Need Stereo Help, new and stumped Options

[TrdKing]

Ok I went and picked up some 6 1/2" speakers for my celica and came home only to find out about the front being 6 3/4" and the backs 5 1/2"?

What do people actually put in for speakers? size? power? brand?

I bought a decent deck and was just looking for some cheap speakers that sound good to go in with the deck.

After looking at the back speakers is there anyway to actually fit an aftermarket speaker in there they seem to mold to the plastic mounting piece. Could I buy a 5 1/2" and put that in their? Will it require any modification?

I read through the front 6 3/4" inch front speaker install and was wondering is that what everyone is doing? Is it that hard? What about the back?

I bought some Performance Teknique speakers for 150 CAD but they are all 6 1/2"
but heard they arent that great. I am going to bring them back and probably get some panasonic speakers to go with the panasonic deck.

Please help me out I dont want to buy crappy stereo stuff and I would prefer something I can put in myself.

[Abraxis64]

okay, i'll answer your questions seperately

1. the number of channels an amp has tells you how many speakers you can send individual signals to. for example, 2 channels means you can send one signal to the front left and another to the front right. if youw anted to send signal to the rear speakrs, they'd just get the same as whatever the fronts get (not really a problem, since 99% of all music is recorded in stereo anyway) but this will mean lowering the impendence of the amp (some amps can't handle it) and you can't "fade" between front and rear.

2. component speaker is pretty much what you said--seperate woofers and tweeters (and sometimes midranges). 2-way component sets have two separate components (woof and tweet) 3 ways add a midrange. a coaxial speaker (full range speaker) is one in which the tweeter is moutned coaxially on the woofer

3. not really. it simply allows each "way" or speaker to play only certain notes, allowing it to sound better. not the best explanation, but the simplest. for example, if i work in my own law firm, i can pretty much do contract law, criminal law, torts, etc....i'm like a full-range speaker. components are like a firm in which one guy specializes in contracts and the other does divorces and stuff. breaking up the speaker allows each "way" more precise control over what it does (sorry, i'm typing this from the law school library lol...i'mo get back to studying now)

peace