I have the factory amp and my system is completely stock. I'm not dumb enough to wonder if replacing the rear speakers would come anywhere near close to an amp/sub set up, but my question is this. On a stock system the amp seemingly cuts back the power of the low frequencies at mid to upper volume. I am wondering if that is the speaker itself distorting or some sort of protection from the amp to avoid blowing a speaker?

AND most importantly, if I am seeking just a touch more bass and better clarity, for example by replacing the rear speakers, would they cut out or act less responsive at higher volumes (bass specifically) just like stock speakers? If not I would most likely be buying higher quality 6X9s to replace them, but I don't want to be completely disappointed if I do it because they behave the same as the stock set-up after half volume from the measly factory amp...

Any insight is appreciated.

 

Aftermarket speakers on the stock amp and radio will produce an even worse sound, and they will be quieter.

 

Yeaaaa actually starting to see that as I research more lol... piece of junk amp. Guess its not worth the trouble or money to do everything right given it sounds "decent" stock.

 

@DenaliZ06: Where in Upstate are ya?

 

what you'll tun into alot of the time, is that stock receivers are eq'd to make crappy speakers sound good in the specific car's environment. (meaning if you take the same speaker and same sound and listen to it in a monte and then a mustang, the two will sound different due to the acoustics of the car) Therefore with a little "economic" tweaking, you can get good sound from crap speakers.

What i did, was take all the audio from my receiver and ran it to a processor that flat line's all the sound and gives you a straight line to EQ. This way i can set the EQ, crossovers, and all that good stuff before it even hits my amps, and i getta keep all my goodies like steering wheel controls, xm, onstar and so on.....

 

@Jester_20: Are you using something like the Rockford Fosgate 3Sixty?

 

That is a function of the stock radio/amp, I forget which one. So simply replacing speakers won't get you the expected result.

 

i actuall just installed a set of 1200 watt xplodes wit a 1200w amp ran it all into the high inputs on the amp, taped into the the audio outs right off the factory amp but it sounds good i do need to play wit the settings a little bit to get the sound i desire and definately need a capacitor when the xplode amp is turned up it takes enough juice from the car it actually made the factory speakers clip a little bit

 

A capacitor won't do much for you.

I don't know why the Xplods would take that much power, because they are 1200 watt max at like 250 rms or something like that, i would turn your gain down some because they will probably blow sooner than later with a gain set high.

just something to be careful of

 

A capacitor is not the answer for you.....what size power wire are you running? What size ground wire and how long is it? Where is it grounded to? Have you done the Big 3? What condition is your battery in? Clipping is something a signal source does, like a head unit or amplifier, speakers don't clip. I'm thinking you meant distort a little bit.