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<blockquote data-quote="audeogod" data-source="post: 2143068" data-attributes="member: 570350">Your amp is going to put out a certain amount of power for a given volume setting on the deck.&nbsp; That amp was made to work with 2 ohm speakers from the factory.&nbsp; 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.&nbsp; Automatically you can count on 1/2 the power from your amp to be gone.&nbsp; Twice the resistance(4 ohms vs. 2 ohms) equals 1/2 the power.&nbsp; 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.&nbsp; Distortion KILLS speakers.&nbsp; So if your factory amp isn&#039;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&#039;s made to run 4 ohm speakers.AND, I&#039;m not going to swear that the factory amp won&#039;t do adequately.&nbsp; You say the previous owner of the car blew the speaker.&nbsp; It may do fine for your individual listening tastes once you get some new speakers and can hear how it will do with them.&nbsp; BUT IF IT DOESN&#039;T, if it&#039;s not loud enough, you just have to remember that there&#039;s a limit to how much you can get from it.&nbsp; 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.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="audeogod, post: 2143068, member: 570350"] 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. [/QUOTE]

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