Thread: speakers for 04 Grand prix with monsoon

Thanks for the info douger. You said something interesting "I would not add an amplifier to the factory head unit. There is too much hacking into wiring to make that work, and since you won't have the equalizer and crossover control that you'll have with most any nice head unit, I don't see it being worth the effort." But wont a new aftermarket amp give me more flexibility in terms of what speakers I can get for my current situation?
Another thing; I spoke to a crutchfield advisor and asked him if replacing my factory speakers with aftermarket component speakers is a good idea (and keeping stock amp), he said if the frequencies match or are close to what the stock amp can provide then technically it would work fine.
Your thoughts are greatly appreciated.

Originally Posted by ndbn

Thanks for the info douger. You said something interesting "I would not add an amplifier to the factory head unit. There is too much hacking into wiring to make that work, and since you won't have the equalizer and crossover control that you'll have with most any nice head unit, I don't see it being worth the effort." But wont a new aftermarket amp give me more flexibility in terms of what speakers I can get for my current situation?
Another thing; I spoke to a crutchfield advisor and asked him if replacing my factory speakers with aftermarket component speakers is a good idea (and keeping stock amp), he said if the frequencies match or are close to what the stock amp can provide then technically it would work fine.
Your thoughts are greatly appreciated.

If you want to stay as stock as possible, what I might suggest is a low powered, self powered subwoofer like I have and installing a line output converter between the main cone connectors of the factory speakers and the subwoofer. That Bazooka tube of mine is a 100 watt unit and doesn't require cabling the size of your wrist to run. That setup would give you back your bass without a whole lot of hacking. In fact, that and a couple of nice three way speakers on the rear deck, and you might be very happy with the results. If you want all of the gingerbread that comes with an aftermarket head unit, you can add that later.

Any full blown aftermarket amplifier that you might install will require some disassembly of the interior to run the power for it. Most moderately powered amps - and unless you're thinking about head throbbing music, 75 watts RMS is more than enough per channel - will require a minimum of 8 gauge wire for both the power and the ground. You'll also be running speaker wire at the same time, although it's not a good idea to run speaker wire with power runs. It tends to introduce noise.

Let me know if I can answer any more of your questions.