Which amp set - advice please

[timmyjimmy5150 10+ year member]

Hey all...

I need some expert "amp" advice....

Here is what I currently have:

I have an F-150 SC with 4 sets of Boston component speakers in each door (a tweeter and a 5X7).... I also have a sub box under the "60" part of my rear seat with one JL sub in it. Pushing everything is: 1 JL 250/1 amp for the sub... This is fine for me.

The other amp is a JL 300/4 pushing the 4 sets of component speakers in each of the 4 doors.

NOW -- here is my question(s) ----

Would I be better off adding 1 more JL 300/4 amp (I'd have 2 total then) -

and having one 300 amp push 2 channels (the front door speakers) and have the other 300 push the other 2 channels (bridge each of the 2 amps)?

OR

Am I better off removing the 300/4 and installing a 450/4 to drive the 4 channels? What I don't get on the 450/4 is Channels 1 & 2 are 150 watts and channels 3 & 4 are 75 watts....? So my front speakers would be twice as powerful as my rear speakers? Wouldn't that sound out of balanced?

Now as it is I have 4 channels at 75 watts....

Any help appreciated for my Novice questions

thanks

TJ

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[helotaxi 5,000+ posts]

More power up front will not sound "out of balance" at all and many, myself included, would say that it would be more correct. I don't even have rear speakers in my car. I have a good component set mounted up front and empty holes in the rear where the rear speakers used to be. The first result is all of the sound comes from in front of me just like it would listening to live music or a good home system. Second, by reducing the number of speakers trying to play the same osunds, but all at different distances from the listener, I eliminated a lot of the cancellation that reduces the accuracy of what I hear. If you want rear speakers, for the best sound they should be for "fill" only. If you can distinctly tell that they are there, they are too loud.