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<blockquote data-quote="mvw2" data-source="post: 2753867" data-attributes="member: 574722">Look for anything with good sensitivity, high power handling, and plenty of excursion.&nbsp; Your limits to get loud will either be excursion based(low frequency extention) and thermal(burning stuff).Did you have a budget for this?I&#039;m with phyphoestilic, you do need to take care of your audio system and understand its capabilities.&nbsp; Know what your speakers can take, know what your amps can provide(cleanly), and learn to listen for signs of stress/distortion either induced by overexcursion or by clipping of the amp.&nbsp; For clipping, just don&#039;t be a nut with the gains.&nbsp; Know what voltage is going in from the RCAs and know what voltage is going out to your speakers.&nbsp; The gains are there to calibrate your amp to your HU.&nbsp; It&#039;s not a volume knob.&nbsp; For excursion issues, just keep the woofers crossed a little higher.&nbsp; You&#039;re not going to get an authoritative 60Hz tone out of a 6.5&quot; woofer.&nbsp; It just won&#039;t happen unless you&#039;re running a mini-subwoofer.I will state this simply, an intellegent person could never damage their audio system in any way.&nbsp; They either set up their system so it was impossible to damage(gains set appropriately, x-overs set appropriately), or they at least listen to signs of stress and back off so they don&#039;t simply end up with $200 paper weights.&nbsp; If you know your hardware isn&#039;t up to your desired task, you make appropriate changes to allow you to achieve the desired results.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="mvw2, post: 2753867, member: 574722"] Look for anything with good sensitivity, high power handling, and plenty of excursion. Your limits to get loud will either be excursion based(low frequency extention) and thermal(burning stuff). Did you have a budget for this? I'm with phyphoestilic, you do need to take care of your audio system and understand its capabilities. Know what your speakers can take, know what your amps can provide(cleanly), and learn to listen for signs of stress/distortion either induced by overexcursion or by clipping of the amp. For clipping, just don't be a nut with the gains. Know what voltage is going in from the RCAs and know what voltage is going out to your speakers. The gains are there to calibrate your amp to your HU. It's not a volume knob. For excursion issues, just keep the woofers crossed a little higher. You're not going to get an authoritative 60Hz tone out of a 6.5" woofer. It just won't happen unless you're running a mini-subwoofer. I will state this simply, an intellegent person could never damage their audio system in any way. They either set up their system so it was impossible to damage(gains set appropriately, x-overs set appropriately), or they at least listen to signs of stress and back off so they don't simply end up with $200 paper weights. If you know your hardware isn't up to your desired task, you make appropriate changes to allow you to achieve the desired results. [/QUOTE]

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