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<blockquote data-quote="bustaplz" data-source="post: 5879722" data-attributes="member: 567655">I&#039;m no expert, but since nobody else has posted, I&#039;ll try to help out.- Ditch the center?- Ditch the rear speakers?I think most people on here will say ditch the center channel. Unless you watch a lot of DVD&#039;s you won&#039;t use 5.1 surround and amping a center channel adds complexity. If you don&#039;t have people riding in the rear, don&#039;t bother with replacing the rear mid range speakers.- Run 3 way speakers in the doors/dash- Run 2 way in the doors/dash and ditch the extra speakers?Your speaker sizes are a bit odd, but I would try to run a nice set of 2-way components up front in place of the 8&quot; woofers and the tweeters. You could probably just run those, off of an amp of course, and leave the rest of the speakers on headunit power or ditch them.- Bother with a sub in the hatch?By all means you should &#039;bother&#039; with a sub in the hatch. You don&#039;t need to take up a whole hatch or run 2kw to a sub to get the benefits. Adding a dedicated speaker to reproduce bass frequencies will improve your sound quality as much as replacing all of the speakers in the car. I don&#039;t know what your space limitations are, but it sounds like you want to keep the car light and somewhat clean. Think about a single 10&quot; subwoofer sealed, a setup like that wouldn&#039;t require much room at all and would have enough output to matter.As far as amps and weight go, I&#039;m running 1,240wrms. That&#039;s two amps, a 4 channel and a monoblock for my subs. They are actually very heavy as far as amps go(atleast in my opinion) and still they probably only add about 20lbs to my vehicle. Another couple pounds for my power wire, ground wire, power and ground distribution blocks and RCA&#039;s. Let&#039;s say another 20lbs for modest subwoofer and box.You didn&#039;t say what vehicle this is going in, so I can&#039;t say how hard it would be to add in an amp or replace the one you have now. If you post that information, maybe I or someone more wise(everyone!) can help you determine how difficult the upgrade would be.Hope this helps at least a little bit!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="bustaplz, post: 5879722, member: 567655"] I'm no expert, but since nobody else has posted, I'll try to help out. [B][I]- Ditch the center?[/I][/B] [B][I]- Ditch the rear speakers?[/I][/B] I think most people on here will say ditch the center channel. Unless you watch a lot of DVD's you won't use 5.1 surround and amping a center channel adds complexity. If you don't have people riding in the rear, don't bother with replacing the rear mid range speakers. [B][I]- Run 3 way speakers in the doors/dash[/I][/B] [B][I]- Run 2 way in the doors/dash and ditch the extra speakers?[/I][/B] Your speaker sizes are a bit odd, but I would try to run a nice set of 2-way components up front in place of the 8" woofers and the tweeters. You could probably just run those, off of an amp of course, and leave the rest of the speakers on headunit power or ditch them. [B][I]- Bother with a sub in the hatch?[/I][/B] By all means you should 'bother' with a sub in the hatch. You don't need to take up a whole hatch or run 2kw to a sub to get the benefits. Adding a dedicated speaker to reproduce bass frequencies will improve your sound quality as much as replacing all of the speakers in the car. I don't know what your space limitations are, but it sounds like you want to keep the car light and somewhat clean. Think about a single 10" subwoofer sealed, a setup like that wouldn't require much room at all and would have enough output to matter. As far as amps and weight go, I'm running 1,240wrms. That's two amps, a 4 channel and a monoblock for my subs. They are actually very heavy as far as amps go(atleast in my opinion) and still they probably only add about 20lbs to my vehicle. Another couple pounds for my power wire, ground wire, power and ground distribution blocks and RCA's. Let's say another 20lbs for modest subwoofer and box. You didn't say what vehicle this is going in, so I can't say how hard it would be to add in an amp or replace the one you have now. If you post that information, maybe I or someone more wise(everyone!) can help you determine how difficult the upgrade would be. Hope this helps at least a little bit! [/QUOTE]

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