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scotiacustom,Feb 20 2007, 01:55 AM Wrote:Thanks...

Couple questions...

Why not replace the rear speakers?
A new deck cant power the new fronts without an amp?
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The rear speakers are useless for contributing to sound quality because you sit in the front. You can save yourself money here because you won't hear a difference if you change the rear speakers. It also messes up what the pros call you soundstage. Hearing sound coming from behind you destorts your perception.

Decks claim to have 50W of power, but in car audio there are two types of watts:

Maximum --> Useless measurement
RMS --> what the wattage actually is being put out

RMS is the rating you use all the time to figure out exactly how much power is being put out. The same deck that advertises 50W per channel is actually putting out somewhere around 12W/channel. Also if you try to use the deck to it's full potential it starts to distort and the sound is unclear. If you use an amplifier then you don't need to stress the deck out as much and it will still be loud but also clear. What I would do is run the front two door speakers off a 2 channel amp and the rear stock speakers off of your deck.

BY THE WAY IF YOU WANT I HAVE A BUNCH OF RCA WIRES LEFT OVER FROM MY SYSTEMS THAT I WILL SELL YOU CHEAP!