Audiobahn A6004T + Infinity 62.7i kappas: any good? (in 2005 matrix)

[xaphod]

Hi there, just purchasing a new car stereo. I will be buying ONE amp and TWO pairs of speakers: the speakers will all be 6 1/2", as they're going in my 2005 Toyota Matrix. The amp will be powering these 4 speakers. Note that all 4 of these speakers will be door-mounted, at foot level...

The kappas are 75W RMS at 2 ohms, and have a top-mount depth of 2 3/16", so as far as I understand it those'll work fine in the back and front of my matrix.

The audiobahn amp is advertised as handling 150W RMS x 4 for 2 ohms, which is more than enough juice for these speakers. You can get detailed specs for the amp here , although i'm buying it from ebay.

Questions

1. Are Audiobahn amps ok? This amp is cheap, ~$140USD shipped (new), so it doesn't have to be uber-awesome, just not crap (can't break on me in 3 years, should sound ok, should actually be stable at 2ohms as advertised)

2. Are these kappas cost-effective? Can I spend the same amount of money and get far better quality on some other brand, or can I spend considerably less and get almost as good quality? I have no brand-preference for Inifinity or any other speaker, whatever people say sounds good is fine with me! For reference, i'm looking at paying ~$180USD for 4 62.7i kappas from ebay (new).

Please don't mention anything about subs: I already have a sub, and a separate amp for it, so that's already taken care of.

Many many thanks! The more feedback the merrier. Please inform me of any store specials or whatnot, of speakers/amps you recommend. I live in Seattle area, Washington.

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[trike]

i'm not really sure. i think the infinitys might be good, but it could be a different model.
i would probably rethink the audiobahn amp, and you probably don't need one that powerful, 50w RMS would probably work well and get plenty loud.

the audio, video and security forum is probably a better place to ask the question for audio equipment specific questions.
http://www.toyotanation.com/forum/f11

here is a good thread to look at for quality products. there is a list of varying degrees of quality amps, audiophile, near-audiophile, quality, value and poor. audiobahn is listed as poor. there is more information on speakers in the thread as well, but it only names very high quality models.
http://www.toyotanation.com/forum/t87095.html

good luck with your upgrades.

[gfreek]

The Kappas are a nice speaker. The audiobahn I don't know.