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<blockquote data-quote="helium89" data-source="post: 3135610" data-attributes="member: 576383">I am currently running a Kenwood Excelon kdc-x491 with a pair of pioneer 4x6&#039;s for the fronts and jl 6x9&#039;s for the rears (both off the head unit). Unfortunately, they were there when I bought the car, so I don&#039;t have model numbers w/o ripping off my door panels (something I&#039;d like to only do to actually change the speakers because one of my panels is breaking off as it is). I also have 2 xtant m410 subs running off an alpine mrv-100m amp. I am leaving for college in about a month, so my budget is really tight ($150 max).Where would I be best putting my money here? I know the 4x6&#039;s in the front should be replaced w/ 6.5&#039;s, but I&#039;m also running my subs w/ only 100 watts each, which isn&#039;t much at all either. Would you recommend replacing the 4x6&#039;s with some cheap pheonix gold comps or some cheap 6.5 coax&#039;s or replacing the sub amp with one that will better power the subs? If I replace the fronts, I will either have to run them off the HU or power them with a cheap walmart amp my friend gave me (it claims 400 watts over 4 channels, so if I bridge it into a 2 channel amp, I might be able to make it cough up a clean 50 watts rms per channel, or so I hope). Recommendations for either the sub amp or front speakers would be appreciated. I guess my other option would be sound deadening, but I figured that wouldn&#039;t do much good at this point anyways, since I&#039;m really not able to turn it up very loud with what I&#039;ve got.Thanks for any advice you have,Andrew</blockquote>

[QUOTE="helium89, post: 3135610, member: 576383"] I am currently running a Kenwood Excelon kdc-x491 with a pair of pioneer 4x6's for the fronts and jl 6x9's for the rears (both off the head unit). Unfortunately, they were there when I bought the car, so I don't have model numbers w/o ripping off my door panels (something I'd like to only do to actually change the speakers because one of my panels is breaking off as it is). I also have 2 xtant m410 subs running off an alpine mrv-100m amp. I am leaving for college in about a month, so my budget is really tight ($150 max). Where would I be best putting my money here? I know the 4x6's in the front should be replaced w/ 6.5's, but I'm also running my subs w/ only 100 watts each, which isn't much at all either. Would you recommend replacing the 4x6's with some cheap pheonix gold comps or some cheap 6.5 coax's or replacing the sub amp with one that will better power the subs? If I replace the fronts, I will either have to run them off the HU or power them with a cheap walmart amp my friend gave me (it claims 400 watts over 4 channels, so if I bridge it into a 2 channel amp, I might be able to make it cough up a clean 50 watts rms per channel, or so I hope). Recommendations for either the sub amp or front speakers would be appreciated. I guess my other option would be sound deadening, but I figured that wouldn't do much good at this point anyways, since I'm really not able to turn it up very loud with what I've got. Thanks for any advice you have, Andrew [/QUOTE]

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