OK. Here's the situation. We have a 1991 Previa that's been sitting in the garage for years that we will be giving to an uncle of mine. He lost his entire retirement fund in the stock market and was then laid off last year. The van currently has the god-awful, stock, 15 watt peak per channel stereo in it, with a couple blown speakers...
I have available:
A set of 4 5.25" Bleaupunkt BlueLine (the clear blue poly cone ones) speakers, rated at 40 RMS and 130 Peak, that my dad had in the van when he drove it years ago.
A JVC-KDHDR30 headunit that I took out of my car earlier this year, rated at 20 RMS and 50 peak per channel.
Would I be better off with those speakers, or say, a set of Pioneers rated at 25 RMS, which is a lot closer to what the headunit can deliver?
I don't mind dropping $100 for a set of speakers more closely matched to the headunit, but I don't want to if it wont make any difference. I also don't want to use speakers that will clip the headunit and shorten it's lifespan, because I know my uncle won't be able to afford anything else, probably ever.
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Toyotas in the family/next of kin:
1982 Corolla Wagon, 1989 Corolla DX, 1991 Previa LE, 1993 Previa LE,
1993 Pickup, 1994 Corolla DX, 1995 Avalon XL, 1996 Camry XLE, 1998 Avalon XL,
1998 Sienna CE, 1999 Camry XL, 2000 Camry XLE, 2002 Tundra, 2003 Tundra,
2003 ES 300, 2004 Camry XLE, 2005 Tacoma
OK. Here's the situation. We have a 1991 Previa that's been sitting in the garage for years that we will be giving to an uncle of mine. He lost his entire retirement fund in the stock market and was then laid off last year. The van currently has the god-awful, stock, 15 watt peak per channel stereo in it, with a couple blown speakers...
I have available:
A set of 4 5.25" Bleaupunkt BlueLine (the clear blue poly cone ones) speakers, rated at 40 RMS and 130 Peak, that my dad had in the van when he drove it years ago.
A JVC-KDHDR30 headunit that I took out of my car earlier this year, rated at 20 RMS and 50 peak per channel.
Would I be better off with those speakers, or say, a set of Pioneers rated at 25 RMS, which is a lot closer to what the headunit can deliver?
I don't mind dropping $100 for a set of speakers more closely matched to the headunit, but I don't want to if it wont make any difference. I also don't want to use speakers that will clip the headunit and shorten it's lifespan, because I know my uncle won't be able to afford anything else, probably ever.
either set of speakers should be ok. It has to do with how well the stock unit can output volume if you crank it up. Most aftermarket won't clip so if you get speakers rated higher, they have less of a chance of blowing. However the other way around when you have an aftermarket head unit powering cheesy stock paper speakers, there's a bigger chance of those speakers blowing becaue they can only handle between 1-5 rms watts!
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Totaled 1996 Corolla DX 2009 Nissan Altima 2.5S with Takeda SRI, stock dual exhausts, mesh grille
LED bulbs for dome/map/turn signal/tail light/3rd brake light/back up bulbs
The reason I asked is when my dad had these speakers in the van, he had a Pioneer headunit (I believe it was 40 or 45 peak per channel) and it wasn't able to power those speakers well at all. The sad thing is he managed to blow the stock speakers with the stock tape deck, which was 15 peak per channel...
I suppose I'll rig the speakers up to the headunit before I put them in the van and see how things go...that van is a royal pain to do the headunit and the rear speakers, so I don't want to do anything more than once.
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Toyotas in the family/next of kin:
1982 Corolla Wagon, 1989 Corolla DX, 1991 Previa LE, 1993 Previa LE,
1993 Pickup, 1994 Corolla DX, 1995 Avalon XL, 1996 Camry XLE, 1998 Avalon XL,
1998 Sienna CE, 1999 Camry XL, 2000 Camry XLE, 2002 Tundra, 2003 Tundra,
2003 ES 300, 2004 Camry XLE, 2005 Tacoma
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