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<blockquote data-quote="HardofWhoring" data-source="post: 8854612" data-attributes="member: 674149"><p>In YOUR pictures, the first and second pic look to have a thin screen over the top to possibly keep dust out, but that is a two way speaker. </p><p></p><p>You can change em if you want, but the problem you're going to have with EVERY speaker you choose while keeping the factory head unit and amp, is: </p><p>1. They might be a different ohm rating then your factory, & </p><p>2. I'm still waiting to see one factory amp, (that wouldn't be in a 100K + vehicle), is they are just low on wattage. Vehicles and their stereos aren't designed for us. They are designed for the 90% of people who don't care, won't complain, or never turn it up loud enough to even know how loud it goes. That stereo was designed by engineers, and then probably cut back by accountants, because they can save a few bucks and most people will never notice a difference. </p><p></p><p>That factory speaker they want you to spend $150 on, is probably a $30 speaker at best, if you compared it to the rest of the market and not the exact part number the dealer will be able to charge for since some people are just going to go with being told what to do. </p><p></p><p>It won't be louder. It won't be louder. It won't be louder. Whatever speakers you add, are going to be designed for more power, and they are going to get less than what they are rated for. I would fully expect your NEW max volume is going to be equal to about 2-3 notches LOWER from where your max is now. Volume is voltage, and you can't control anything on that factory amp, you just get the volume knob on the head unit. If you want more volume, you need more voltage going to the speakers. </p><p></p><p>100% giving you the cold facts at having a fancy factory setup like that. (If it didn't have NAV, I would really try to talk you into ripping the entire thing out, but with nav I wouldn't). You either:</p><p>1. Need to be happy with it as is, replace what's broken, or replace it as budget as you can and expect that it might get a hair worse... OR, </p><p>2. You keep your head unit, you get a LOC, an amp, and better speakers. </p><p>There is no middle ground there. There is nothing easy to make it slightly better. You fix it so it works, or you go about doing it the long way, and while you are doing it the long way, you go as big as you want, because it only costs a little more now.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HardofWhoring, post: 8854612, member: 674149"] In YOUR pictures, the first and second pic look to have a thin screen over the top to possibly keep dust out, but that is a two way speaker. You can change em if you want, but the problem you're going to have with EVERY speaker you choose while keeping the factory head unit and amp, is: 1. They might be a different ohm rating then your factory, & 2. I'm still waiting to see one factory amp, (that wouldn't be in a 100K + vehicle), is they are just low on wattage. Vehicles and their stereos aren't designed for us. They are designed for the 90% of people who don't care, won't complain, or never turn it up loud enough to even know how loud it goes. That stereo was designed by engineers, and then probably cut back by accountants, because they can save a few bucks and most people will never notice a difference. That factory speaker they want you to spend $150 on, is probably a $30 speaker at best, if you compared it to the rest of the market and not the exact part number the dealer will be able to charge for since some people are just going to go with being told what to do. It won't be louder. It won't be louder. It won't be louder. Whatever speakers you add, are going to be designed for more power, and they are going to get less than what they are rated for. I would fully expect your NEW max volume is going to be equal to about 2-3 notches LOWER from where your max is now. Volume is voltage, and you can't control anything on that factory amp, you just get the volume knob on the head unit. If you want more volume, you need more voltage going to the speakers. 100% giving you the cold facts at having a fancy factory setup like that. (If it didn't have NAV, I would really try to talk you into ripping the entire thing out, but with nav I wouldn't). You either: 1. Need to be happy with it as is, replace what's broken, or replace it as budget as you can and expect that it might get a hair worse... OR, 2. You keep your head unit, you get a LOC, an amp, and better speakers. There is no middle ground there. There is nothing easy to make it slightly better. You fix it so it works, or you go about doing it the long way, and while you are doing it the long way, you go as big as you want, because it only costs a little more now. [/QUOTE]
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