I am wondering if anyone knows how much power the stock head unit puts out. I would like to replace it with a flip-out moniter head unit, but would like to keep the same amount or more power running to the speakers.

 

it should supply about 12w rms in each speaker...comparate to aftermaket deck(20-25w rms)..

I have an Rockford Fosgate with poor Head unit amp. 45w peak...any my OEM speaker knock because of it.. it's more tight than the fact amp...

but it's a good upgrade!

 

i just replaced all of the speakers and it said 15 w on the back of them... rms or max output, I dont know, but they suck a$$. I dont have the sun and sound package, dont know about there speakers but the stock ones suck. You can run them with an aftermarket HU but you are limited on the volume because they distort quickly. Take the rear speaker panel off and have a look at how crappy they are. I say get if you get a new HU then get new speakers, you dont have to spend lots of $$ either . I paid $80 for all four speakers and they sound 100x better then stock . Took me less than 2hrs to install all of them.

 

I have the S&S package and it actually doesn't sound that bad... however, I decided to upgrade my system with a new MP3 deck, satilite, amps, speakers, etc, and when I pulled everything, I was surprised at how cheap all the speakers looked, especially the sub!!!

Everything is made of cheap paper cones, same with tweeters. The amp is tiny and proprietary. The rear deck (back speakers) is a MAJOR pain to remove, but all the other speakers and wiring is easy to get at.

 

if yours speaker distort, it's because you don't have enough power to pump it up...put an amplifier between you HU and your speaker,..they will not distort but will blow up....

the stock speaker have just a little magnet so it more easy to pump them, but they ve got a bad sound quality...

 

Not necessarily, if you have low power speakers like ours and add an amp, they will sound better at low power but they will distort at high power. I had that problem in my old car, I had changed out my HU and my speakers distorted when I turned up the sound. It wasnt the amp on the deck that was distoring the sound it was the speakers.

 

The truth is your both kinda right. You do not want to much power running to a speaker because it will cause it to blow. But at the same time if you use too little power, when you turn up your music it will cause distortion in the speaker coil. This distortion is what even causes the speaker to fail due to the constant vibration. The rule of thumb for this is that it is better to have a little bit too much power than to have too little.

Now back to the topic, I was just wondering how much power the head unit is putting out. I think someone said 15, but have to relook at the post and see if that was what the speakers need or if that is what the head unit puts out.

 

i dont know what the HU puts out but the speakers said 15w on the bottom of the magnet

 

for a stock system, i think its pretty good...in all my friends cars if u have all the windows down goin 60, there will be no hearing of music... i have a sony HU and 2 JBL subs hooked up (JVC amp and my stock speakers keep up with the subs and it sounds ok for stock... planning on gettting new ones though...

 

I think it's important to note to you that if you have a S&S package, your stock deck has an output of exactly 0 watts; as all of the output is handled by the factory amp, technically making your deck non-amplified. Replacing your stock deck with an aftermarket one may or may not make a difference in sound depending of whether you splice the wires or use the soundgate adapter (which I'm doing, should arrive this week). Nobody however seems to know the output of the factory amp, I've been looking for a solid week now and I still don't have an answer.