stevenk2
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I was going to post this in an existing thread about stereo upgrades, but thought it might get into the weeds a bit as far as that goes, plus it seemed like it deserved a thread of its' own. I was on Crutchfield's website in a chat with one of their techs yesterday, and we were discussing speaker upgrades (from my current OEM Polk DB652's). I had been looking at the possibility of upgrading to the JL MX series, but had some concerns about the price versus performance in relation to my DB652's. The subject came up about my amp, and the tech stated that my DB652's were great speakers already, they actually were rated to handle more power than the JL's I was looking at, and I just needed to provide sufficient power to them to realize their full potential. The amp I'm running is rated at 50W x 4; the DB652's are rated at 100W each. The tech said that I'd want an amp that could provide them each the full 100 watts they want/need (i.e. 100W x 4 channels), the theory being that instead of boosting the gain on a lower-powered amp and introducing distortion at higher levels, I'd be providing "clean" power/signal without overboosting using the gain control on the amp. Does that sound correct, or are the JL speakers truly a huge upgrade over the Polk's I currently have?
I know this thread could go a lot of different directions, but the main question would be per channel amp power versus speaker capacity, and how closely you want those to match for optimum sound quality at volume (i.e. higher volumes).
I know this thread could go a lot of different directions, but the main question would be per channel amp power versus speaker capacity, and how closely you want those to match for optimum sound quality at volume (i.e. higher volumes).