hows the bass on the speakers. im going to be running them of the head unit no amps?
388826
I run them on a motor cycle, so my bass is not too good. If in a car, maybe different. A very good speaker thou!
1640735
I run them on a 50x4 Memphis m class amp. As long as you're running a quality amplifier they'll run and sound amazing. Almost a year and a half old and still going strong and sounding good as the day I installed them!
277842
As long as you can adjust your gains on the amp, you should be able to get some good clean bass out of them. They can take some punishment.
1398732
Had them hooked up to my 2001 Malibu, which had no built-in amp, and they sounded great for me. Got nice and loud, while staying clear and crisp. My personal opinion, though.
2167550
I have these speakers in my car without an amp and an amp wired separately to my subwoofer. Each run perfectly fine. Speakers won't have as powerful bass without the amp, but with 2 subs all the speakers should be handling is the mids and highs anyway.
2217262
I currently use only my Pioneer head unit. They sound ok. Keep in mind, having an amp does provide a cleaner sound and better control over power to your speakers. I will however be replacing these speakers with Kickers that provide better mid bass response. The renegades are ok entry level speakers. Just not enough mid bass for my taste.
2017377
I'm not sure exactly how they would sound when powered with a 4 channel amp. My deck supposedly powers 80×4 channel. It sounds great and I can say the bass doesn't bog or sound overly boomy. It just gives out a nice clear sound.
2081030
They will sound good with a aftermarket stereo. But an amp will give it more power and neater sound.
1650595
I'm running mine on my stock OEM amp and haven't had any problems. I may not be the best person to answer this since I'm not putting a lot of power through them.
1027844
They will work fine. They are 2 ohm but it's more for power purpose. They will sound loud with lower wattage. Don't expect bass. They have crisp highs and they are a good rear fill speaker.
287908
I'm running these off of a 100W rms Pioneer amp and they handle it with no problem. They sound amazing with some power put to them. Hope this answers your question.
2210726
The speakers are 600 rms you just cant turn the amp all the way up if you're running a 1400 rms amp. Just buy one more and you will be ok. Nice sounding subs. I have four of them
1042343
The bass is phat! You don't need an amp as long as you are playing from a decent source (iPod, etc.)
2127653
They're decent. You can't ask for too much from a 6.5" speaker though. If you really want bass, you need to pair these up with a subwoofer/amp.
2182609
Good head unit for the money unless ur going for bass still a good buy either way
266937
I run them off my head unit, use the included crossover so do not use your amp or head unit cut off, I run this with infinity natchingg 6x9 in back and old 10"jl sub, if I turn off the sub it sounds great! And again this running off a Kenwood head unit just mid range not even high end unit.
2081059
I was upgrading from stock w/ a PPI 900.4 amp and they sound great. The highs are very sharp (I would tune them down via my head unit EQ) and the midbass was a clear upgrade from the stock speakers. I would expect that the midbass would sound MUCH better if your doors were properly deadened (the single layer of Rammat wasn't enough). Overall I am very satisfied, like many in the blogosphere that have purchased the speakers. I'm selling my current car and put in some cheap stock speakers (w/o an amp, granted) and its night and day. I'd def recommend these JBLs!