12" vs 15"

[rbai76 10+ year member]

I have heard that the 12s have better quality and 15s are loud but not as good quality. Is this true?

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[supermaxx123 10+ year member]

no

 

[sacsking916 5,000+ posts]

none whatsoever

 

[Kangaroux 5,000+ posts]

not true. most companies just gear their 15's and 18's more towards SPL since that's where they excel due to cone area, and the 12's and 10's have more SQ orientation. they are 100% capable of sounding just as good as 12's, but with the advantage of getting louder

 

[09civic 5,000+ posts]

idiots that try to use common sense with car audio is who told you that...

 

[Imtjnotu 5,000+ posts]

lulz this myth will never die

 

[Buck 5,000+ posts]

Not true.

 

[Falcons 5,000+ posts]

just because the subwoofer is 3 inches bigger does not mean it cant hit the same hertz as a 12. its all about the enclosure. sure if you tune to 47 hertz and play a test tone you'll hear brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr and thats it. however if you put a 15 in an enclosure that has the right cubic feet, and tuned right, it can sound just as good if not better than a 12 or 10

 

[Buck 5,000+ posts]

just because the subwoofer is 3 inches bigger does not mean it cant hit the same hertz as a 12. its all about the enclosure. sure if you tune to 47 hertz and play a test tone you'll hear brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr and thats it. however if you put a 15 in an enclosure that has the right cubic feet, and tuned right, it can sound just as good if not better than a 12 or 10

what

 

[Falcons 5,000+ posts]

what

just saying that a 15 can hit just as good as a 12. no skipping over certain frequencies or anything.

 

[ejschultz 10+ year member]

I think brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr is what hertz sounds like...

 

[jtomsic 5,000+ posts]

i run a 15 daily and it sounds better than most 10s/12s i hear.. its all about the box and what sub you buy in the first place..if you buy a piece of crap best buy sub in a prefab box..then yeah your gonna have probs..lotta car audio myths out there that are stupid lol

 

[Falcons 5,000+ posts]

I think brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr is what hertz sounds like...

not always. thats my version of a fart cannon lol

 

[Chriszle 10+ year member]

I like the 18s cause they play the deep bass //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/rolleyes.gif.c1fef805e9d1464d377451cd5bc18bfb.gif

 

[Buck 5,000+ posts]

I like the 18s cause they play the deep bass //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/rolleyes.gif.c1fef805e9d1464d377451cd5bc18bfb.gif

That's only true with girls. I'm SOL.

Anyways, sub sizes on their own really don't determine how they will play, it's more in the enclosure.