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<blockquote data-quote="ronjon228" data-source="post: 4239275" data-attributes="member: 551820">No problem man, I came off as a jerk earlier, but I just didn&#039;t want to see you do all these things and end up not being happy in the end.I&#039;ll lay it out for you like this.&nbsp; And PLEASE don&#039;t take this the wrong way.&nbsp; It&#039;s nothing against you, or your component choice.&nbsp; Just general things that I follow as a rule.First off, component sets are almost always going to sound MUCH better than any coax speaker.&nbsp; This is because you can easily mount the separates (mid and tweeter) in any location you choose.&nbsp; Also, by removing the tweeter from the midbass driver, you get cleaner sound from both speakers.&nbsp; Making the overall sound quality much better.&nbsp; You can get good sound out of coaxs, but it&#039;s much harder.&nbsp; And with 5x7&#039;s, or 6x8&#039;s it&#039;s complicates things even more.&nbsp; Round speakers tend to have better SQ than any odd shaped speaker.&nbsp; I highly recommend you get 1 good component set and install that up front.&nbsp; If you don&#039;t feel comfortable doing it, have some one you know help or get it done at a shop.&nbsp; You&#039;ll be so happy you did in the end.The amp you have now will be fine for just about any component set you pick in low to mid range category.&nbsp; There are plenty of great sound component sets out there for $150 or even under that you can consider, and your amp will push them just fine.Also, under powering speakers is never a good idea.&nbsp; A common myth is that overpowering speakers will blow them.&nbsp; When it&#039;s MUCH more common that speakers get blown due to under powering.&nbsp; Your best bet is to match or exceed the &quot;nominal&quot; wattage of the speaker you are sending the amp to.I think right now you definitely need to get that sub wired to your mono amp.&nbsp; Then, use the 4-channel to power the new speakers.&nbsp; You&#039;ll want to bridge the 4-channel into 2-channels, giving you that &quot;300w&quot; (hehe) of power x2 @ 4ohms.As for the ohms, here&#039;s the deal.&nbsp; If you have 2 speakers running off of 1-channel (2 if bridged) then the speakers have to be wired either in series, or in parallel since they are only using ONE input on the amp.&nbsp; That&#039;s why I said your speakers are running either 2ohms or 8ohms, as they are wired together.I attached a diagram of what 2ohms would be.&nbsp; Notice that all 4 channels of the amp are used, but only one speaker lead of each.&nbsp; Effectively making 4 channels into 2 by bridging the speakers.They probably originally had all 4 speakers wired to their own channels.&nbsp; Meaning that you&#039;d be running the front speakers off of channels 1 and 2 and then the rears of channels 3 and 4.&nbsp; If you only want to run 1 set of speakers (for instance a component set) the 4-channel amp will effectively become a 2-channel by means of bridging it.&nbsp;&nbsp; It would be wired up exactly the same as the diagram, just to 2 speakers, instead of 4.&nbsp; Making the final impedance 4ohms instead of 2.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ronjon228, post: 4239275, member: 551820"] No problem man, I came off as a jerk earlier, but I just didn't want to see you do all these things and end up not being happy in the end. I'll lay it out for you like this. And PLEASE don't take this the wrong way. It's nothing against you, or your component choice. Just general things that I follow as a rule. First off, component sets are almost always going to sound MUCH better than any coax speaker. This is because you can easily mount the separates (mid and tweeter) in any location you choose. Also, by removing the tweeter from the midbass driver, you get cleaner sound from both speakers. Making the overall sound quality much better. You can get good sound out of coaxs, but it's much harder. And with 5x7's, or 6x8's it's complicates things even more. Round speakers tend to have better SQ than any odd shaped speaker. I highly recommend you get 1 good component set and install that up front. If you don't feel comfortable doing it, have some one you know help or get it done at a shop. You'll be so happy you did in the end. The amp you have now will be fine for just about any component set you pick in low to mid range category. There are plenty of great sound component sets out there for $150 or even under that you can consider, and your amp will push them just fine. Also, under powering speakers is never a good idea. A common myth is that overpowering speakers will blow them. When it's MUCH more common that speakers get blown due to under powering. Your best bet is to match or exceed the "nominal" wattage of the speaker you are sending the amp to. I think right now you definitely need to get that sub wired to your mono amp. Then, use the 4-channel to power the new speakers. You'll want to bridge the 4-channel into 2-channels, giving you that "300w" (hehe) of power x2 @ 4ohms. As for the ohms, here's the deal. If you have 2 speakers running off of 1-channel (2 if bridged) then the speakers have to be wired either in series, or in parallel since they are only using ONE input on the amp. That's why I said your speakers are running either 2ohms or 8ohms, as they are wired together. I attached a diagram of what 2ohms would be. Notice that all 4 channels of the amp are used, but only one speaker lead of each. Effectively making 4 channels into 2 by bridging the speakers. They probably originally had all 4 speakers wired to their own channels. Meaning that you'd be running the front speakers off of channels 1 and 2 and then the rears of channels 3 and 4. If you only want to run 1 set of speakers (for instance a component set) the 4-channel amp will effectively become a 2-channel by means of bridging it. It would be wired up exactly the same as the diagram, just to 2 speakers, instead of 4. Making the final impedance 4ohms instead of 2. [/QUOTE]

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