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<blockquote data-quote="Lasherž" data-source="post: 8703776" data-attributes="member: 679555"><p>The size of a subwoofer is important, but only in terms of what your setup is going to look like and how many you need. You could say the smaller subwoofers produce higher notes easier while the larger subwoofers produce lower notes easily but by FAR the more important factor is the enclosure. For example, if you want to avoid a peak at 34-50 hz like you see all the time with rap music rattling some dweeb with a prefab ported enclosure's license plate then you'll want an enclosure that's not tuned so low or ideally has little to no resonance if you can afford the power loss of a sealed enclosure. Where the size plays a role is mostly how much surface area your setup is moving and whenever you have more than one subwoofer the waves will interact with each other both constructively and destructively, so you wouldn't want to just jam your trunk with a bunch of small subs in their own enclosures without being cognizant of where the waves are going to interact. Having a single large subwoofer gives you great surface area and no hot spots. In a sealed enclosure a 15" can play 200hz notes that a 10" subwoofer in a 34-50hz tuned pre-fab ported box couldn't dream of producing without being muddy, plus it uses much less trunk space. The downside is that in a sealed enclosure you're losing a lot of efficiency because it's having to compress an air cushion and the backside of the pressure wave isn't being added to the frontside, it's just being suppressed.</p><p></p><p>The rule of thumb I go for is if I can fit a bigger one I'll get it, but this is ultimately for saving room in my trunk and avoiding nodes and anti-nodes in the car. Then decide what type of frequencies I enjoy the most. If I want to enjoy low rap music a ton then I may just want that prefab port box, but if I want to enjoy any sort of instrumental music with bass guitars or kick drums I'll want a box that's more responsive. Also if I don't have a lot of equalizer bands inside the bass range to adjust I'll want something with less resonance. It's incredibly annoying to have to choose between one hz range and another one sounding good, equalizers can flatten them out pretty well but having them flat in the first place undoubtedly sounds better.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lasherž, post: 8703776, member: 679555"] The size of a subwoofer is important, but only in terms of what your setup is going to look like and how many you need. You could say the smaller subwoofers produce higher notes easier while the larger subwoofers produce lower notes easily but by FAR the more important factor is the enclosure. For example, if you want to avoid a peak at 34-50 hz like you see all the time with rap music rattling some dweeb with a prefab ported enclosure's license plate then you'll want an enclosure that's not tuned so low or ideally has little to no resonance if you can afford the power loss of a sealed enclosure. Where the size plays a role is mostly how much surface area your setup is moving and whenever you have more than one subwoofer the waves will interact with each other both constructively and destructively, so you wouldn't want to just jam your trunk with a bunch of small subs in their own enclosures without being cognizant of where the waves are going to interact. Having a single large subwoofer gives you great surface area and no hot spots. In a sealed enclosure a 15" can play 200hz notes that a 10" subwoofer in a 34-50hz tuned pre-fab ported box couldn't dream of producing without being muddy, plus it uses much less trunk space. The downside is that in a sealed enclosure you're losing a lot of efficiency because it's having to compress an air cushion and the backside of the pressure wave isn't being added to the frontside, it's just being suppressed. The rule of thumb I go for is if I can fit a bigger one I'll get it, but this is ultimately for saving room in my trunk and avoiding nodes and anti-nodes in the car. Then decide what type of frequencies I enjoy the most. If I want to enjoy low rap music a ton then I may just want that prefab port box, but if I want to enjoy any sort of instrumental music with bass guitars or kick drums I'll want a box that's more responsive. Also if I don't have a lot of equalizer bands inside the bass range to adjust I'll want something with less resonance. It's incredibly annoying to have to choose between one hz range and another one sounding good, equalizers can flatten them out pretty well but having them flat in the first place undoubtedly sounds better. [/QUOTE]
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