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<blockquote data-quote="swampratt" data-source="post: 3208788" data-attributes="member: 15054"><p>I agree totally on the fact that speakers can handle clean power much better than dirty power..dirty as in distorted from turning a weak system up too much.</p><p>I upgraded the wife's head unit first then as she blew the speakers I would then change them.</p><p>Well 1 blown speaker and the pair gets replaced.</p><p></p><p>Now in my 95 corolla I kept the stock head unit as it seemed pretty good and replaced the speakers with Pioneer and Jensen.</p><p>She got Kickers in the Pontiac.</p><p></p><p>Now when I replace stock speakers and keep the factory weak head unit i look for a speaker with 60 watt RMS rating or less.</p><p>Seems it is harder to get a lot of sound from a 250 watt RMS speaker with a weak 10 watt input.</p><p></p><p>But if you are going to upgrade all of it with amps etc then you may want to jump up in the watt department.</p><p></p><p>I do not know if you know what the specifications mean on an amp or head unit but RMS is the real watt you will get.</p><p>Then look at the amount of distortion at that rated power.</p><p>Some may say 75 watt RMS at 2% distortion and another may have the same watt but at .05% distortion.</p><p></p><p>I have an old Alpine stereo with square buttons and they light up green.</p><p>The power output is pretty lame.</p><p>I have 20 watt RMS speakers but I think that old thing puts out 7 per speaker.</p><p>Pretty sad to listen to it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="swampratt, post: 3208788, member: 15054"] I agree totally on the fact that speakers can handle clean power much better than dirty power..dirty as in distorted from turning a weak system up too much. I upgraded the wife's head unit first then as she blew the speakers I would then change them. Well 1 blown speaker and the pair gets replaced. Now in my 95 corolla I kept the stock head unit as it seemed pretty good and replaced the speakers with Pioneer and Jensen. She got Kickers in the Pontiac. Now when I replace stock speakers and keep the factory weak head unit i look for a speaker with 60 watt RMS rating or less. Seems it is harder to get a lot of sound from a 250 watt RMS speaker with a weak 10 watt input. But if you are going to upgrade all of it with amps etc then you may want to jump up in the watt department. I do not know if you know what the specifications mean on an amp or head unit but RMS is the real watt you will get. Then look at the amount of distortion at that rated power. Some may say 75 watt RMS at 2% distortion and another may have the same watt but at .05% distortion. I have an old Alpine stereo with square buttons and they light up green. The power output is pretty lame. I have 20 watt RMS speakers but I think that old thing puts out 7 per speaker. Pretty sad to listen to it. [/QUOTE]
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