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A 12 and a 10?

Old Mar 10, 2003 | 11:33 PM
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A 12 and a 10?

I'm lookin into putting some subs in my car, and from what I've seen, everyone's setup, for the most part, is either two 10s, a 12, or two 12s, or whatever. My question is, why don't people get a 10 and a 12, to her the punch of the 10 and low end of the 12? Is there some wierd electronic thing that I'm missing, or is this a good combination?

I like the sound of my roomates 12, but I also like the sound of 10s I've tested out at the local audio store. Can I combine them?
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Old Mar 10, 2003 | 11:54 PM
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:nono: they dont mesh well
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Old Mar 11, 2003 | 12:35 PM
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For the same reason that you don't use one Kenwood coax and one Boston Acoustics coax. Your music isn't going to sound right with 2 different speakers, and it's really not much different with bass. For a more in-depth description, do a search. I wrote half a book on this subject in a thread a while back.
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Old Mar 11, 2003 | 01:38 PM
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Alright, thanks. I tried a search but even if the search program allowed you to search with words 10 and 10, can you imagine how many it would generate?
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