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<blockquote data-quote="The Tall Man" data-source="post: 194529" data-attributes="member: 547685">Wow- my typing is really bad.&nbsp; To clarify...- I have a car, not truck; BMW 3 series- it has &#039;balanced differential outputs&#039; from the head unit.&nbsp; I know of a converter that will do the conversion to standard RCA, or I can get an amp that accepts that kind of input (e.g. JL Audio).&nbsp; I think &#039;balanced differential&#039; is different from &#039;speaker level&#039; input, but maybe someone can confirm.- I am looking to spend no more than about one grand or so for the whole setup, assuming that I do the install on my own.&nbsp; That means amp(s), components, sub(s), cables, whatever I need.- The fronts need to be 5 1/4&quot;, I think the depth limitation is about 2&quot;.&nbsp; Current front speakers are Harmon Kardon stock speakers, there is a tweeter and mid/woofer combination in there.&nbsp; They don&#039;t sound horrible or anything, just not so good for some songs.I&#039;d been considering 5 channel amps from JL Audio, KenWood Excelon, and Phoenix Gold.&nbsp; I have had reasonable success with standard KenWood and Rockford Fosgate in the past, that is in my other car (a 4 X 55 watt rockford and 2 X 90 Kenwood).The Harmon-Kardon stock audio setup actually has 12 speakers, and a many channel amp that I will need to remove (I think it is 8+ channels, but the wattage per channel is very low, the unit itself is small).TTM</blockquote>

[QUOTE="The Tall Man, post: 194529, member: 547685"] Wow- my typing is really bad. To clarify... - I have a car, not truck; BMW 3 series- it has 'balanced differential outputs' from the head unit. I know of a converter that will do the conversion to standard RCA, or I can get an amp that accepts that kind of input (e.g. JL Audio). I think 'balanced differential' is different from 'speaker level' input, but maybe someone can confirm. - I am looking to spend no more than about one grand or so for the whole setup, assuming that I do the install on my own. That means amp(s), components, sub(s), cables, whatever I need. - The fronts need to be 5 1/4", I think the depth limitation is about 2". Current front speakers are Harmon Kardon stock speakers, there is a tweeter and mid/woofer combination in there. They don't sound horrible or anything, just not so good for some songs. I'd been considering 5 channel amps from JL Audio, KenWood Excelon, and Phoenix Gold. I have had reasonable success with standard KenWood and Rockford Fosgate in the past, that is in my other car (a 4 X 55 watt rockford and 2 X 90 Kenwood). The Harmon-Kardon stock audio setup actually has 12 speakers, and a many channel amp that I will need to remove (I think it is 8+ channels, but the wattage per channel is very low, the unit itself is small). TTM [/QUOTE]

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