Speaker Power Input

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Hi all
Can any one give me an idea as to the max power of the door speakers in a facelifted w211 as i am looking to upgrade them with a 5 channel amp and then add a sub. As I feel the sound is pretty good but lacking dynamic range due to the lack of power from the rear gateway and then add a small sub to give the bottom end the door speakers cannot produce

Thanks

 

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Anyone ??

 

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I wouldn't worry about the rated power. It's not very relevant. More power means more headroom. Just buy a good 5-channel amp like a Genesis or DLS and have it installed properly with decent power & speaker cable

Having an amp with filters would be useful to roll off the low end for the door speakers if you are planning to fit a sub. You'll find the door speakers will play louder & cleaner if you remove the frequencies they struggle with. Try a 120 Hz highpass filter on the speakers and a 100 Hz lowpass on the sub

Have a look at secondhand stuff on Talkaudio

Nick Froome

 

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Thanks Nick

i was planning on dropping in a Audio control 2xs crossover in the preamp side as well which will give a high pass of 80hz for the main speakers and then a low pass the other way for the sub but it also has a subsonic filter built in set for around 20hz so you dont waste power getting the bass into the car trying to play frequencies which you cant hear

 

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You're extremely unlikely to get anything sub-20Hz off a CD, cassette or radio anyway. Or sub-40 Hz for that matter

I burnt a set of test tones on a CD once and tried it in my car. Even with a sub there's precious little happening till you get above 50 Hz, whatever anyone claims. When you get to about 100 Hz you get lots of "cabin gain" and a big woofly peak in the response

Nick Froome