I was wondering how many watts should I go with my front and rear speakers. The deck says 50x4 watts, I am not going to hook up an amp. So does this mean that the most I will get is 50 watts per speaker? So if I get 160watt speakers, only 50 watts would be used unless I have an amp? Thanks.

 

your speakers will each see approx. 20 watts continuously. peak wattage means nothing. while i suggest getting an amplifier, you can run your new speakers directly off the head unit. when looking for aftermarket interior speakers, try to keep the sensitivity more in mind than wattage.

 

So what's a good DB for sensitivity? I want speakers that bump just a little harder and to sound cleaner. Any recommendations? So is the higher the DB the better? Sorry for the n00b.

 

anything will sound better than the stock stuff. just go to different places and give various speakers a listen and just get the one that sounds good to YOU and matches your budget.

speaker sensitivity yeah...higher it is...the more efficient it'll be. For example, a speaker with a 90dB sensitivity rating will play louder than a speaker with a rating of 88dB when given the same amount power.

 

Sounds good, I will be happy if it sounds better than the stock ones.

 

to be perfectly honest, when equalized properly, factory Bose doesn't sound half bad...to bad they wear extremely quickly.

 

Good thing I don't have those! My stock speakers are 15watts!

 

15 watts of bumpedy paper....However, if yo bump them too hard they rip. Sorta sad. I am waiting for a strong gust of wind to hit my stock speakers in my front doors while the doors are open. I have a feeling they will explode into tiny bits of paper.

 

Yeah it is sad how thin the cone is. You can't even write on them, the pen would just poke through!

 

Do you generally write on speakers? Or just when you run out of post-its?

 

lol, it was just a comparasion/example on how thin the stock ones are.

 

Now you are starting to backtrack. You should probably try to quit that habit.

 

lol, my max came with 15 watts as well....

I went out 2 months ago and bought some swap shop 6.5's and they blew already, now I am looking at this....

http://cgi.ebay.com/KICKER-SSMB6-6-5...QQcmdZViewItem

???

 

I say no on the kickers. Their efficeincy is not great, being 88 db. Also, be careful with ordering speakers of of ebay. It is hard to tell if the warranty is good or not.

 

Are these better?

http://cgi.ebay.com/KENWOOD-KFC-1690...QQcmdZViewItem

 

How much are you willing to spend?

 

You get what you pay for ... unless it's stolen!

 

$100.00

I have a jvc kd-2360 unit, looking for some speakers to match it (50x4)

 

No! It is only 50x4 MAX it is probably only 17-18x4 RMS. If you can find some Infinity speakers for $100 dollars, go with them. I like the sounds of the infinities.

 

http://www.woofersetc.com/index.cfm?...roduct_ID=3066

Buying these, got the advice last night on another forum, as for amps since I'm starting off, I'm gonna get a little sony xplod and begin from there, maybe learn a bit about amps and so forth and move on to better things.

 

never heard of that audio brand