Mixing Pontiac Monsoon system with others?

[98Firebird85]

I went to Best Buy to purchase speakers to replace my crappy factory ones. They keep busting. I have to keep the bass way down or they will bust. They told me I can't mix a factory system with store bought speakers or it will fry the deck. Is this true? If so, WHAT CAN I DO???

[nda0602v6]

Originally posted by 98Firebird85:
They told me I can't mix a factory system with store bought speakers or it will fry the deck. Is this true?

Whoever told you that should be fired. The factory 6-3/4" speakers in the doors are 2-Ohms and the tweeters in the doors are 4-ohms. Any "store bought" component speakers are all going to be 4-ohms but that's okay, the Monsoon system will still work with them. Really, the only issue with installing new front speakers is that the Monsoon Amp will now only see a 4-ohm load (compared to the factory speaker 2-ohm). Technically the Monsoon Amp will only be pushing roughly half the power to the new speakers. But again it works and is safe to the system.

[96firebird311]

http://www.ls1tech.com/forums/showthread.php?t=105043

And yes, they should be shot. :(

[98Firebird85]

Are there any brands of speakers you might recommend? I've never bought speakers or anything, so I'm clueless. I'm not picky, I just want something that sounds decent and lasts longer than a month or so. [img]graemlins/stickpoke.gif[/img]