Jakerrr 10+ year member
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This was my old thread:
http://www.caraudio.com/forums/general-discussion/619334-new-upgrading-mids-highs-best-brands-%24-brick-mortar-dealers-sell.html
I've since made arrangements to just ship to a friend's house (duh, lol), so I don't need brick and mortar anymore. I'm probably going to get a ppi900.4 for the amp, but if anyone has objections to that I'm more than happy to listen to what you have to say. I also want some front/(and rear) speaker options. Current speakers are 6.5 in and I'm pretty sure the tweeters are 1 inch. My budget is, oh,, about $600 for amp and all 4 speakers (not including tweeters in front) but that number can change wildly and what I really want is "best bang for the buck" type gear. I want more than 100wrms per channel for the amp and at least 100wrms rated speakers unless they're well known to be under rated in which case I can go lower. My car came with front components so I'll probably get components in front and whatever y'all recommend for rears, whether that be coax, midbass driver, no speakers, etc.
I am leaning a little towards running rears as opposed to no rears because with my current stock system, when I fade the volume up to the front in my car it just doesn't sound as full. Granted, that could be due to the fact that I don't have my sub in the car yet and the rears are providing half of the small amount of bass I'm getting. The car came with a factory sub but I removed it and put it back in and hooked it back up and now it doesn't work.. Don't know what's up with that but if anyone has an idea lmk. It's not a huge deal tho as I'll be putting my SA-15 in the trunk once I receive my enclosure.
So...
If not ppi900.4, what then?
Good loud and clear 6.5 components?
Good speakers to put in deck?
And, how do your deck speakers hold up when you're running a large subwoofer with a lot of bass that pushes up on the deck speakers?
Should I just remove the deck speakers and bridge the ppi900.4 so it supplies 2x450wrms at 4 ohms? That is a very attractive option for me I have to say because I could get a high end component set and just run them off that high power.
http://www.caraudio.com/forums/general-discussion/619334-new-upgrading-mids-highs-best-brands-%24-brick-mortar-dealers-sell.html
I've since made arrangements to just ship to a friend's house (duh, lol), so I don't need brick and mortar anymore. I'm probably going to get a ppi900.4 for the amp, but if anyone has objections to that I'm more than happy to listen to what you have to say. I also want some front/(and rear) speaker options. Current speakers are 6.5 in and I'm pretty sure the tweeters are 1 inch. My budget is, oh,, about $600 for amp and all 4 speakers (not including tweeters in front) but that number can change wildly and what I really want is "best bang for the buck" type gear. I want more than 100wrms per channel for the amp and at least 100wrms rated speakers unless they're well known to be under rated in which case I can go lower. My car came with front components so I'll probably get components in front and whatever y'all recommend for rears, whether that be coax, midbass driver, no speakers, etc.
I am leaning a little towards running rears as opposed to no rears because with my current stock system, when I fade the volume up to the front in my car it just doesn't sound as full. Granted, that could be due to the fact that I don't have my sub in the car yet and the rears are providing half of the small amount of bass I'm getting. The car came with a factory sub but I removed it and put it back in and hooked it back up and now it doesn't work.. Don't know what's up with that but if anyone has an idea lmk. It's not a huge deal tho as I'll be putting my SA-15 in the trunk once I receive my enclosure.
So...
If not ppi900.4, what then?
Good loud and clear 6.5 components?
Good speakers to put in deck?
And, how do your deck speakers hold up when you're running a large subwoofer with a lot of bass that pushes up on the deck speakers?
Should I just remove the deck speakers and bridge the ppi900.4 so it supplies 2x450wrms at 4 ohms? That is a very attractive option for me I have to say because I could get a high end component set and just run them off that high power.