Dad needs help

My son has a 2000 GMC Sierra single cab pickup with a Kenwood KDC 4019 CD player and factory speakers. He wants to upgrade his speaker system but has gotten a wide range of suggestions from friends/retailers. Prices range from $200-$1000. His goals are to improve the sound in his truck without going all out with amps,subwoofers and the like. He expects to be getting a larger truck in the next couple of years and would like to move this system to the new truck and  add more power at that time. He needs some guidance on what size speakers and configuration would work with his current cd player( RMS power 22w x 4  Peak power 50w x 4 ). Recommendations on brands and budgets would be appreciated.

You should be able to fit up to 6.5" speakers in the front doors, and either 4x6's or 6.5" speakers in the rear pillars. If you're looking for decient sounding speakers for a cheap price, then Pioneer's should do you fine. Depending on if your son plans to upgrade to an external amp(s) for the internal speakers in the future (as well as subs), then you may want to look into higher quality speakers if you can afford them.Squirrel

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Pioneer currently offers 4 different 4x6" model speakers (listed below). Unless your son plans on using them with an external amplifier, then I would go with one of the models rated at 20 watts RMS TS-P462 50 watts RMS / 150 watts Peak TS-A4667 20 watts RMS / 120 watts Peak TS-A4657 20 watts RMS / 120 watts Peak TS-G4647 20 watts RMS / 100 watts Peak Pioneer currently offers 9 different 6.5" coaxial model speakers (listed below). Again, unless your son plans on using them with an external amplifier then I would go with one of the models rated between 35-50 watts RMS TS-D160R 60 watts RMS / 250 watts Peak TS-A640P 50 watts RMS / 220 watts Peak TS-A1667 50 watts RMS / 200 watts Peak TS-A1680R 50 watts RMS / 220 watts Peak TS-A1670R 35 watts RMS / 180 watts Peak TS-A630P 35 watts RMS / 180 watts Peak TS-A1661 35 watts RMS / 160 watts Peak TS-G1647 30 watts RMS / 150 watts Peak TS-G1617 30 watts RMS / 150 watts Peak Pioneer currently offers 2 different 6.5" component model speakers (listed below). Again, unless your son plans on using them with an external amplifier then I would go with the model rated at 50 watts RMS TS-C160R 60 watts RMS / 250 watts Peak TS-61653 50 watts RMS / 150 watts Peak My own personal preference is to stay away from the TS-G* series if at all possible. I've never liked the sound they produce. There has been multiple debates as to whether 2-way speakers sound better then 3-ways or 4-ways. It's all personal preference. I've run 2-ways and 3-ways before (have yet to run 4-ways), and personally prefer 2-ways when dealing with coaxial speakers. But then again, I make up for what 3-ways and 4-ways produce by using component (seperate tweeters) speakers in the front, 2-ways in the rear, and subs in the back. Component speakers can be more difficult to install due to the crossover and seperate tweeters. Shops will install them for you for pretty cheap if you cannot do it yourself.Squirrel

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And Squirrel wrote in to thank the rest for our help???!!!   Dude, you're then man!!!Duane...

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