Replacing 8 speaker system, choices for amps Options

[RocketScott]

So I have an 8 speaker system and I'm slowly replacing parts of it. I just put in an Alpine CDE-9845 head unit. I replaced the 8" door woofers with some Alpine 6180 subwoofers. I also have some Kicker KS60 coaxal speakers in my truck that I think I'll put in the back seat. I yanked out the two factory amps and am running everything off the HU except the subs which I now need an amp for. I'd eventually like to replace the midrange and tweeters in the doors with a component system but I haven't seen any that will fit. The smallest I've seen is around 5" IIRC. So do I get a mono amp to just run the subs for now and get another amp later to run the rest of the speakers when I upgrade or do I get one big amp now that will run it all? The head unit has two sets of RCA outs, one for the front and one for the rear/subs

[jess_i_74]

I've put new speakers up front as well with the 8 speaker system. I'm still using the stock tweeters with an aftermarket crossover because the stock tweeters are mounted with a nice little bracket and have a threaded hole that you put a screw in. Rather than cut or mess with the bracked to get the surface-mount aftermarket tweeters in, I just decided to use the stock tweeter since I've never had sound complaints up until I replaced it. The crossover helped a lot (stock is a simple capacitor for high pass on the tweeter).

Personally I love JL Audio 8W0's for the front subs, they have great hit and require just a tiny bit of cutting to make the magnet fit in the door. You're really limited by the depth of just over 4 inches.

I don't know if this is what you're looking for, but here's some Audiobahn coaxial/component 4" speakers (i.e. you can remove the tweeter: http://www.crutchfield.com/S-RihYh9zVSvr/c...00&I=037ACS2040

I have these in my doors now; with stock tweeters.

Edit: Oh BTW, I have a Crossfire CFA 555 amp that's five channels. Yes, I know it's wierd, but there are such things. There's usually a sub channel that you bridge to 2 ohms and four channels for your other four speakers.

This post has been edited by jess_i_74: Dec 29, 2005 - 2:34 PM