Re: [WTB: Stock Speakers ATTN Benjita

[Stewart MacLund <sundie@lunaticfringe.org>]

Oops.  You're absolutely right.  I was tired when i wrote the emails
last night...

I totally forgot about what the RMS is vs what the marketing division
tells you...  I spologize for any confusion...

Sundie...

David Bergesen wrote:
> 
> Read on after this:
> >Benjita@aol.com wrote:
> >> without running an amp?  My Sony MDXC-7900 is rated at 40W x 4 max.
> power,
> >> which is pretty weak.  TIA.
> 
> >ONe more thing.  40 watts per speaker is PLENTY.  More than that in a
> 
> No. As I stated in one other post, 40x4 is the max rated power. I'm not sure
> how it all works, but his Sony, rated at 40x4 MAX only puts out 17 watts RMS
> (or full-bandwidth), which is not that great at moving the speakers. My
> Kenwood is rated the same at 40x4, but it puts out 22w RMS, which made a
> TREMENDOUS difference. I moved up to the Kenwood from an Alpine (35x4 MAX,
> 16w RMS) in my Cavalier, and the clarity improved by leaps and bounds. I
> transferred the Kenwood to My GLX to replace the Sony (45x4 19w RMS) that
> was in there. The 3w RMS difference made a difference even with the stock
> speakers, although one seemed to be blown, hence the decision to replace
> them with the Kenwood P602s. An amp might be a good choice. Maybe a Kenwood
> KAC-648 25x4 from Crutchfield or Circuit City ($189), combined with some 6.5
> speakers from Radio Shack (OPTIMUS) + the $10 separate surface mount
> tweeters they sell will cure his audio problems. Obviously not to the
> competition level, but they surely would make a difference. That is my
> opinion.

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