Castrol86GXL

i have 2 6x9's that say nominal power is 350 watts could i just run 60 to them and itd be ok??? temporary???

WillOwnOneSomeday

I'd be interested to see said speakers get 350 TRUE watts. What exact speakers are you talking about? Underpowering is FINE as long as the power is CLEAN and you don't push them to the point of distortion. I HIGHLY doubt they'll handle 350 anyway.

Castrol86GXL

well they actually say 700 watts max which i doubt too. i think power from a straight stereo cd player is pritty much clean oh and thier cuspids from cuspidusa.com

WillOwnOneSomeday

Power from a CD player is nothing but SHEER GARBAGE, period. It's junk, dirty, distorted power, nothing more. Cuspids? I have NEVER heard of them. I'm an audiophile, so I've been around the audio block a few times. In all honesty, nothing personal, I am betting these are nothing more than over rated garbage speakers. Again, nothing personal, I'm not bashing you or anything like that, just giving my 2 cents.

Castrol86GXL

no its ok thoere just temps anyways so i dont care if they blew. It just give me more of a reason to get Boston Acustic Stuff

WillOwnOneSomeday

BA makes nice stuff. I've run a set of their components, very nice stuff, thoroughly pleasing, but as an audio nut, nothing ever stays long in the car, always trying new stuff. While we are on the subject, 6x9s really blow compared to regular roundies. I'm guessing these are rear speakers, correct me if I'm wrong. Rear speakers are so much of a useless entity it's ridiculous. In all honesty, a set of quality components up front is all you'll ever need. Rear speakeres do 2 things. First they ruin your imaging up front, secondly, they destroy your soundstage. Like I said, I'm an audio nut, so please bear with me here. The object of a sound system is to recreate the live performance as it was intended. You want the sound to appear as if the artist/band was sitting on your hood playing. Keeping your frequency up front is key. Rear speakers just, for lack of a better term, SCREW this theory. A quality set of front components with amplification is PLENTY. I drive an Accord presently, yeah I know, not a 7, but I'm saving. Anyways, the first thing I did was remove the rear speakers. They are simply USELESS in terms of sound quality. Hope you understand what I'm saying. Money spent on rear speakers would be MUCH better spent on better front speakers and/or amplification.

Castrol86GXL

yeah i understand thank you i am going to remove my rears tomorrow there just sitting in there i got some good BA's for the front but i want to do the doors too is that good??? i only got a sub in the back right now. its a 300w sub 8 inch and it works wonders because it in this custom box and people could swear its 2 amped 10's before they see it and then they want it.

WillOwnOneSomeday

Door locations aren't my favorites, I'd rather have kick panels, but they'll be fine in the doors.

Castrol86GXL

i forgot abput kick panels that might be pritty good with some hardcore fabbing though

WillOwnOneSomeday

Yeah, kick panels are definitely the way to go if you; a)have the room, b) have the skill to build them CORRECTLY or, c) have the extra cash to pay someone to build them. Luckily for me I have the first 2, LOL. If you've never worked with fiberglass then kicks probably aren't the place to start. A lot more than simply building "pods" goes into a set of PROPERLY imaged kick panels. It's really not as hard as people make it out to be. It's messy, stinky, toxic, time consuming, but not necessarily that hard. Are you really considering trying it, or were you just throwing that out there? If you are genuinely serious I can give you a detailed walk-through of building kick panels.

Castrol86GXL

yeah email them to abrauner@ml1.net because ive never really worked with fiberglass but i REALLY REALLY want to start

yayo420

iTrader: (3)

Too bad Q-forms dosent make pre-fab kicks for 7's

WillOwnOneSomeday

Yeah, it's odd. Q-Forms kinda suck IMO though. But comparing a stock door location to Q-Forms is a no contest, but customs still spank Q-Forms. Castrol, I am trying to find time to email you but I'm super busy right now, I'm in the middle of tearing down my own install. Please, if I forget, drop ME a PM.

Castrol86GXL

ok i will