Loudness question 2 10s vs 2 15s

[I Like Waffle]

Im trying to do some comparing between what im using now as a temp setup and the setup that will be going in the car in a week or 2, and i was just curious about the loudness between the 2.

Right now i have 2 MA 101xq 10"s seeing about 500wrms for the pair ported in 3.5 cubes @ 36hz. Im very impressed with the 10s but im going with 2 15" SE's on double the power, but theyll be ran sealed in 5 cubes or so (ported eventually, but cant build another box right now). What do you guys think the output differences would be?

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[fasfocus00 5,000+ posts]

drastic

 

[I Like Waffle]

i was thinking so, but wasnt sure although i was going with more power and cone area, but losing dbz from going to sealed. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif

 

[pr-festiva 10+ year member]

just be sure to not block air flow back into the cabin or you will be very disappointed,,,unless you are firing them forward.

 

[I Like Waffle]

yea, i really need to redesign a new box soon. The one in my sig is the one ill be using and its huge as you can see, maybe 4 inches overtop of the box for airflow. alot of my power went out as trunk rattling it seemed. lol. These 10s are just about as loud as the old MA audio 15s i had running them sealed on the same power, im thinking that must be the box blocking airflow. I thought i read on here somewhere that one 15" had almost double or triple the cone area of a 10, is this true?

 

[RAM_Designs 5,000+ posts]

A little more than 2 times as much, if I remember correctly.