Door speakers

[Stonewall]

Re: Door speakers

So your amp is 4 x 30watts and the speakers are rated for 60watts max? I personally would go for the Polk's, they seem to be making a better set of speakers then they use too.

[Kor]

Re: Door speakers

Probably doesn't matter much.

[Aleks]

Re: Door speakers

So your amp is 4 x 30watts and the speakers are rated for 60watts max? I personally would go for the Polk's, they seem to be making a better set of speakers then they use too.

The amp is 4x30watts at 4 ohms, I believe the speakers are 2 ohms, which should technically double the amp draw, so theoretically 60watts/channel. The speakers are rated for 90watts RMS, 250 peak....

[Stonewall]

Re: Door speakers

Then you will have no problems. The only thing you have to worry about is seriously under driving large speakers (mostly subs). I bet they are still 4ohm speakers as it is usually the impedance of the crossover that the amp sees.

[Aleks]

Re: Door speakers

Polk db's are 4 ohms, Infinity 6020's are 2 ohms.......soooooo.......whats the best route to take? Will it be not enough power with the 4 ohm set? would it be better to use the 2 ohm set to get more out of the amp?? ugh....I'm so confused, haven't done this for 10 years now...I really don't want to buy 2 amps.....that Phoenix has been wired up bridged on 1 channel with 2 DVC subs on it and it ran stable....its my understanding the pheonix will run down to 0.5ohm stable ...Anyhow, I meant to say voice coils wired in parallel before, thats how they are now...

[Dubsport Inc]

Re: Door speakers

The amp is 4x30watts at 4 ohms, I believe the speakers are 2 ohms, which should technically double the amp draw, so theoretically 60watts/channel. The speakers are rated for 90watts RMS, 250 peak....

That amp is amazing, 30 watts is a little conservative for that unit... it is almost bullet proof and very musical.

[Aleks]

Re: Door speakers

Yes, phoenix and zapco were 2 of the most notable of the "cheater amps", creating huge power under loads effortlessly....Thats why I hung onto it for the last 12 years! Considering a Zapco for the sub amp still, or maybe a nice Soundstream reference series....mmmmm....now I'm dating myself...

[Stonewall]

Re: Door speakers

You should see my beauty of an amp, an orion HCCA225, now that thing is old and stable down to 0.5 ohm lol
http://ampguts.realmofexcursion.com/Orion_HCCA225/
You can under power small speakers, the only problem is under driving subs. If the amp doesn't have enough power to move a voice coil properly the voice coil will not move enough air to cool properly and will burn out. Since small higher freq speakers have a much smaller moving mass it isn't as much of a problem.

[Aleks]

Re: Door speakers

I'll start with that and see how it works....still undecided on the speakers though, I'm thinking either or are good, I'll just see what I can get....Also browsing ebay still for an amp, lots of good stuff on there for a great price!! I've heard alot of good things about hifonics too

[Stonewall]

Re: Door speakers

I haven't heard much about Hifonics but from the couple reviews I have seen, it looks like they have come a long way from where they use to make.

[Aleks]

Re: Door speakers

Ok, purchased door speakers. Went with Infinity Kappa 60.7cs components for the front, and Infinity Kappa 62.7i coax's for the rears. These are a step up from the 6020cs and the 6221 coax's I was looking at, and for only about $15 dollars more on Ebay, the otherwise $200 difference in the sets (combined) I think was well worth it.

I was really leaning towards the Polk db's, but their lack of availablity on Ebay was one factor, and the Infinities are 2ohm sets, so they make my amp more useful!!

[turbomeyers]

Re: Door speakers

i am in with the high end audi shop in red deer . that did all of my stereos . they have never steered me wrong . and they give deals if i send the people up to them . but they deal mainly inthe high end stuff . focal audison JL and exelon (kenwood) they do alot of euros ( slrs , m's, audis, lotus, ......)
Its Called VIBE . call chris shaw. 403-309-3535

[Kor]

Re: Door speakers

Let me know how this goes, I need a setup for my Cayman soon, not sure what I will get, I suppose I will need a multichannel amp, speakers, monoblock amp and a sub.

[Aleks]

Re: Door speakers

yup thats all my setup will be

[Kor]

Re: Door speakers

So not to Hijack but I found this out about my CS. What do you experts think I should do for a replacement setup? This really sounds like ass. I want it to look stealth/oem though so I'm worried about the speaker sizes?

The following loudspeakers are used:

• Dashboard:
2x 19-mm/ 0.7 in. tweeters
1x 70-mm/ 2.8 in. mid-range loud- speaker (center speaker)
• Door:
2x 100-mm/ 3.9 in. mid-range loud- speakers
2x 200-mm/ 7.9 in. low-range loud- speakers
• Rear side:
2x 100-mm/ 3.9 in. mid-range loud-speakers

The tweeters and mid-range loudspeakers are powered by the 2 x 25-W power amplifier integrated in the CDR-24 CD-radio.

An additional, external analog amplifier accommodated in the luggage
compartment powers the low-range speakers (2 x 70 W) and the center
speaker (40 W).