cheap speakers ? (500watt amp)

[Stingraynut]

My new system is working fine except that the front speakers in the door seem to be poor quality.

I have a 500watt amp (not RMS), 6x9’s rear and 6” round in the doors.

I got some good advice here re setting up the gains but the 6’ speakers begin distortion at a much lesser sound level than the rears. I can’t get a good balance without sacrificing some power from the rears.

The rears are Pioneer and rated at 300watts the fronts are Sansui and rated at 80watts. I’m guessing I made a mistake there with the 80 watts, should have got 150+ ?

To compound the problem the door speakers are right at the bottom so are masked by legs, I’m thinking I’d be better off with component speakers, I can mount the tweeters under the dash ends.

My questions are –

Are these the symptoms of a low power speakers ?

How much better is a component speaker?

All advice most welcome, please

S’nut

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[MTX BUMPA 10+ year member]

up that wattage of the fronts so you dont have to turn the gain up to high which can cause distortion

 

[Stingraynut]

Thanks MTX Bumpa, that's what I thought,

S'nut