Speaker and Amp recommendations

Hello, I have a 1999 Jeep Grand Cherokee with the Infinity system in it. The system sounds good but I think it would sound even better if I replaced the factory speakers and amp with aftermarket speakers and amp. Could someone please give me some recommendations of what speakers and amp would be best to use. Thanks!                     Jerry

Either the most expensive or cheapest their is. You need to listen to speakers first and then purchase them based on how they sound to your ears, for fit in the vehicle and budget. An amp of 30-60 watts rms x 4 is more than enough for power. I like MB Quart for good speakers, to add to this line I would also consider Focal, Macrom, Morel and to a lesser degree Infinity and Eclipse. Top Secret, I can tell you but then my wife will kill me.

The lowest-end speakers I would go with are definately Infinity Kappas. Really good sound for their price, with crystal-clear highs, and very good lows. Plus who can beat a 3 year warranty? MB Quart, as mentioned above, and Boston Acoustics are good choices too. Give us a price range, and maybe we can come up with some amplifier ideas.~wayland

in all honesty i would say go with the panasonic head unit... i forget themodel but its 70wx4 so it defeats the 4 channel amp and ive been a major fan of the jbl touring series speakers... relatively cheap at 119 a pair but sound great

but that head unit retails around 500

I disagree with that advice. A separate amplifier will beat headunit power every time. "High power" head units are a joke, in my opinion. New Project: 2003 Pathfinder

Actually, shoelesscraig, the Panasonic HU he is referring to really DOES do 50 watts per channel. They incorporate switching power supplies and class "T" output devices. At CES 2004, I saw one of their HUs hooked to four 4 ohm speakers, driving all four, with an oscilloscope monitoring the output of one channel. The point of visible clipping was just over 51 watts per channel. I was TOTALLY amazed, and I continue to recommend these HUs to anybody wanting to upgrade their HU without adding an amplifier. You are right, there is no such thing as a HU that puts out 70wpc RMS, but there ARE units that will do a real world 50...It all reminds me of something that Molière once said to Guy de Maupassant at a café in Vienna: "That's nice. You should write it down."

Wow. Interesting. I suspect they are relatively clean when not pushed too. Technology like that stands to shake up the industry a bit. I want to see TINY 2 and 4 channel class "T" amplifiers. No bass boost or crossover circuitry - only a gain control. New Project: 2003 Pathfinder