(i guess I took the question wrong:huh:) and yes i have seen different sized subs in Sound Quality setups but they were set for different frequeny ranges not just sub bass. my current DD has (4)12's for bass and (8)8's for mids and im building a SPL setup for comps with (2)18's for bass and (6)10's for mids
 
For any woofer destined for sub use - look at:
  • the magnet (gauss),
  • the coil (how long is it, how close to the magnet is it, how much power can it handle?),
  • the quality of the cone and surround (will it flex too much, not enough? How much excursion is permitted?)
For pure volume, you have to look at how much air it can move which is a function or diameter, depth and excursion (and, to a lesser extent, cone quality).
 
oh, and just to let everyone know im looking at kicker stuff only. so will a kicker 12 be pretty close to the acuracy of a kicker 10?
 
bcuz kicker is good quality and i know its reliable, plus its good priced
 
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