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I think this has already been said, but keep in mind, that 80w on the back of those speakers is almost indefinately max power rating. I'd bet that the RMS wattage on those speakers is no more than 30w.

If his amp has speaker level inputs he should be fine with splicing a speaker wire; will it sound as good, probably not, but I don't think he's concerned with SQ, nor does it sound like he has the ear for it.

combination of the speakers not having any HPF, and the head unit amplifier clipping badly.

turn down the bass, turn down the volume, add a high-pass fliter (HPF) to the speakers.

Remember when I told you that you may as well be speaking japanese? You're speaking like 17 dialects of it to this kid. (sorry if I seem belligerent)

Go to http://www.Crutchfield.com and buy some bass blockers for your speakers. Not exactly a HPF, but it'll do the job for lower end speakers.

What do you think about Focal components Kiki? Infinity? JL Audio?

bass blockers are a high pass filter. that's exactly what they are.
Infinity's kappa perfect and JL's XR components are good, but overly bright.
Focal.. their top end is good, but it's a French company. bleh.

if you don't know what a filter is, read http://www.bcae1.com

So what level should the filters block? Anything below like 100hz? 200?

Overly bright? As in the highs are too rich?

I wouldn't say THAT low for the HPF...I don't have too much experience with them though...

(forgot to say :) I'd say around 1200 hz...whadda you think Kiki?

80-120Hz is fine for a bass blocker for midrange/door speakers
that'll just block the really low stuff you should have a sub to handle anyway, but should still keep everything you need for vocals to keep a clear front stage.

yes by bright I meant they are overly acentuated in the high frequencies due to the type of tweeters they choose to use.
Some people prefer this type of sound while others look for a more natural, smooth treble response they'd get from something more like a silk domed tweeter.

Really? I'd always thought you wanted to set the tweeters up higher than that...hmm

ANYWAY, can you reccomend a set of components (without having me spend as much money as you would :-P) that are decent and have silk tweets? Thanks in advance

Whats a "component subwoofer" vs a regular subwoofer?

Ohh and Audio, I may have given you the wrong impression, the speakers that would need the crossovers are 6 or 6.5 inch :)

i don't think theres a difference between them, other then their naming..