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Old Feb 19, 2004 | 04:00 PM
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4 ch amp hooked up to all 4 speakers?

i was just wondering if any one did this in our kind of cars. and how does it sound?

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Old Feb 19, 2004 | 04:38 PM
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I have a five channel kicker amp running all my speakers and a 12" sub. It sounds 10x better than a stock setup. If I had some kickpanels, it would sound 100x better! Serious though it sounds good if tuned right.
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Old Feb 19, 2004 | 05:32 PM
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More wattage to the speakers = cleaner sound. You will notice that a speaker intended to get 150watts rms will sound better when getting its 150watts rms over a speaker that is getting half that.
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Old Feb 19, 2004 | 07:33 PM
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Originally posted by ThraxXx
More wattage to the speakers = cleaner sound. You will notice that a speaker intended to get 150watts rms will sound better when getting its 150watts rms over a speaker that is getting half that.
After a certian point though. For example, when I had my 6x9's running off my hu, I could get them up to vol lvl 25, after that they would distort. Then after I got my amp, I've gotten them up to 32 w/o any distortion.

Basically, if you've got some speakers that are rated to have more wattage run to 'em, and you like to listen to your music loud, go get yourself an amp, because you'll be able to get the volume louder before it starts to distort.

If you listen to your music on a low level, there's no real reason to hook up an amp.
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Old Feb 19, 2004 | 08:09 PM
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Originally posted by elevario
I have a five channel kicker amp running all my speakers and a 12" sub. It sounds 10x better than a stock setup. If I had some kickpanels, it would sound 100x better! Serious though it sounds good if tuned right.
get the Kickpanels its worth it
They make such a difference.
I cant believe how bad it sounds in cars with out them
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Old Feb 19, 2004 | 08:59 PM
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I would but rezn8r is still overseas I think. There's a guy on the classifieds that's trying to sell some red ones for a little too much since I would have to recarpet them and hope my speakers and especially the tweeters would fit. Since a bunch of tweeters range anywhere from 3 quarters of an inch to over an inch. When rezn8r gets back, I'll be adding some diamond audio components I got. I can't freaking wait!
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Old Feb 20, 2004 | 01:06 PM
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i kno more wattage ti a certain point would make them sound better but in my ta the vents in the door jambs rattle and i have the same 6x9's and deck in my cavalier and it sounds 50x better than my t/a!

Jeremy
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