what does peoples think of this?

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=3292&item=5780688618&tc=photo

its my fall back just incase the aus mb quart distributors dont/wont/cant fix my blown tweeter...

is 90-170 watts decent?

They are a sweet speaker I'm sure ul b very happy with them.

But for that price you could go better. And I think if you wanna be lookin at that price range you need some basic prep work done on your doors (deadening, mdf baffles, diffusers etc) Will add a bit of weight if you're willing to, but will see very nice results.

Dynaudio, Focal, Rainbow, Morel are some other speaker brands you might wanna check out.

Any speaker will sound sh!t if not installed right.

How much power u reckon ur gonna have to throw at them? Any ideas on replacement amps?

well, fingers crossed clarion magna's dad can fix my mb quart amp.... and that is 800wrms, so i guess i'm gonna be throwin 200wrms at each speaker? correct? no?

Probably more like 4 x 100 w rms @ 4 ohm.

It will give you 2 x 400 watts when bridged from 4 channels into 2. (This is where they get the 800w from) Bridging halves the dampening factor and gives you a lot more power. (Internally the amp runs at 2 ohm instead of 4) So more power/ less quality

Not to worry 100 w rms is heaps for speakers.

so is 2 ohm better or 4 ohm better? quality wise..... i always get confused....

Basically 4 ohm is better...
More dampening = more control of the cone. But if you were to bridge it, higher watts = more headroom which means ur amp doesnt have to work as hard. Running an amp at 50% will sound better than running an amp at 90%. So it's much of a muchness.

ie: It would sound better running the front splits bridged with 400 w rms each. even if you are only driving a 150 w rated speaker. Even though u wont use the extra power it is good to have the headroom.
But doing this may forego amping your rear speakers (I dont believe they should be amped externally anyway, worst case run them off the headunit for rear fill / passengers)

You should put as much focus into your front stage as possible.

With 400 watts rms at ur fingertips for fronts you have heaps of options for some massive midbass, with ur budget you could get something that really sounds good and that keeps up with ur subs...

How loud do you wanna go?

Or u more after the type of levels u were getting before?

so you're saying i should bridge(?) my 4 channels into the front speakers? and just leave the backs powered by the H/U?

in that case wouldnt i better off buying a more powerful 2 channel rather than an amp with the same output but 4 channel? isnt that the way they work?

But you already have the amp. Whats the point of swapping amps now? You lose so much money selling second hand audio gear it's not funny.

I'm running my amp bridged, it's the same thing but i did it cos i had a different idea at first.

More channels = more expandability,

my 4 channel mb quart is in limbo atm..... i'm waiting for clarion magna's dad to see if he can fix it. my question is based on the pretense that if i had to buy another amp, then i should be looking for a powerful 2 channel (for the fronts) instead of a less powerful but same priced 4 channel....... no?

I heard one of the MB Quart manufacturing plants went down overseas, any truth to it? (I heard it from a rather credible souce)

yes a powerful 2 channel would be better if you can find that much power.
Money is wasted amping rears. Better off spent on good door preparation etc.