8's or 10's???

[panteramatt 10+ year member]

Im going to be building a box and buying subs soon for my 91 mustang convertible. What would sound better and hit harder a nice pair of 10's or 3 8's? It will be in the trunk and I listen to metal mostly hence the name.

Click to read more...

 

[pitbull12888]

i would go with a nice pair of 10's myself

 

[SQBubble 10+ year member]

i would go with a nice pair of 10's myself

x2, btw, its " not '

haha 8' a sub, thats 96"

 

[azimuth 5,000+ posts]

both would sound good. sealed 10's would sound good, but so would a good powerful set of 8's. i have 12's sealed and they play every note and sound really good. i made the box size a little smaller than a lot of people would, not smaller than specs call for, but some would make them fairly large to hit the really deep bass from hip hop harder. sealed 10's is the way i would go if that's your choices, but the 12's i have hit really hard. i set my eq's with "walk" for my heavy metal equalizer and i love 12's sealed. get a bigger amp than your subs need with a sealed box. my subs call for 500 rms but i put 700+ a piece to them every day.

 

[bikejunkie223 10+ year member]

go with 10's- with 8's you would likely find yourself missing the low end extention of 10's or even a single 12 with an asspot of power (my choice for you- less space needed, and would sound killer and would likely be cheaper)

 

[panteramatt 10+ year member]

a 12 will be too big so I guess 2 10's it is. Thanx guys!

 

[Raven 10+ year member]

Good choice. Too few options in the world of 8s IMO.

 

[bikejunkie223 10+ year member]

Old school round kicker solobarics FTW!

 

[Lckmyblls 10+ year member]

Old school round kicker solobarics FTW!

i have a pair of the old school solobaric 10's i just picked up cheap....need to get a box built now then sell....

 

[audioholic 5,000+ posts]

a 12 will be too big so I guess 2 10's it is. Thanx guys!

//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/confused.gif.e820e0216602db4765798ac39d28caa9.gif

A single 12 generally takes about the same sized box as a comparable set of 10's. If anything, dual 10's is more restrictive than a single 12.... it requires at least a 10x20" front face, where as the 12 needs much less. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

x2, btw, its " not '
haha 8' a sub, thats 96"

You would be correct, except he was referring to them in plural, in which case it is spelled 10's not 10"s. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif