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<blockquote data-quote="Prowler573" data-source="post: 1502375" data-attributes="member: 561023">As you consider speakers, subwoofers, whatever you might think about buying, if at all possible prior to dedicating your $$$ to a purchase give whatever item a listen somewhere first. Bear in mind that most car audio will sound different in-car than it does in a store&#039;s display room but it can certainly give you a a better idea than someone&#039;s verbal desciption of what something sounds like.Powerwise look at the item in question&#039;s RMS ratings and ignore the peak ratings as peak wattage figures are nothing more than a marketing department idea. RMS ratings will give you an idea of real-world, actual usefulness whether it be output ratings on on amplifier or input capability ratings on speakers or subs. Buy gear that the RMS output on the amp(s) compliment the RMS input abilities of the drivers you want to power with said amp(s).Ergo - if you get a set of speakers that are rated for 70w RMS each then you might want to look for an amp that will output in the neighborhood of 50~75 watts per channel to make the most out of those speakers&#039; abilities. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Prowler573, post: 1502375, member: 561023"] As you consider speakers, subwoofers, whatever you might think about buying, if at all possible prior to dedicating your $$$ to a purchase give whatever item a [I]listen[/I] somewhere first. Bear in mind that most car audio will sound different in-car than it does in a store's display room but it can certainly give you a a better idea than someone's verbal desciption of what something sounds like. Powerwise look at the item in question's RMS ratings and ignore the peak ratings as peak wattage figures are nothing more than a marketing department idea. RMS ratings will give you an idea of real-world, actual usefulness whether it be output ratings on on amplifier or input capability ratings on speakers or subs. Buy gear that the RMS output on the amp(s) compliment the RMS input abilities of the drivers you want to power with said amp(s). Ergo - if you get a set of speakers that are rated for 70w RMS each then you might want to look for an amp that will output in the neighborhood of 50~75 watts per channel to make the most out of those speakers' abilities. [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif[/IMG] [/QUOTE]

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