Speaker Recommendation - too many options out there

[Juice75]

Hey Everyone,

One of my rear door speakers fried yesterday, so I'm in the market for some new ones, and wanted to know if anyone had their favorites. I'm pushing them with an Alpine PDX-5, which is 75W RMS. The birth sheet actually had something like 92W listed. Want to stay under $150, preferably under $100.

I had some old Infinity Reference 6012si's in there, and they seemed to lack a little in the mid range. Been looking at the Polk db651s and Alpine SPR-17C as a possibilities.

Anybody have a recommendation? I mainly listed to rock, if that matters.

Also, does the speaker need to be a shallow mount? This is in a 2002 Yukon.

Thanks!

 

[blueflamed03]

there are many great speaker manufactures out there. You looking for a component system or coax?

Best advice, is go out, listen to as many as you can. Everyones taste varies and you have a TON to choose from

what I like, you may not, so what I suggest may not be a valid suggestion, ya know

 

[Huck]

Make sure you're not underpowering your speakers, too. A lot of people blow speakers out by underpowering them, then cranking the gain.

 

[blueflamed03]

it's really not underpowering them, it's clipping them with too much gain. But I understand your point, just don't want someone to confuse clipping with power. You can actually add more 'clean' power than a manufacture recommends, as long as it's clean. But if a 100W pair of coax has clean 50 watts, they will be fine as well.

 

[Juice75]

Thanks for the info.

I ended up going with a set of Kenwood KFC-X173's. They sounded good in the store, and the price was right. Plus, I'm not too picky about the rear door speakers.

Pretty sure my Alpine PDX-5 has me covered on power, and it matches up good with the speaker specs.

Now it's time to start thinking about replacing the front components.

 

[blueflamed03]

sounds good, your ears ( and wallet) is the best judge

 

[andrewmoore13]

it's really not underpowering them, it's clipping them with too much gain. But I understand your point, just don't want someone to confuse clipping with power. You can actually add more 'clean' power than a manufacture recommends, as long as it's clean. But if a 100W pair of coax has clean 50 watts, they will be fine as well.

i'm glad someone else knows that its not the actual underpowering of the speakers that blows them. i hate it when people try and tell me that. i'm like NO.

 

[blueflamed03]

kinda look at it like a SBC can redline at 7000 RPM, doesn't hurt it to run at 3000 RPM's.

But I do see what he meant as people that have already underpowered them with an amp too small compensate the lack of power with more gain, etc. to make up for a loss in power. But the clipping does the damage, not the actual power itself.