Anyone have a personal before & after using an amp? What's the difference in sound between a stock head unit and a good amp?
1281922
They sound great. I have been in car audio for years these speakers are in a league of their own!
1281923
Sound will project more with better base. Add an amp and see for yourself. Why els would you buy speakers that your deck unit would underpower...
692497
Memphis car audio (Reference Audio), XTC, Targa, and Digital Designs all make themselves look good on paper. The only amp I have seen and heard are the Memphis (Reference) and a Sound Stream blew the Reference away. Your looking at all cheap equipment, sorry to say. The Pioneer may have good price, but as far as performance, the Pioneer will put out. May damage your 5x7 and I know will blow your Lightning Audios. I'm running Pioneer amps, but with Infinity components. On my Pioneer Mono amp, for fun I took a Audiobon sub that said it was 1000watts RMS and blew it up in 3 minuets. Never look at Peak Power of any car audio. You want to look at RMS Power. Rockford has become a crap product in its years. They use to be good back in the 90's. Hate to tell you, but Lightning Audio is worst. Lightning Audio distorts even at mid volume. If your wanting to build a system, save your money and do it right. I'm not trying to sound like an a@@ but your looking for trouble using cheap amps and speakers. As far as comparing Pioneer to the others you asked. If you don't know or under stand Watts Peak and RMS or ohms and amperage I would be talking Chinese to you. All I can say is the amps you are looking at are cheap crap...
2217264
My speakers are plugged into the original radio/cd player of my car. I am sure your installer can answer more specific amp and aftermarket equipment questions before any purchases or any work is done. In either case, I am very satisfied with the speakers!
772128
If im not mistaken a aftermarket/stock radio pre-amp is 45x4 or 50x4 meaning your slightly better from amp than running from headunit. Depending on amp actual power may be less than advertised. it will work but dont expect them to be much louder than stock speakers. i have a 2500 watt 5 channel amp running 100 watts to each to these(and they could have more, but plenty loud with just 100watts) and the rest for subs. Side note when buying amp/ speakers you want the amp rms at least 80% of the speakers peak for best results.
801095
A lot of mosfet head unit amps are cleaner than your factory car amp (depending mostly on how old your car/truck is) and you will want to bypass the factory amp. In some cases, factory amps are nice but most (toyota..) are junk.
2217262
I currently use only my Pioneer head unit. They sound ok. Keep in mind, having an amp does provide a cleaner sound and better control over power to your speakers. I will however be replacing these speakers with Kickers that provide better mid bass response. The renegades are ok entry level speakers. Just not enough mid bass for my taste.
1993703
I saw little difference mainly because it produced such a annoying alternator buzz that it detracted from any performance it might have had. BTW, The buzz went away once the amp was removed. It might be just what you need but, Be prepared to send it back.
1135479
Don't get that amp bro..I had it on 2 12 sundowns and it got hot after about 10 mins and it's WAY over rated. save Ur money and get a name brand amp
250810
Good idea, always better to hear from everyday user's as opposed to someone that works for the company. There may other amps the knob works for that they might not know of, long shot but it may be true lol. I have a kenwood pushing my 2 12's but I forgot which amp I have cause my cars been in the shop for a while. And I did have to purchase the knob separate though. Probably doesn't help any but I would wait and see what others reply, good luck bro ! Oh and by the way check ebay u might get it cheaper there, I only paid about 25$ for mine !
2088970
check out boostaroo for audio amplifiers specially for cars...this ampwill be much better than stock audio but a preamp from boostaro shudbe tons better
1916795
With a good head unit. I got a alpine. These are already loud. Personally I would crank up the volume after tuning the treble and bass. Then go from there.
2244919
I wouldn't advise it if you have an stock amplified system. But it's a good purchase if everything else is aftermarket.
697171
yup, i got the 2x version on a 4000watt demon series pa amp. 1 15 rocks better than all of my friends multiples of subs, his setup was 2 12in alpine type r's not sure on the amp but it blows almost all competitionn out of the water. bought it over a year ago still bumps like the first day i got it. loud, reliable, and looks nice too
1201645
It is hard to tell how much it it be improved. The cruel fact is not all amps given certain speakers/ headphone same result, thus system matching is critical in audio term; one sounds better with this amp but less impress with others IMHO.
2182609
Good head unit for the money unless ur going for bass still a good buy either way
1327513
yes and no... sound is by far one of the most subjective things on earth... so one person's "good bass" is another person's tin canit also depends on the system... if they will be powered by just the head unit the overall sound will suffer as the average head unit only supplies around 15W RMS per channel, you can still get some bass out of them but an amp pushing 40W per channel (again RMS) is ideal (and not just for bass response) and even then the bass won't compare to a system that includes a sub
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After ....... And I recommend Checking out Autotek 7007 this will change your music quality , but I still have my PAC knob but it's unplugged ! The Autotek has knobs SubSub bassMid bass Mid Treble and the blue light is very cool looking and had a built in crossover but if your using the Pac knob u will need two Couplers one for the head unit and one to the amp ..... U can email me if u like blessedwithfaith78 at gmail