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<blockquote data-quote="Joseph7195" data-source="post: 7713188" data-attributes="member: 633259">I know, it&#039;s a sad fact about not having enough power with Kenwoods(like 17 watts rms) but an external helps a lot.&nbsp; If you turn your volume to max, and it&#039;s not high enough, and then add 2 or 5 more levels to raise it (which is all your essentially doing) your just sending a higher powered clipped signal to your speakers and they will fail on you even quicker.&nbsp; An external amp (even just a small 50 watt per channel) will give you the higher power you need and be more efficient at running the speakers at a higher volume level.Just remember, if the volume is not high enough with the setting all the way up (where it is definitely clipping) turning it louder by offsetting it will be clipping it even more.The price for a small amp and a new set of speakers are relatively the same, and 50 watts is 3 times the unclipped power of the original head unit, and will save your speakers.&nbsp; Later ya&#039;ll!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Joseph7195, post: 7713188, member: 633259"] I know, it's a sad fact about not having enough power with Kenwoods(like 17 watts rms) but an external helps a lot. If you turn your volume to max, and it's not high enough, and then add 2 or 5 more levels to raise it (which is all your essentially doing) your just sending a higher powered clipped signal to your speakers and they will fail on you even quicker. An external amp (even just a small 50 watt per channel) will give you the higher power you need and be more efficient at running the speakers at a higher volume level. Just remember, if the volume is not high enough with the setting all the way up (where it is definitely clipping) turning it louder by offsetting it will be clipping it even more. The price for a small amp and a new set of speakers are relatively the same, and 50 watts is 3 times the unclipped power of the original head unit, and will save your speakers. Later ya'll! [/QUOTE]

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