So who here is into car audio?

[Capn]

I have a '96 Dodge Avenger with the infinity sound system, 2 years ago I put in a kenwood 2011s HU, nothing special. The Kenwood was rated at 40W x 4 but I think it's probably more towards 22W x 4. This was connected in some fashion to a factory amp under the rear deck, not exactly sure of the wiring pattern or what the rear deck runs, but I digress.

Anyhow, I'm looking to replace all my speakers and put in a new amp possibly. My first question is this, how much power do I need? I was originally thinking of grabbing a kenwood 4 channel amp which comes with speaker level inputs which would be nice, but I also heard suggestions to just amp the front channels. Could I only amp the front channels and have the quieter rear deck speakers (running straight off the hu) provide some rear fill, or would people recommend I amp all 4 channels?

My current Kenwood HU only has a preout for an amp, so if I got a separate amp w/o speaker level inputs I'd have to buy/build a line level converter. For the moment not What's a good power rating to shoot for 50wpc, 75wpc? Not gonna go for anything super loud, as it is my psuedo stock setup gets loud enough and it's only running off maybe 15wpc from the factory amp (not sure about this no one seems to know for sure the specs of this going to put a sub in cause I use my trunk a lot, but I might change my mind in the future, cross that bridge when I come to it.

amp).

Thanks

 

[Capn]

let's see if this one gets any more interest from the daytime crew.

 

[Cattlegod]

just make sure you don't give the antifreeze in your avenger to any of the local animals 😛

 

[Zebo]

They have the cheapest prices on the net for what you need.

I suggest getting a mp3/cd head unit, a four channel amp, a set of speakers and one 10" sub. Bridge two channels on the amp for the sub. And run the remaining power to each speaker. this setup shouldn't cost more than $800-$1000. You can build your own bax I you have the tools and do an internet search.

 

[Viperoni]

The tweets get powered from the deck (through a typical super-simple passive crossover), but the 6.5's are powered from an amp somewhere under the dash or doors.
To retro-fit with new speakers, you'll have to take out the tweets, woofers and those amps. Nothing too hard.

A lot of people skip the rears, and for good reason; sound quality is much better with only fronts. Plus you can spend a lot more on the fronts, so you can get really good ones.

I would do as Carbonyl suggested; get a 4 channel amp, and use 2 for the fronts, and bridge the 2 rear channels for a sub.
Look for around 75x4, so you'll be able to give your sub a good amount of power too.

 

[Ns1]

running with rear fill or w/o is up to personal opinion

i can't stand listening to my system w/o rear speakers