Does my Pioneer HU have enough power for Focals?

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May 29, 2004 | 06:53 PM

philmalik23

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I am (for now) going to upgrade just the speakers on my door in my Chev -S10.

I have narrowed my search to either the Focals 165 V2 and the Boston Pro 6.5's.

Both sound very good (to me). And I can get either for about $400 Canadian.

Will my Pioneer HU (I think it's the DEH-4400) have enough power to make these speakers sound decent? (As I don't plan to buy an amp right away, perhaps in 6 months)

thanks

May 29, 2004 | 07:06 PM

ZachCHartwell

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It should be ok...but I'd try to get a cheap amp instead...I'd try to even pick up even a Pyramid amp for dirt cheap (should not cost much at all....) and use that until you could afford something more suited towards the focals.

[ May 29, 2004, 08:31 PM: Message edited by: zachH ]

May 29, 2004 | 07:11 PM

KillerGrand

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No way.
I owned Boston Pro components and they require TONS of power to sound good. I now own Focal components and, although less power hungry, you won't get good results with deck power.

May 30, 2004 | 08:21 AM

defro13

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no it wont the insertion loss on the xovers alone will cause you to lose power from the deck, get an amplifier

May 30, 2004 | 08:43 AM

Paul Niwranski

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Survey SAYS! No DICE!

It would sound bad and you would be disappointed in you fine new speakers. For $50 or so you can get a nice 25-50x2 amp off Ebay from a decent brand and enjoy the speakers WAY more [img]graemlins/thumb.gif[/img]