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<p>[QUOTE="LoneRanger, post: 11660963, member: 217848"]300 watts isn’t the actual rating on the door speakers and most likely around 65 watts rms You need to look at the RMS rating, and also the resistance in the speakers. as stock head unit usually runs on 4-8 ohms and running 4 speakers at 3 ohms would put it out of business. Even a aftermarket head unit is only going to be rated at 17 watts per channel RMS and they also have a resistance range they operate.</p><p><br /></p><p>so make sure you match everything up and an amplifier is going to be needed most likely.</p><p><br /></p><p>I would personally go with the same brand and model speaker as your doors to match the resistance and then look at a head unit that operates in that range so as to not run an amp if you don’t like it that loud. If you do need an amplifier I would make sure everything is OFC copper and not CCA. As well as double shielded RCA’s and speaker wires to reduce engine noise. Run the ground and power to the batteries directly and bypass the stock plug pins for those.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="LoneRanger, post: 11660963, member: 217848"]300 watts isn’t the actual rating on the door speakers and most likely around 65 watts rms You need to look at the RMS rating, and also the resistance in the speakers. as stock head unit usually runs on 4-8 ohms and running 4 speakers at 3 ohms would put it out of business. Even a aftermarket head unit is only going to be rated at 17 watts per channel RMS and they also have a resistance range they operate. so make sure you match everything up and an amplifier is going to be needed most likely. I would personally go with the same brand and model speaker as your doors to match the resistance and then look at a head unit that operates in that range so as to not run an amp if you don’t like it that loud. If you do need an amplifier I would make sure everything is OFC copper and not CCA. As well as double shielded RCA’s and speaker wires to reduce engine noise. Run the ground and power to the batteries directly and bypass the stock plug pins for those.[/QUOTE]
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