Do I really need an amp?

[lewismonteith]

I was wondering how much difference an amp would make to my speaker power. They sound pretty good up to a certain volume, around 3/4 of the head unit output then they start to get a bit crackely. Would an amp allow them to be louder and/or clearer?

I have:

FLI Comp 6" - 255w Peak - 85w RMS
FLI Comp 1" Tweeters - 165w Peak - 55w RMS
FLI Integrator 6x9 - 375w Peak - 125w RMS
Sony CDX-GT450U - 52w x 4

Thinking about getting the FLI FL900s 4 Channel amp to power them all, would I notice the difference?

[lewismonteith]

Oh and an Edge EDB12 sub - 900w Peak - 300w RMS

[fr0sty]

I take it that your sub is active with its own built in amp?

My old car had standar speakers (front and rear) but as soon as I dropped in an active sub it seemed to make the world of difference!

If you amp up your front comps, tweets and 6x9's with a 4ch amp then I guarantee you that it'll blow you away!

Your head unit probably outputs 4 x 50 watts but that's not RMS.In reality, the stereo is putting out approximately 20 watts RMS (ish) so an amp putting out a true 50 watts RMS would make a ton of difference! Guaranteed!

I know that some people don't like 6x9's, but when I was 17 I had a Nova SR 1.3 and we did things old-Skool. 6x9's were the 'in thing'. I remember having standard front speakers, a Philips Dap-300 2 ch amp to run my rear 6x9's and a secondary MOSFET Caliber amp to run my Jamo Sumo Series subwoofer. The moment I heard those rear speakers amped up it made my hair stand on end!......immense stuff mate!

Fr0sty

[lewismonteith]

Yeah it has its own built in anp. But by the sound of that it looks like I'm getting an amp then!

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