Keep or remove AMP on Front Speakers?

[southernclipper]

I purchased a 2007 Liberty Limited, It has the infinity setup. I already swapped the Head Unit with a Pioneer. Now I want to replace the speakers all around. I am trying to decide if to keep the AMP in the front doors or would it make sense to remove them and re-use the factory wiring. I figure I will have to cut and slice the connector on the front speaks to make that work. I do not plan on adding an AMP, if I remove the AMP/s. Any thoughts are suggestion would be welcome.

Thanks in Advance

 

[the_dealer]

Remove them, your new hu will likely put out more power then the factory amps. This will help
http://www.jeepkj.com/forum/f196/03-kj-front-speaker-replacement-39415/index3.html

http://crutchfield.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5792

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[dude1116]

...But I've heard the factory amps act as a crossover. Am I wrong?

In other words if you remove the amp you better be replacing with a crossover.

 

[the_dealer]

On full range speaker such as a typical 2 or 3 way coaxial, no cross over is needed since the mid and tweeter are on the same speaker. The factory dash tweeter isn't really a tweeter but rather a full range speaker as well. You can keep that by wiring it in with the door speakers. Imo a 2 way component set will be better, even run on hu power. There are some cheaper sets that sound really great. I'm running these with a cadence xah125.2 and they sound awesome http://www.woofersetc.com/p-4596-cl-61a-25-pro-cdt-audio-classic-65-2-way-component-speakers.aspx

If you are running comps off hu power look for a high sensitivity with a decent rms rating in case you want to amp later. I was running these before the cdt's off hu power and they were pretty damn good for the money
http://www.sonicelectronix.com/item_23669_Precision-Power-PPI-S2.65C.html

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[profdlp]

Ah - now I see the big picture! :gr_grin:

 

[the_dealer]

For comparison those $50 precision power comps outperformed the alpine type s coaxials they replaced in every way. I have them in the wife's ride now on a kenwood 8404 amp and they are even better.

If you are set on running a coaxial speaker up front, these powerbass dash speakers would work great imo. They are a small coaxial not a tweeter.
http://m.ebay.com/itm?itemId=321224643939

I installed some in a neighbors commander along with some infinity kappa coaxials. I was definitely impressed with the sound, and they didn't mess up the staging. But personally I'd rather have a budget comp set over a higher end coaxial any day

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[brando26]

I put alpine type r all around. They come with crossovers prewired onto the speaker and sound great. You can search google shopping for them and find em for 99 per set.

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[RenegadeRecruit84]

I'll be honest, I kept them. I'm glad I kept them. The amps power my infinity reference 6.5's amazingly. I just remounted the amps on the doors in a spot that didn't hinder the window or speaker location.