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wattage to speakers 1998 grand prix

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Topic: wattage to speakers 1998 grand prix

Posted By: bigdeezy11
Subject: wattage to speakers 1998 grand prix
Date Posted: January 24, 2010 at 11:52 AM

hey, i have a stock stereo and speakers in a 1998 grand prix, 4-door, 3.8L.  trying to replace all my speakers. does anyone know the wattage supplied to the two front door 5 1`4 speakers and the two rear 6x9's?



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Posted By: incognyto
Date Posted: January 24, 2010 at 4:21 PM
so you want to know the wattage the factory deck put's out?? I think you'd just be better off to install some entry level speakers from any of the big name manufacture's anything rated for say 50 rms per side and it will work. sound good. or sound Great!! most factory deck's I think kinda blow so a quick google may tell you the wattage. is it a delco deck? I did a quick search and found nothing just said am/fm cd player. either way most factory deck's won't put out much unless there is a system amp. oem stuff really isn't worth messing with unless your job is a paper route.




Posted By: incognyto
Date Posted: January 24, 2010 at 4:21 PM
sorry if your job is a paper route, I mean no harm!! :)




Posted By: bigdeezy11
Date Posted: January 24, 2010 at 10:17 PM
cool, that sounds fine. i did buy some name brand stuff so it sounds like it should work. just wasnt sure if that was something to be concerned about.  yea all the stock speakers are delco.  thanks for the reply!




Posted By: blackcivichatch
Date Posted: January 24, 2010 at 10:38 PM
Lets look at it this way, Most aftermarket decks are "50"watts (actually 10 -15 watts rms at best) Per channel. And most often, the aftermarket decks have a lil more power that factory.... So....... there ya go lol

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Posted By: KarTuneMan
Date Posted: January 25, 2010 at 7:07 AM
wattage?

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Posted By: bigdeezy11
Date Posted: January 25, 2010 at 7:38 AM
yea, i got some after market speakers, the front doors are 300 watts and the rears are 400 watts a piece.  just wanting to make sure that the watts put out by the stock deck will match up ok with my new speakers to sound good....ie will the stock deck put out too little or too much for my new speakers.




Posted By: incognyto
Date Posted: January 25, 2010 at 11:39 AM
300 watt's and 400 watt's sounds quite hefty the magnets must be HUGE if that's rms wattage. either way the deck is for sure going to under power them, the should still sound quite a bit better but you will most definatly not get the most out of the speakers before it sounds like they are distorting, it will however be the deck that is making them sound like poo, cuz it will be clipping. :)





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