speaker wattage

[audeogod 10+ year member]

the front doors are 4x6" at 2 ohm and the back decks are 5 1/4 at 2 ohms

If you put new aftermarket 4 ohm speakers in place of those, then the amps would output only 1/2 of their original wattage. Twice the resistance, half the power. See how that works?? But you can run them on your factory amps, you would just do better to run them on a new amp or on the deck.

 

[Rattlebrain 10+ year member]

Wow 2 ohm stock?

What car is it in?

 

[audeogod 10+ year member]

Also, they probably blew due to being a smaller sized speaker and you(or someone else) played them louder than they should have been. A larger speaker would have handled it better most likely. Those really aren't good sizes. The 5.25's would work in the front, and the rear both if you could do that. I bet it was one of the 4x6's that blew, right?? I'd be surprised if it wasn't.

 

[skadude016 5,000+ posts]

Also, they probably blew due to being a smaller sized speaker and you(or someone else) played them louder than they should have been. A larger speaker would have handled it better most likely. Those really aren't good sizes. The 5.25's would work in the front, and the rear both if you could do that. I bet it was one of the 4x6's that blew, right?? I'd be surprised if it wasn't.

size doesnt matter. its how the speaker is built //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[audeogod 10+ year member]

size doesnt matter. its how the speaker is built //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

Well, true to a point. Going by the law of averages though, most 4x6's are built fairly weakly. But they could have been 6x9's and still blown if they were played to the point of distortion. It's just easier to distort 4x6's.

 

[blackhawk911 10+ year member]

Wow 2 ohm stock?What car is it in?

its a 96 infiniti G20

it was 1 of the 4x6"s.

could I replace them with http://sonicelectronix.com/item_7428.html and http://sonicelectronix.com/item_7424.html would those work?

 

[skadude016 5,000+ posts]

ya those would be good. but jus make sure u are easy on that volume knob. or get an aftermarket amp.

 

[blackhawk911 10+ year member]

why cant i turn up the volume on because of the RMS being 20w more than the factory ones?

 

[audeogod 10+ year member]

why cant i turn up the volume on because of the RMS being 20w more than the factory ones?

Your amp is going to put out a certain amount of power for a given volume setting on the deck. That amp was made to work with 2 ohm speakers from the factory. So at a certain volume level and 2 ohm speakers it will sound a certain way, that you were used to.

Now you need new speakers and are going to replace them with, most likely, 4 ohm speakers. Automatically you can count on 1/2 the power from your amp to be gone. Twice the resistance(4 ohms vs. 2 ohms) equals 1/2 the power. 1/2 the power equals less volume.

Now if you try to turn up the volume beyond where you used to have it, then you risk making the amp distort the signal going to the speakers. Distortion KILLS speakers. So if your factory amp isn't capable of putting out the power necessary to run the speakers at the volume level you want, then your only option is to either bypass it, or get a newer aftermarket amp that's made to run 4 ohm speakers.

AND, I'm not going to swear that the factory amp won't do adequately. You say the previous owner of the car blew the speaker. It may do fine for your individual listening tastes once you get some new speakers and can hear how it will do with them. BUT IF IT DOESN'T, if it's not loud enough, you just have to remember that there's a limit to how much you can get from it. If at the volume level you like, you hear distortion, then know that you have exceeded what the amp is capable of doing and that you need to turn it back down.

 

[audeogod 10+ year member]

its a 96 infiniti G20
it was 1 of the 4x6"s.

could I replace them with http://sonicelectronix.com/item_7428.html and http://sonicelectronix.com/item_7424.html would those work?

OOOOHHHH, those are some nice looking speakers!

 

[blackhawk911 10+ year member]

OOOOHHHH, those are some nice looking speakers!

yes they are, well seeing that those are both at 2 ohm that takes care of the ohm thing if I just get the same amoun that the factory ones were. what about the RMS these here are 40w and 45w will I have trouble with these in the factory amps?

 

[audeogod 10+ year member]

yes they are, well seeing that those are both at 2 ohm that takes care of the ohm thing if I just get the same amoun that the factory ones were. what about the RMS these here are 40w and 45w will I have trouble with these in the factory amps?

I didn't notice that those were 2 ohms. That's cool. Good factory replacement. And being more than the original RMS value will not affect them at all. Means that they can take a little more power, but the amp doesn't have any more to give other than what it put out before. But it won't matter. Just don't crank them to the point where they distort and you'll have no trouble.

Also, if you were interested in changing to other sizes maybe for better sound or a bit more bass, they sell on installer.com some adapters that will let you put in speakers like 6.5's in a 4x6 hole. They might be raised up some in doing it cause obviously a larger speaker won't fit down in the smaller hole. But if the factory grills, door panels, or whatever there is will go back on over top of it, then you would have a bit better sound and no additional hassle. Might be worth checking out.

 

[audeogod 10+ year member]

I just read the specs on those speakers and they are very nice. They even have oversized cones compared to other speakers the same size. That will be a bit nicer than the standard 5.25. Not overwhelmingly better, but somewhat. I'd at least see about getting a 5.25 for the front though, a 4x6 isn't the best size speaker for mids and highs. Oval cones distort sounds somewhat. Not the distortion I was talking about earlier that kills speakers, but the distortion that just keeps it from sounding totally natural. Also a 4x6 is not good for bass so don't expect them to be bassy. The 5.25's aren't really big enough for bass either, but will do better than the 4x6's will.

 

[joshs98runner 10+ year member]

Those look like great replacements for what you need for your car.

 

[blackhawk911 10+ year member]

ok thanks guys

I would put in bigger speakers in the front but I just want to get them in and working so I can install my subs, thats also why Im sticking with this size so that I get all the bass from the subs.