I liked both. Grew up in a garage my whole life so cars are kinda my thing lol. I love my bass but i dont like it even when it slows down the stock performance of my car. I remember having 500 pounds of audio in the trunk my last car. It was loud but killed performance, Shocks, Mpg, the car was just taking a beating everyday it felt like and i didnt like it. I Downgraded to half the weigh and audio, lost a little output but its still enough daily for me. I believe you can do both with a balance, One single 12" on 1000-1200 is plenty for most people. So yeah i believe you can enjoy both, just dont put 500-600 pounds of car audio in the car and 600HP upgrades in performance, You will be fighting yourself then.