IA 187s VS Planet Audio Zetars

[Nova76 10+ year member]

Ok so i was planing on getting 3 12" IA 187s and i just found 4 10" Planet Audio Zetars guy had them running a sundown 1500 @ 1ohm so i know they will be able to take my Hifonics @ 1ohm with no problem what im wondering is should i go with the 10s because more cone area and because there will be a 1ohm load on my amp opposed to a 1.34ohm with the 12s which would mean a little more power to the 10s or should i go with the 12s because there IA?

i know no one can know which ones will be louder hence im not asking that im just asking which should i go with in my car 3 12s or 4 10s?

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[Nova76 10+ year member]

Bump

 

[t-money 10+ year member]

three 12's have more cone area than 4 10's.//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

 

[Electrodynamic 10+ year member]

IA FTW! It's really a no-brainer. IA is dedicated to building incredibly reliable, LOUD, subwoofers that still sound good. And if you purchase an IA sub you're actually helping a few guys out instead of allowing the VP of PA to pad his expense account a little more.

 

[01 S 10 10+ year member]

The Zetars will surprise the hell out of you though, I know they are loud. It just sucks because I have not seen anyone else that has used them before which is making it hard to sell them...

Im not sure what you listen to most of the time, but after running the zetars, I would use them more for rock music and some rap personally. If you want lows, they'll need to be ported. They are very accurate and tight sounding subs in a sealed box, but on the when you crank it, they will wang hard for 4 10"s sealed.

 

[skadude016 5,000+ posts]

Never owned anything planet audio. But I hear they make good products. Now IA I have owned alot of there stuff. I have had 6 IA 187's and 1 1st gen Death penalty. Great products and very impressive

 

[denim 5,000+ posts]

IA gets my vote.

 

[Nova76 10+ year member]

three 12's have more cone area than 4 10's.//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

ok???

12x3=36 10x4=40 //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif so unless i missed the part where 36 is more then 40?//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/confused.gif.e820e0216602db4765798ac39d28caa9.gif

 

[Nova76 10+ year member]

The Zetars will surprise the hell out of you though, I know they are loud. It just sucks because I have not seen anyone else that has used them before which is making it hard to sell them...
Im not sure what you listen to most of the time, but after running the zetars, I would use them more for rock music and some rap personally. If you want lows, they'll need to be ported. They are very accurate and tight sounding subs in a sealed box, but on the when you crank it, they will wang hard for 4 10"s sealed.

well i listen to just rap and maybe some test tones when i feel like showing off but id be putting them in a sealed box.

the main reason im really asking this is because i dont really care about who makes them iv heard alot of Planet Audio stuff out here and it sound alright atleast the newer 12s i had heard the had some good SQ but still got loud when ported but with the 3 12s id be running at 1.34ohm off my amp and with the 3 10s id be running a 1ohm load so really with the 10s ill get a little more power and cone area but with the 12s iv wanted to try some IA subs but idk weather i should wait i want to get there 21" and make a wall.

 

[skateboardkid 10+ year member]

ok???12x3=36 10x4=40 //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif so unless i missed the part where 36 is more then 40?//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/confused.gif.e820e0216602db4765798ac39d28caa9.gif

yes!!!!!!!!!!!drift typing, arithmatic panda

 

[alxmlr789 10+ year member]

ok???12x3=36 10x4=40 //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif so unless i missed the part where 36 is more then 40?//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/confused.gif.e820e0216602db4765798ac39d28caa9.gif

oh my.

10" Subwoofer (average) = Sd: 310cm^2 | 310cm^2

12" Subwoofer (average) = Sd: 481cm^2 | 481cm^2

The SD of the speaker is what you want to look at. In this case, the 12's are gonna have more cone area.

 

[15nissen 10+ year member]

ok???12x3=36 10x4=40 //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif so unless i missed the part where 36 is more then 40?//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/confused.gif.e820e0216602db4765798ac39d28caa9.gif

I really hope your joking. that my friend is sig worthy, i just am not sure how to do it, your lucky

 

[Hintzyboy 5,000+ posts]

knowledge of basic math anyone?

 

[alxmlr789 10+ year member]

knowledge of basic math anyone?

Well, if he was using rulers as speakers... He'd be dead on.

 

[Nova76 10+ year member]

I really hope your joking. that my friend is sig worthy

weeeeeeell excuse me for using basic math i dont know all the tecnical math IMO i belive 4 10s would be louder than 3 12s when the 10s have more power and IMO more is always better