wow, i didn't know i caused all this controversy so let me re-phrase... Underpowering a speaker will not damage it just as long as the speaker is not seeing a clipped signal. but like someone suggested, one may be proned to clipping the signal of a weak amp by turning the gains super high, or perhaps, turning the HU's volume all the way to its peak. for whatever reason, it's better to have headroom when powering components. i hope we can all agree to that, right? the clipped signal could either occur at the amp or at the HU, but either way, what comoponent set is worth buying if you plan on running it off the deck?!?!

 

You and I are on the same page....
Thinking never changed, I guess what I was trying to say, and wasn't getting out very well was that:

(A)underpowering speakers will cause distortion and clipping very easily, (plus B) if you turn the volume up too high, (equals C) and distortion and clipping is bad for the voice coil.

I was just trying to simplify things, and didn't mention the B part, in order to avoid an off topic debate about gain settings.

 

EazyM3, see above post

 

ok-so i should power the compontents with with an amp. what kinda components is everyone using here? i have the memphis highs, what else should i get to balance everything out. i don't wanna spend that much money on all this stuff-i still need to get leather and nav/dvd

 

sell the memphis "highs" and get the eDi 6000s with an amp.....

 

i ended up buying the kicker resolution rs6c 6.5 components. http://www.cardomain.com/item/KICRS6C i got them for an awesome price $189 shipped-crutcfield was selling them for $329 and cardomain had em for $349. should i just put the kicker components in the front and then the memphis highs in the back? i have the bazooka sub in the back so the bass is fine. also, what kinda amp should i get? do i need a 4 channel or would a 2 channel be fine? this is what i plan on doing-obviously, the kicker components, i have the oem bazooka sub, i'm gonna add the ddx7015 or the eclipse avn2454 at the end of summer, and trying to decide if i should keep the memphis highs. the amps i've been looking at are the kicker kx150.2 http://www.crutchfield.com/S-UHPm3VW...0&I=2064KX1502 and kx250.2. http://www.crutchfield.com/S-UHPm3VW...0&I=2064KX2502

i don't need to blow my ears out, even now-the stock pioneers aren't so bad in my opinion. i just wanted a little bit better. with that in mind, would the 150.2 be ok?[/url]