how many watts rms/peak do my stock speakers have?
I have a 95 eclipse gsx, i was thinking about replacing my speakers but was wondering how many whats they have now (i don’t want to replace them with worse speakers). Also, do you think i would need an amp for those speakers? Thanks.
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Tags: amp, eclipse gsx, speakers
Jun 15, 2010 in
Cars FAQs
4 comments
ektrunks on June 15, 2010 at 10:43 am
Chances are good that any speaker you buy from a store besides Wal-Mart… will have better sound than your stock system. Unless the car was either purchased with an upgraded system or upgraded before you received it, new speakers will be better. You will only need an amp if your deck doesn’t put out the watts per channel that you want. Generally you get 45-50 watts to 4 speakers on an aftermarket deck. On the stock deck, it’s hard to say, unless you pull it out and it has a sticker. You would also need an amp for any subs you would put in.
ck_da_finest on June 15, 2010 at 10:43 am
first of all we won’t know. unless there is experienced people out there who have seen your speakers.if you want to know then you have need to take off your door panels and look at the back. it will tell you the wattage rating and the ohms rating. if you wanna put some afetermarket speakers in your car then you need to figure out how much watts you think is sufficient. i would think for your car 50-75 watts per speaker and 1000 watts for your sub. however i would recommend that you seek out help, not to be disrespectful, professional help. crutchfield.com is a nice place for good advice. if you go to a local place they’ll try and sell you soemthing. if you really need help. feel free to email me
mchr1767 on June 15, 2010 at 10:43 am
It varies it usually says what the wattage is on the speaker somewhere or look up the model number on the internet, but its not really the speakers you need to match the wattage of your head unit to the speakers or yes, get an amplifier and get any speakers you want
Sparky3489 on June 15, 2010 at 10:43 am
WOW! So many wrong answers.
A stock system outputs about 12 to 16 watts RMS per speaker. The most I’ve seen an aftermarket is 22 watts RMS per speaker.
Ignore peak watts on anything. Not even a real means of power measurement as no two companies measure peak the same.