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<blockquote data-quote="BnGRacing" data-source="post: 7542492" data-attributes="member: 557400">When looking to upgrade your front speakers, or any speaker really, you don&#039;t look for anything. Sensitivity, freq response, RMS, and all those other &#039;features&#039; you see printed on the box or posted on the vendor&#039;s website do not mean squat. Likewise, I&#039;ve never been convinced speaker/tweeter materials make a difference...so that doesn&#039;t help you much either. Use your ears and buy what you think sounds good instead of spending your money on something that may only look good on paper.Speaking of paper...don&#039;t be afraid of paper cones. Just b/c a mid uses some exotic material does not mean it will sound better. In addition, soft dome tweeters are not always &#039;smooth&#039;. I&#039;ve heard plenty that were bright &amp;amp; gritty. Likewise, I&#039;ve heard titanium dome tweets sound butter smooth and have heard/owned plastic tweeters/mids that have absolutely blown away $1000 component sets. You don&#039;t really know until you give it a listen.And on those other ratings; some manufacturers rate their speakers as a PAIR and not as an individual driver. Some companies rate their efficiency @ 1w and others rate it at 2.83v...which would be 1w &quot;if&quot; it&#039;s an 8ohm driver. So ya, comparing those numbers isn&#039;t going to help much. RMS is misleading if you ask me. The thing that will roast your mid will be bass and using a HP crossover will reduce that risk. There&#039;s a big difference between hooking up a speaker to a 200w amp and asking it to play all freq and only play 90hz and up. Even worse there&#039;s no guarantee a 200w speaker will&nbsp; be louder than a 100w speaker or that it will it sound better.Confused yet? Don&#039;t be...Go into a shop and have a listen. Doesn&#039;t get much easier than that.Oh, and don&#039;t waste your $$$ on 1/0 gauge power wire. A run of 4ga power wire can carry A LOT of current and supply multiple amps with ease. Use the $$$ you plan on throwing away on 1/0 gauge and buy better speakers.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BnGRacing, post: 7542492, member: 557400"] When looking to upgrade your front speakers, or any speaker really, you don't [B]look[/B] for anything. Sensitivity, freq response, RMS, and all those other 'features' you see printed on the box or posted on the vendor's website do not mean squat. Likewise, I've never been convinced speaker/tweeter materials make a difference...so that doesn't help you much either. Use your ears and buy what you think sounds good instead of spending your money on something that may only look good on paper. Speaking of paper...don't be afraid of paper cones. Just b/c a mid uses some exotic material does not mean it will sound better. In addition, soft dome tweeters are not always 'smooth'. I've heard plenty that were bright & gritty. Likewise, I've heard titanium dome tweets sound butter smooth and have heard/owned plastic tweeters/mids that have absolutely blown away $1000 component sets. You don't really know until you give it a listen. And on those other ratings; some manufacturers rate their speakers as a PAIR and not as an individual driver. Some companies rate their efficiency @ 1w and others rate it at 2.83v...which would be 1w "if" it's an 8ohm driver. So ya, comparing those numbers isn't going to help much. RMS is misleading if you ask me. The thing that will roast your mid will be bass and using a HP crossover will reduce that risk. There's a big difference between hooking up a speaker to a 200w amp and asking it to play all freq and only play 90hz and up. Even worse there's no guarantee a 200w speaker will be louder than a 100w speaker or that it will it sound better. Confused yet? Don't be... Go into a shop and have a listen. Doesn't get much easier than that. Oh, and don't waste your $$$ on 1/0 gauge power wire. A run of 4ga power wire can carry A LOT of current and supply multiple amps with ease. Use the $$$ you plan on throwing away on 1/0 gauge and buy better speakers. [/QUOTE]

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