[Jorge1SS]

What’s up guys, so I recently bought door speakers for my car and I replaced them with the stock ones and they sound just about the same if not (surprisingly) A little worse in terms of bass and overall loudness/SQ. So my main question is; has anybody replaced the amp for speakers only? I DO NOT want to add a sub and tap into the battery, I have seen on some forums of people replacing the amp but they replaced it with the purpose of also installing a sub which is not what I want to do. So if anybody has, please let me know what amp you guys use or recommend for only powering the speakers. Thanks.

[Msquared]

You may get more answers over in the "Audio/Video..." forum. I think your SS should have a factory amp in the trunk, whereas my 1SS 1LE came with no separate amp (the speakers were powered straight from the radio unit behind the dash to the right of the glove box). However, my stereo upgrades may still be interesting for you because I also definitely did not want to add a sub. Feel free to ask me any questions over in that thread.

[keep_hope_alive]

It is very common for a direct speaker swap to sound worse. The primary reason is the lack of seals. A speaker in the door needs to seal against the door panel as well as the door metal. Isolation of front and rear sound waves is vital. The second reason is a mis-match of efficiency and the third reason is the addition of a tweeter down low.

The lack of seals robs bass response, the efficiency mis-match results in lower output, and the low tweeter hurts SQ.

As suggested in the build log link, you can get small amplifier power packs to quickly boost power output.

I picked up schematics for the factory radio and wiring from ACDelcoTDS and just paid for a 3-day subscription.

[arpad_m]

Originally Posted by keep_hope_alive

It is very common for a direct speaker swap to sound worse. The primary reason is the lack of seals. A speaker in the door needs to seal against the door panel as well as the door metal. Isolation of front and rear sound waves is vital. The second reason is a mis-match of efficiency and the third reason is the addition of a tweeter down low.

The lack of seals robs bass response, the efficiency mis-match results in lower output, and the low tweeter hurts SQ.

As suggested in the build log link, you can get small amplifier power packs to quickly boost power output.

I picked up schematics for the factory radio and wiring from ACDelcoTDS and just paid for a 3-day subscription.

Brother, you are so to the forums, we love having someone new with your acumen and meticulousness here (I'm sure I speak for others as well). Your username is spot on, too.