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<blockquote data-quote="Kai Winters" data-source="post: 4536401" data-attributes="member: 574994">Replacing rear speakers aren&#039;t going to solve a &quot;vocals&quot; problem and I&#039;m not a big fan of them other than some sound for back seat passengers...if they need it hehehe.You don&#039;t say what the Kappa&#039;s are...if they are the 5 1/4&#039;s you aren&#039;t going to get a lot of vocals...mid range out of them...they are also of modest quality...not saying they are not a good speaker but perhaps not capable of playing loud enough.The amp also pushes 60 watts rms which is decent power but will not play &quot;loud&quot; with good clarity.Are you running the fronts and rears off the amp? Something you could try is to run the front mids off the front channel and the tweets off the rear channel...I suppose you could also bridge the amp to the fronts significantly increasing power and &quot;loudness&quot; but perhaps at some cost of clarity.By running rear speakers as part of the standard sound you do move the sound stage/imaging from the front...where it should be...but that is the choice of the owner.You don&#039;t mention the head unit either. Its&#039; tuneability could also be causing some of your problems...or preventing your desired effect.More info is definately needed.Amp power could be part of the problem. My little Memphis puts out 75w rms per channel and my JL&#039;s mids can struggle...falter...in the mids when the windows are open and I have it too loud. Cruising in the country...no one around...with the windows down and the stereo cranking is great...the wife and I love it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Kai Winters, post: 4536401, member: 574994"] Replacing rear speakers aren't going to solve a "vocals" problem and I'm not a big fan of them other than some sound for back seat passengers...if they need it hehehe. You don't say what the Kappa's are...if they are the 5 1/4's you aren't going to get a lot of vocals...mid range out of them...they are also of modest quality...not saying they are not a good speaker but perhaps not capable of playing loud enough. The amp also pushes 60 watts rms which is decent power but will not play "loud" with good clarity. Are you running the fronts and rears off the amp? Something you could try is to run the front mids off the front channel and the tweets off the rear channel...I suppose you could also bridge the amp to the fronts significantly increasing power and "loudness" but perhaps at some cost of clarity. By running rear speakers as part of the standard sound you do move the sound stage/imaging from the front...where it should be...but that is the choice of the owner. You don't mention the head unit either. Its' tuneability could also be causing some of your problems...or preventing your desired effect. More info is definately needed. Amp power could be part of the problem. My little Memphis puts out 75w rms per channel and my JL's mids can struggle...falter...in the mids when the windows are open and I have it too loud. Cruising in the country...no one around...with the windows down and the stereo cranking is great...the wife and I love it. [/QUOTE]

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