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Best way to Amp up my speakers
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William
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Im a bit ignorant when it comes to car audio, can someone please advise me on the best way to amp up component fronts and coaxial rears in my cab? I want to use an Alpine amp as I currently have an Alpine HU but want to do it on a reasonable budget. So how many channels do I need and can anyone reccomend a particular amp? I will not be using a sub and want to try and use just 1 amp plus the HU amp id necessary.
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toby
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The speakers are so small in the front of the car that amping them makes no difference really. Have had several E30s and regretted buying an amp for the front as it made no difference.
Amp the rear speakers - get 6x9" speakers for the rear shelf if a saloon - sounds best if you really go to town and build them into the metal and make or adapt the rear shelf to a special acoustic shelf.
Perhaps buy a box with speakers in if you have a touring or remove rear seat in a saloon and cut a hole in the metal and you can hear the speaker box that way.
The advantages of buying a sub box is that you can simply remove it if you need to replace the car. If you spend time/money fitting speakers in specially they will stay with the car if you sell it.
Amp the rear speakers - get 6x9" speakers for the rear shelf if a saloon - sounds best if you really go to town and build them into the metal and make or adapt the rear shelf to a special acoustic shelf.
Perhaps buy a box with speakers in if you have a touring or remove rear seat in a saloon and cut a hole in the metal and you can hear the speaker box that way.
The advantages of buying a sub box is that you can simply remove it if you need to replace the car. If you spend time/money fitting speakers in specially they will stay with the car if you sell it.
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Ziggy
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You must have had some dodgy amps Toby! 
William, I've got alpine components in the front of mine, on a 2ch amp. I've got a sub etc as well & if you're against that I'd definately consider some door builds for 6.5s.
As you ain't got a saloon, you can't put speakers on the parcel shelf (well you *could* I guess, but...!), so some decent 6.5s in the front would be a good compromise.
I'd go with a 2ch amp just for the fronts & run the rears off the headunit. You don't sit in the back, so why pay a fortune for it to be loud there?! A bit of rear fill is enough & the headunit can cope with that.
I know headunits say "4x55w" etc these days, but think about the size they are compared to a real amp, & ask yourself which you think's gonna work best.
Pretty much any 2 channel amp that alpine make these days, will sound a whole lot better than what you've got now...
William, I've got alpine components in the front of mine, on a 2ch amp. I've got a sub etc as well & if you're against that I'd definately consider some door builds for 6.5s.
As you ain't got a saloon, you can't put speakers on the parcel shelf (well you *could* I guess, but...!), so some decent 6.5s in the front would be a good compromise.
I'd go with a 2ch amp just for the fronts & run the rears off the headunit. You don't sit in the back, so why pay a fortune for it to be loud there?! A bit of rear fill is enough & the headunit can cope with that.
I know headunits say "4x55w" etc these days, but think about the size they are compared to a real amp, & ask yourself which you think's gonna work best.
Pretty much any 2 channel amp that alpine make these days, will sound a whole lot better than what you've got now...
E30 in need of wiring loom smoke since April '11...