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[rtn137 10+ year member]

I've been reading all the forums and am looking for a comp set for a 2000 Sierra. Listen to a lot of different music.

Mostly top 40 and classic rock.

Budget under $350

Will buy amp after I decide on speakers

Will use rear speakers as fill only, powered from factory head unit.

Going to add two 10" subs later.

Like music clean and crisp. not tingy and boomy.

point me in the right direction.

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[JAZN 5,000+ posts]

why dont u get the 2 ohm set? u'll get a lot more power outta ur amp.

 

[rtn137 10+ year member]

Think I'll go with the csx-64. Now which amp?

JAZN how do you like your set-up?

 

[rtn137 10+ year member]

not much action on here, jl sucks

 

[JAZN 5,000+ posts]

Think I'll go with the csx-64. Now which amp?
JAZN how do you like your set-up?

i dont know yet. theyre too deep to fit in the doors, and still awaiting my kicks to come in.

 

[jb4153 10+ year member]

again...why not go with cxs62's??? you can save some money on the amp then.

 

[rtn137 10+ year member]

Thats right, they do have that in a 2 ohm, any diff in SQ

 

[iceteebone 5,000+ posts]

Thats right, they do have that in a 2 ohm, any diff in SQ

it doesn't effect performance of the speakers, just the fact that they are 2 ohm will get more power from your amp. the lower the impedence, the more power your amp can put out.

 

[rtn137 10+ year member]

This may sound really stupid. Why doesn't everyone make a 2ohm speaker? Or at least an option for one.

 

[iceteebone 5,000+ posts]

This may sound really stupid. Why doesn't everyone make a 2ohm speaker? Or at least an option for one.

i guess it could be because when you are dealing with regular speakers, not subs, a lot of people will run the speakers off the headunit, and 2 ohms is not good for a headunit. that's the only reason i can think of. also if you are bridging a 4 channel amp, most of them are not stable down to 2 ohms bridged.

 

[rtn137 10+ year member]

Sound about right. Hey since I don't have anything bought yet would it be better to buy a four channel amp, for the components, with an x-over and not use the x-over that the components come with, or am confused?

 

[JAZN 5,000+ posts]

ur talking about going active with ur components. it can definitely sound better if done rite, but u should probably stick to the given passive crossover if u dont know much about tuning yet. u could still buy the 4 channel amp and bridge it to run ur components passive, and later run them active if u decide to try it.

 

[iceteebone 5,000+ posts]

Sound about right. Hey since I don't have anything bought yet would it be better to buy a four channel amp, for the components, with an x-over and not use the x-over that the components come with, or am confused?

if you go with a 4-channel amp you would want the 4 ohms because not too many 4-channels are stable at 2 ohms bridged. i would use the crossovers that came with the comps and just maybe high pass your amp at like 80 hz. or so.

 

[kappa546 10+ year member]

you just described and actively crossed setup. did you mean using the xover on the amp or get an outboard xover? for a beginner i would just recommend using the passives

 

[rtn137 10+ year member]

Hey, thanks for the vote of confidence guys, just kidding. If its a big improvement going to an active set-up and I have some help setting it up, is it worth the effort? This is just a daily driver, but I do like good music. I've done a couple systems in the past, boats mostly, but nothing like this. I'm keeping the factory head unit, so maybe I'm going too far with all this anyways.

Thanks