i have a friend that has 2 12" audiobauns in his truck, and i have a friend that has 2 10" JL w7's, i can tell you as a definate fact that the JL's sound ALOT better and hit ALOT harder, so i would say no to audiobaun's and the JL's sound better than alot of subs ive heard (even better than phenix gold's my friends has in his lude') so basicly i say go with the JL's.