I need help selecting 2 (upto 6.5") front, 2 (upto 6.5") rear speakers and an amplifier(s) for a small convertible car.
Sound deadening and vibration dampening material has been placed in key locations.
There's so many options and the more I research the more lost I get so need some solid recommendations. Thanks!
Starting point being a Panasonic CQ-TX5500 Tube Stereo.
I like my music balanced with nice mids and highs. I'm not a fan of super loud bass but I do want good, solid lows.
Budget of around.. $400-500
Thinking component speakers would be good.
JBL GTO 609c for the front doors since I have a factory tweeter location to mount them.
JBL 629 or Rockford Fosgate T1650-S for the rear deck behind the seats.
And a 4channel amp with around 75-100W RMS at maxV (atleast 40-50W at 12V would be nice). The new Alpine MRV-F300, Planet Audio AC1200/AC1600 amps seem to be highly rated.
I've been checking out the older ones too like the Phoenix Gold and Alpine MRV-F400s (40W at 12V) or F505 (50W at 12V)
I can get amps from Japan as well if something retro from there is a good option.
Edit: oh the jbl speakers seem to be 92db at 2W. so I practically need only... around 16W RMS on the amp to get my speakers to uncomfortable levels of sound? 102db *enlightenment* the full 40W would only be needed for a speaker with a much lower sensitivity?
the more you learn.. is the above correct? I likely use only around 94db usually so I shouldn't even be thinking about the constant/max wattages...?
more RMS rating just means the speaker can get louder but the higher speaker sensitivity means the speaker needs less wattage to achieve a certain volume? 100W on a 92db/2W speaker would be over 110db of chaos?
and we can't simply wire the 4 speakers to the 2 channel panasonic because the total impedance would be over 4ohms. and wiring in series would overcomplicate it and make the panasonic run at max output constantly
So I would actually be better off with an old school rockford fosgate punch or phoenix gold that puts out around 20-40W RMS? just so the amp is never running at full capacity
Sound deadening and vibration dampening material has been placed in key locations.
There's so many options and the more I research the more lost I get so need some solid recommendations. Thanks!
Starting point being a Panasonic CQ-TX5500 Tube Stereo.
I like my music balanced with nice mids and highs. I'm not a fan of super loud bass but I do want good, solid lows.
Budget of around.. $400-500
Thinking component speakers would be good.
JBL GTO 609c for the front doors since I have a factory tweeter location to mount them.
JBL 629 or Rockford Fosgate T1650-S for the rear deck behind the seats.
And a 4channel amp with around 75-100W RMS at maxV (atleast 40-50W at 12V would be nice). The new Alpine MRV-F300, Planet Audio AC1200/AC1600 amps seem to be highly rated.
I've been checking out the older ones too like the Phoenix Gold and Alpine MRV-F400s (40W at 12V) or F505 (50W at 12V)
I can get amps from Japan as well if something retro from there is a good option.
Edit: oh the jbl speakers seem to be 92db at 2W. so I practically need only... around 16W RMS on the amp to get my speakers to uncomfortable levels of sound? 102db *enlightenment* the full 40W would only be needed for a speaker with a much lower sensitivity?
the more you learn.. is the above correct? I likely use only around 94db usually so I shouldn't even be thinking about the constant/max wattages...?
more RMS rating just means the speaker can get louder but the higher speaker sensitivity means the speaker needs less wattage to achieve a certain volume? 100W on a 92db/2W speaker would be over 110db of chaos?
and we can't simply wire the 4 speakers to the 2 channel panasonic because the total impedance would be over 4ohms. and wiring in series would overcomplicate it and make the panasonic run at max output constantly
So I would actually be better off with an old school rockford fosgate punch or phoenix gold that puts out around 20-40W RMS? just so the amp is never running at full capacity
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