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[Rockguy475 10+ year member]

ok first of all before i even ask my questions ill let you know that i dont even have my car yet(i get in sometime in april for sure, its a 2004 malibu) and this is what i have sitting in my room waiting to be installed in my car when i get it:

Subs: 2 12w3v2 (in JL wedge box)

Sub amp: jl 500/1

speaker amp: jl 300/4

HU: KD-SHX750

I do not yet have any speakers besides the facotory ones that are in the car....

now for my questions

first of all what should i do about my speakers? should i get a rearfill so the people in the back of the car have something to listen to besides bass or should i just screw them and concentrate on my front fill.... if i do just screw the rear fill, should i still hook up the rear factory speakers to my amp or should i totally take them out?

if i do screw the rear fill, i plan on gettin some kind of components but i dont know which kind i should get... price range is 150-200... ill have about 500 watts of bass in my trunk so im guessing i need some decent sounding front speakers so all i hear is not just bass(i was thinking of some type of JL)

Another question: why do ppl not like rear fill? does it make the sound quality up front sound worse or is it just a waste of time? if i dont end up running a rear fill ill be able to get some speakers up front that can handle about 150 rms each.. but if i decide to go with a rear fill ill have to get speakers up front that handle about 75 rms.. which is a better way to go

everytime i ask these questions the response i always get is" do whatever sounds best to you"... since i dont have my **** car yet i dont know what sounds best for me and im asking for YOUR opinion... plz help thanks

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[Blunt 10+ year member]

why does having rear fill change how much power goes to the front? do not amp rear fill. but a component set for the front and if you must use fill buy decent coaxils.

 

[Rockguy475 10+ year member]

why does having rear fill change how much power goes to the front? do not amp rear fill. but a component set for the front and if you must use fill buy decent coaxils.

having a rear fill would change the power to my front if i hooked up an amp to all four speakers(front 2 and back 2) becuase i would have to split 300 watts rms to them equaly.. if its just the front i have to amp up, they both can get 150

 

[spudracer326 10+ year member]

just get the best fronts you can afford then if you have to as blunt stated get decsent coax and dont worry about amping em...since you got the 4 channel get some of the dayton reference mids and tweetw and run em active..that wouldent be real spendy at all...

 

[Rockguy475 10+ year member]

would it effect my sound quailty if i just left my factory rears in and didnt amp them?

 

[theCybe 5,000+ posts]

it would screw with your image / sound stage.

"read this" is a terrible thread title.

 

[Rockguy475 10+ year member]

well i have one person on the fourm telling me i should not amp my rear fill and another person tells me if i dont amp them my system will be affected..... would it matter if i just took the rear fill our completly and got a badass front fill...that way i could get more powerful speakers up front that could handle more watts... gimme some more opinions plz

 

[iltoivfe 10+ year member]

if you want some rear fill, get some decent coaxials and power them with the HU amp and send 150 to the front components

 

[Rockguy475 10+ year member]

ok, ill do that... i only have money for my front speakers right now so ill get the rears later... until i get them, should i leave the factory rears in my car or take them out

 

[theCybe 5,000+ posts]

My vote goes for front-stage only;

Unless it's a limo //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[Rockguy475 10+ year member]

My vote goes for front-stage only;
Unless it's a limo //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

so should i take the rear set out completly or just leave it in?