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Decision between a soundstream spl160 (15") or a boston acoustics 10.4LF. I would like deep bass, but need the box to be as small as possible. (It's going into my itty bitty daily driver)

Anyways the boston seems to do good in a 2 cu ft box, while the soundstream seems to be crap at anything under 3 cu ft or so. Reccomendations?

Soundstream spl160 DVC

Frequency Response 25-500
Sensitivity(2.83v/1m) 96db
Impedance(nominal Z, ohms) 2
Rated Program Power(watts) 800
Fs (Hz) 28
Qts .33
Qms 7.82
Qes .35
Vas (ft3) 7.24
Vas (liter) 205
Vas (m3) .205
Cms (um/N) 183
DCR (Ohms) 2.01
Levc (mH)@1Khz .67
BL (Tesla m) 13.3
Sd(in2) 131.0
Sd(m2) .0845
Sd(cm2) 845
X max; one way (linear mm) 10.0
X max; one way (peak mm) 22
Vd (linear cm3) 845
Vd (peak cm3) 1859
Vd (linear m3) .000845
Vd (peak cm3) .001859
Mms (grams) 173
Magnet Assembly (oz) 345
Magnet Weight (oz) 157
Vf (volume of frame, in3) 385
Coil Length (mm) 28.6

Boston Acoustics 10.4LF

Peak Input Power 500 watts
Continuous Input Power 250 watts
Sensitivity (1 watt .5m) 98dB
Nominal Impedance 4 Ohms
Fs 33 Hz
Vas 2.34 cubic feet
Qts 0.36
Qes 0.42
Qms 2.53
Cms 380.9
Sd 56 square inches
Voice Coil Diameter 2 in.
Re 4.1 ohms
Le 0.65 mH
X-max (one way) 7.5mm