Opinions Please??

[shawshank72]

Looking for opinions regarding what would get a better lower end punch, 2x12 or a 4x10? We are playing in a smaller room now and my 2x12 sounds great but only when im standing halfway down the stairs haha. would a 4x10 give me that good sound but at a closer distance?

 

[RickenBoogie]

Depends on *which* 212 and 410. It's got more to do with cabinet design than it does driver size.

 

[billfitzmaurice]

We are playing in a smaller room now and my 2x12 sounds great but only when im standing halfway down the stairs haha. would a 4x10 give me that good sound but at a closer distance?

All speakers have the same characteristics as far as room reactions are concerned, and in this case it is the room causing the problem, not the cab.

 

[JOME77]

I've always found 410 cabinets to have more of a compressed (slightly dampened) punchy tone than 112 or 212 cabinets.

That being said, you typically don't get the warm lowend response out of a 410 that you get with the 112 or 212 cabinets. Porting style and size can greatly change everything but as a general rule if you want a punchy sound, I'd go with the 410.