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<blockquote data-quote="saintdruss" data-source="post: 7763233" data-attributes="member: 642113">Thanks for the tips, I wasn&#039;t even thinking about the strain on my battery, the reasons I was looking at amps instead of stereos were I don&#039;t need a CD player or radio and I was thinking I could trade off the price for the CD/radio for more power.I&#039;m not going to be limited to marine grade equipment, when I&#039;m not on my bike it&#039;s in the garage I live in Lake Havasu City AZ so rains not an issue, the sun is but like I said it&#039;s not left out in the elements.I&#039;m still not sure what I need to be looking for as far as the RMS numbers. I&#039;m not needing booming bass I need&nbsp; crystal clear volume, I need it loud and clear. Most stereos I&#039;m looking at have low RMS wattage or maybe I just think it&#039;s low.For example, I found a stereo with all the features I&#039;m looking for but with 17 x 4 RMS, thats higher than the stereo they offer with the fairing but in my uneducated audio mind that seams low.If you audio guys were putting together just a HU with out a amp to push four 5.25&quot; speakers what would you be looking for as far as wattage from the HU and speakers? Are you just looking at RMS?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="saintdruss, post: 7763233, member: 642113"] Thanks for the tips, I wasn't even thinking about the strain on my battery, the reasons I was looking at amps instead of stereos were I don't need a CD player or radio and I was thinking I could trade off the price for the CD/radio for more power. I'm not going to be limited to marine grade equipment, when I'm not on my bike it's in the garage I live in Lake Havasu City AZ so rains not an issue, the sun is but like I said it's not left out in the elements. I'm still not sure what I need to be looking for as far as the RMS numbers. I'm not needing booming bass I need crystal clear volume, I need it loud and clear. Most stereos I'm looking at have low RMS wattage or maybe I just think it's low. For example, I found a stereo with all the features I'm looking for but with 17 x 4 RMS, thats higher than the stereo they offer with the fairing but in my uneducated audio mind that seams low. If you audio guys were putting together just a HU with out a amp to push four 5.25" speakers what would you be looking for as far as wattage from the HU and speakers? Are you just looking at RMS? [/QUOTE]

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