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<blockquote data-quote="Umbra" data-source="post: 8462332" data-attributes="member: 658055">I&#039;ve never heard of Quinn Acoustics. Having looked them up they don&#039;t have many reviews, but the ones they do have seem to be positive. Their prices seem to be inline with entry-level &quot;decent&quot; speaker offerings from the mainstream brands (above ****-tier brands, but far below what any SQ guy would touch) - inline with the lower offerings from Infinity, Kicker, Alpine, Kenwood, Polk, Pioneer, Sony, JBL etc. They don&#039;t look phenomenal and their power handling is nothing special. Frankly I&#039;d go with any of the ones I listed before I tried Quinn only because I&#039;ve never heard them or even heard of them.On the other hand, I think you&#039;ve put too much stock in the Infinity Brand. Their Kappa series is decent and would be considered better than most of the crap you&#039;d find at Walmart or Best Buy. In this regard they&#039;re a mid to higher end product, but pit them against the big boys like Focal, Morel, Rainbow, CDT, ID, etc - even their lesser offerings leave Infinity in the dust. Worse yet, I doubt whatever stock Infinity branded speakers are in your doors are even comparable to Infinity&#039;s lowest aftermarket offering. Dodge made a car, the stereo system is an afterthought.Now which is better? Depends on what qualifies as better, but I think any half-decent aftermarket speaker should outshine a stock system, at least on a standalone amp and not on a head unit. If they were both powered on a head unit it&#039;s a crapshoot. Just my two cents.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Umbra, post: 8462332, member: 658055"] I've never heard of Quinn Acoustics. Having looked them up they don't have many reviews, but the ones they do have seem to be positive. Their prices seem to be inline with entry-level "decent" speaker offerings from the mainstream brands (above ****-tier brands, but far below what any SQ guy would touch) - inline with the lower offerings from Infinity, Kicker, Alpine, Kenwood, Polk, Pioneer, Sony, JBL etc. They don't look phenomenal and their power handling is nothing special. Frankly I'd go with any of the ones I listed before I tried Quinn only because I've never heard them or even heard of them. On the other hand, I think you've put too much stock in the Infinity Brand. Their Kappa series is decent and would be considered better than most of the crap you'd find at Walmart or Best Buy. In this regard they're a mid to higher end product, but pit them against the big boys like Focal, Morel, Rainbow, CDT, ID, etc - even their lesser offerings leave Infinity in the dust. Worse yet, I doubt whatever stock Infinity branded speakers are in your doors are even comparable to Infinity's lowest aftermarket offering. Dodge made a car, the stereo system is an afterthought. Now which is better? Depends on what qualifies as better, but I think any half-decent aftermarket speaker should outshine a stock system, at least on a standalone amp and not on a head unit. If they were both powered on a head unit it's a crapshoot. Just my two cents. [/QUOTE]

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