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<blockquote data-quote="HardofWhoring" data-source="post: 8860669" data-attributes="member: 674149">Looks like what you have are 3 way speakers.&nbsp;&nbsp; I honestly wouldn&#039;t get a 5ch at all.&nbsp; I think your original system was &quot;missing&quot; crossovers.&nbsp; They will split the frequency and keep the wattage.&nbsp; If you have a tweeter and a mid, they split around 3K-3,500hz area.&nbsp; Instead of having two channels 80w to two speakers, you have one channel split and the higher 80w frequencies goes to the highs, and the lower 80w goes to the lows.&nbsp;&nbsp; You could either use two way speakers (combined mids and highs), or components (separate mids and highs with a crossover), on each door.&nbsp; So the front center channel:&nbsp; I would take a look at what speaker is in the front channel.&nbsp;&nbsp; You can learn in-depth on these if you want.&nbsp; Personally, the only way I&#039;m getting a 5ch amp is if the gain on the 5th channel can be independently adjusted, (meaning you can set how much power goes to it) so that it won&#039;t try to drown out the main door speakers.&nbsp; &nbsp; That 5th channel is usually the highest wattage for a sub, and I would rather not have a mono center channel drowning out my main speakers.&nbsp; To me it&#039;s just a fill speaker, it&#039;s a luxury speaker, because you are in a luxury vehicle.&nbsp;&nbsp; Personally, I&#039;m not getting a 5ch amp, I&#039;m getting a 4ch amp for the 4 doors, and I&#039;m putting a small speaker in there that fills the size, and playing it off the head unit, (50w MAX,) which should be about 22-25w RMS.&nbsp; It doesn&#039;t need to be much, but this probably saves you 3-5 hundred bucks from buying a 4ch amp and not a 5ch amp.&nbsp; Unless you have holes in the doors for lows, I&#039;m not putting those in.&nbsp; If you have three way speakers, and just one hole for mids, highs, and tweeters, no way am I adding those in.&nbsp;&nbsp; I personally don&#039;t think 3 ways are as clear, and you&#039;re getting next to no bass out of em.&nbsp; I also like the ability to adjust bass independently from the main speakers. If those are a combined speaker: I&#039;m doing a 4ch for the doors with two ways or components, and a separate mono amp for whatever bass you want to add.&nbsp;&nbsp; Replace your original sub if you can fit the size, or do you want to go more?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="HardofWhoring, post: 8860669, member: 674149"] Looks like what you have are 3 way speakers. I honestly wouldn't get a 5ch at all. I think your original system was "missing" crossovers. They will split the frequency and keep the wattage. If you have a tweeter and a mid, they split around 3K-3,500hz area. Instead of having two channels 80w to two speakers, you have one channel split and the higher 80w frequencies goes to the highs, and the lower 80w goes to the lows. You could either use two way speakers (combined mids and highs), or components (separate mids and highs with a crossover), on each door. So the [B]front center channel:[/B] I would take a look at what speaker is in the front channel. You can learn in-depth on these if you want. Personally, the only way I'm getting a 5ch amp is if the gain on the 5th channel can be independently adjusted, (meaning you can set how much power goes to it) so that it won't try to drown out the main door speakers. That 5th channel is usually the highest wattage for a sub, and I would rather not have a mono center channel drowning out my main speakers. To me it's just a fill speaker, it's a luxury speaker, because you are in a luxury vehicle. Personally, I'm not getting a 5ch amp, I'm getting a 4ch amp for the 4 doors, and I'm putting a small speaker in there that fills the size, and playing it off the head unit, (50w MAX,) which should be about 22-25w RMS. It doesn't need to be much, but this probably saves you 3-5 hundred bucks from buying a 4ch amp and not a 5ch amp. Unless you have holes in the doors for lows, I'm not putting those in. If you have three way speakers, and just one hole for mids, highs, and tweeters, no way am I adding those in. I personally don't think 3 ways are as clear, and you're getting next to no bass out of em. I also like the ability to adjust bass independently from the main speakers. If those are a combined speaker: I'm doing a 4ch for the doors with two ways or components, and a separate mono amp for whatever bass you want to add. Replace your original sub if you can fit the size, or do you want to go more? [/QUOTE]

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