New car new speakers

[Slayer16102]

Car i have now:
2010 Ford Fusion SE

Audio system currently installed:
Factory sync gen 1 that won't detect a bluetooth phone (No phone)
Pulling the fuse doesn't fix it and neither does pulling the negative battery cable
Factory speakers (All 5x7's)

Car I sold:
2001 Z06 Corvette

Audio system that was installed:
Pioneer 6800BS
Alpine SPS-65C in front doors
Alpine SPS-65 in rear speakers
2x Audio Legion S-20 10" subs in a sealed box (So much hard hitting bass)
Powered by a Kenwood M8005

This setup sounded so clean/clear/bright and the bass hit so hard that I think I am going to duplicate it again in my new 2010 fusion se. My question is what kind of difference can I expect by now having 5x7's instead of 6.5 components if I put 5x7 alpine SPS's in my fusion.

I prefer sound quality over muddy bass. The only catch is the Kenwood M8005 seems to have been discontinued so they want me to use a JL audio amp, a Rockford Fosgate amp, or a Kenwood Excelon x802.5 for my new setup. I prefer to buy another M8005 to be honest. The way it worked was amazing with the Alpine SPS 6.5's. What do you guys think since I will be using 5x7 SPS's this time around.

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[Doxquzme Premium Member]

I think you should save $75 and buy my NVX 6x8's instead! BNIB 6x8's, VS series from NVX. $125 shipped to the lower 48.

VSP68 600W Peak (200W RMS) 6x8" V-Series 2-Way Coaxial Speakers with 25mm Silk Dome Tweeters

Product Details: 6" x 8" (also mounts in most 5" x 7" locations) V Series 2-way Coaxial Car Speakers Power Handling: Peak: 600 watts per pair / 300 watts each RMS: 200 watts per pair / 100 watts each Polypropylene cone material Nitrile Butadiene Rubber NBR speaker surround 1" Silk Dome Tweeters...

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Crutchfield indicates you can use 5x7 or 6x8'sin the 2010 Fusion. Always go bigger where you can. THese are very nice speakers, with 1" silk Dome tweeters, built in crossovers.

The kenwood is still available at Crutchfield for $399. There are better solutions out there nowadays. Take this one from Stinger.

Same output, less than half the price and a good in-house stinger design.

Stinger Audio MT-1000.5 1200 Watt 5-Channel Car Audio Amplifier

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Or this guy - 2.5 times the power and $150 less

RED1800.5 1,800 Watts Class-D Car Audio 5-Channel Amplifier, Mono 1 Ohm Stable, Remote Bass Knob Included - Recoil Audio

Features: Class-D 5-Channel Amplifier, 1,800 Watts Max Power, RMS 1,280 Watts x 1@1 Ohm; RMS 220 Watts x 4@2Ohm + RMS 980 Watts x 1@2Ohm; RMS 140 Watts x 4@4Ohm + RMS 600 Watts x 1@4Ohm. The mono channel is stable down to ONE Ohm, giving you the freedom to put even more subs in your system...

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Another Kenwood option

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07NF9SL8Y/?tag=caraudiocom-20

or a very nice option from D4S - $359

DOWN4SOUND JP95T BLACK | 1500W RMS - 5 Channel Amplifier

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[AnthonyO 10+ year member]

Out of the amps you mentioned
Kenwood 805 hands down best bang for the buck.

You won't be able to tell any difference from 5x7 to 6.5. You may actually get better midbass out of the 5x7