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Old May 29, 2009 | 03:11 AM
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I am running some alpine type r coax 2-ways in my doors through monsoon amp.
Decent Panasonic headunit giving 50x4 watts(22rms)
2 jl audio 12w3 d6 in trunk box off a class d amp.

How much benefit in sound quality will I get upgrading to a real amp? Theres a few decent ones or used ones on ebay for like 100 bucks.

I feel the type-r's are slightly underpowered as their sound quality starts to break up at high volumes.
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Old May 29, 2009 | 04:56 AM
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So youre running coaxial speakers off your headunit? As in you bypassed the monsoon amp? First of all get some good components in there, a good set of tweeters make a HUGE difference. As far as the amp goes, putting a better amp in there will sound alot better.

Kee Audio is the guy you want to talk to.
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Old May 29, 2009 | 07:29 AM
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IMO
Look into a 5 channel amp,
'most are cheap and you can power all of your speakers.
Plan ahead on how your going to wire them.
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Old May 29, 2009 | 09:21 AM
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deff do an amp, hell u can get a 60x2 pionner brand new for under 100 prly
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Old May 29, 2009 | 09:33 AM
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id personally wait and get components and an amp together.
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Old May 31, 2009 | 09:31 PM
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the speakers you have are good ones, ive got them in the sails, with component type r's in the doors. id definalty go with a real amp though, you can get some pretty good four channel alpine stuff that doesnt cost that much
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