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Old Aug 6, 2016 | 04:15 AM
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Originally Posted by GrizzWolf
Ok, I have read articles and posts until my eyes are bleeding and I am more confused than ever. Maybe you guys can help simplify it for me: #1.) If I want to upgrade the speakers now and then upgrade the HU later when I have the $$ what are the absolute best speakers I could use? #2.) Does that even make sense? Would the stock HU even power really good speakers? #3.) Some articles talk about using larger speakers in the front than the stock ones. Is that a good idea? Will you get better sound? Thanks!
I swapped out my stock speakers for 4 Sony Xplode 4 way speakers. The costs was about $80 and I am happy with them.
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Old Aug 6, 2016 | 07:37 AM
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Originally Posted by SullivanM08
I once read an amp is an amp is an amp,
The one issue you run into off brand cheap amps is quality control. 10 years ago a dealt with a lot of those and almost 10% had a problem out of the box and another 10% crapped out within months.

A Jeep is not exactly a great listening environment. So premium high end amps, engineered for optimum sound quality, aren't really worth the money.

But driving with the top down requires much higher volumes to hear your music, and good sound a higher volumes requires higher wattage.

Most aftermarket radios that say 45x4 or 50x4 on the face are putting out around 15-17W RMS per channel. So even a true 45W RMS is a big step up.

But to get your money's worth out of high wattage premium speakers, I recommend an amp that is close in RMS output per channel to your speaker.
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Old Aug 6, 2016 | 02:05 PM
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Originally Posted by CRAWLTUNES
The one issue you run into off brand cheap amps is quality control. 10 years ago a dealt with a lot of those and almost 10% had a problem out of the box and another 10% crapped out within months. A Jeep is not exactly a great listening environment. So premium high end amps, engineered for optimum sound quality, aren't really worth the money. But driving with the top down requires much higher volumes to hear your music, and good sound a higher volumes requires higher wattage. Most aftermarket radios that say 45x4 or 50x4 on the face are putting out around 15-17W RMS per channel. So even a true 45W RMS is a big step up. But to get your money's worth out of high wattage premium speakers, I recommend an amp that is close in RMS output per channel to your speaker.
I've posted this suggestion a few times before. I've used these amps in several Jeeps and suggested them to many others. The Precision Power Phantom series is serious power for the money. There are also clones of these amps sold by Polk, NVX and a couple others. They bench test to their rated power, are fairly small and sound clean. They also come in various configuration including the PPI 900.4 that does 125w x 4 or the PPI 900.5 that does 70w x 4 plus 440w mono for the sub. They also have the PPI 1000.1 that does 1000w if you are running dual subs. Get this, they are all around $200. A steal.
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