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Message: <blockquote data-quote="hispls" data-source="post: 8790255" data-attributes="member: 614752">All things being equal go with the largest diameter driver you can provide enough airspace for.   10" woofer in proper box volume will outperform 12" driver in too-small box, but the larger woofer will give you more output at the same power meaning you won't need to push it as hard to get whatever level of output you need.  Keep in mind some woofers are designed to play in sealed box and some are designed to function best in ported boxes.  Use whichever the manufacturer recommends and if they have a range of box sizes I'd lean towards using the larger ones.Probably because the "power handling" rating takes into account mechanical limits.  The smaller cone will try to move farther than the 12" cone and would likely bottom out off of less power.</blockquote>

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