right at the moment i have a alpine cd player that has 4x50 watt output, i had a look on ebay for some new speakers, and bought some 30watt RMS alpine 6 1/2" speakers and in the description said, "easily handle alpines 4x60 watt stereo" so i thought good, there be great with a 4x50 watt one, so fitted them and they go half volume before they distort loads, so what is the minimum RMS wattage the speakers need to be? and what 6 1/2" speakers you recommend with the alpine 4x50 watt stereo? must be less than £20 second hand from ebay, and then £10 for postage.

well what do you want?cheap speakers or good speakers?

got to be alpine, kenwood, pioneer, jbl, something OK.

u looking at spending lotta dollar then!!

thats my point beu,unless your lucky then you will struggle to get brands at that price.

what is the minimum RMS wattage i should get?? thanks.

just looked on ebay and there are plenty of good makes for cheap

post up some links

well there all still use less cos the rms wattage is still only 40, so anyone please tell me an ideal rms wattage they should have.

why is 40rms useless? 50 is your max and would be distorted anyway

well im not sure at all, i thought 40 isnt very good because my 30 ones are not very good, i just want them to go the loudest they can on the stereo without distorting.

remember you have a little on board amp as well.theres only so much it can do.
compare a proper seperate amp and look at the difference compared to a HU.

your headunit will be putting out 50w max and on an apline unit thats typically around 18w RMS. So do the math a 40w rms speaker can take more than double what your headunit is turning out. Its not all about watts. Its the way its delivered among other things.

But most decent speakers arent designed to be run from a headunit as well. Best thing to do is go listen to some of the speakers in halfords etc then buy them from ebay as they all have a different type of sound.

It's probably distortion from the HU. Have you got the bass turned up to full whack?

You can't be expecting audiophile quality for £20.