Do I need to hook a amp to them or do they sound good by there self hooked to radio?im putting them on a golf cart...
1430934
I use 4 of them on an open 25' motor boat without amp on a standard car radio with no amp and they are plenty loud. For a golf cart, I can't believe that you would need an amp, umless you're providing sound for a whole golf course.
1430935
They should be Ok for a cart. It would depend on the output from the radio itself. I have them on a pontoon without an amp and they are OK.
1430936
in a golfcart there is no enclosure so an amp a small one would help if you wanted to be rockin out of the cart, but these speakers wont handle too many watts my head unit is 20 watts per chanel and i have to limit the bass when pushing them. at 150 watts i would think you wouldnt be able to get much louder before they distort. that said i have 4 in my f150 ex cab and they sound great much improved over stock speakers
1430937
I installed them in a Jeep CJ that I often drive topless and they sound great to me!
395984
They sound ok. I put them under my covered deck and they don't really do what I like. But on your golf cart they should sound ok.
1812622
They don't have a built in amplifier.You will need an amp or receiver to power these speakers.They are very good performers for the price.
1222471
No, they will work without an amp. Yes, for them to work at peak performance. Really depends on your standards of sound quality. Mine sound fine without an amp.
1573552
I have used them both with and without and amp. Without the amp they do sound good but the amp brings them to life. I use a Sony 800 watt split into 4 speakers in a corvette, and a 1200 watt sub into 2 kickers 10" speakers I love this system. The best I've had yet
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.
1323139
I am running them with 50 watts per channel from a kenwood double din deck and they do very well. Using a 4x100watt amp would give you more punch but any good amp with more than that is overkill for these speakers.
466201
First and foremost, if your not sure where it connects at maybe you should have someone else do the install. All I'm seeing is a return on a blown amp. Now that being said it will work on your golf cart. #1 it will put more of a drain on your battery if your cart is battery operated. #2 it receives a signal from your radio and boost the signal to your speakers, therefore it mounts between the radio and speakers. #3 have someone who has a good idea of how to hook it up or you will be sending the amp back cause it won't work
1222469
I have mine hooked to an amp and the sound quality is spectacular. Can't say as to the difference if they were being pushed by only the stereo.
1648690
These are passive speakers. They do not have a built in amplifier. You will need a outside amplifier. I am using an older pioneer stereo amplifier to power the speakers.
1828511
You don't need an amp, but you should check to see if your current speakers are 6" x9". If they aren't, then these will not fit without extensive modification to your car.
1797476
If you hook these to your factory radio, they will be a huge improvement over the factory ones, but if you really want them to shine get an aftermarket amp / head unit.If you are comfortable splicing wires, you should have no problems hooking these up. Just Google the wiring diagram so that you can make sure that you connect the right wires to the correct terminals.
86425
You would absolutely need an amp. These are home theater floor model speakers and not small computer speakers. They are loud when they are hooked up to a loud amp.
886340
You dont, but definitely sounds better with a clean 50 watt or high per channel amp.I have them in 2 cars one right off the head unit and the other off an alpine 4 X 50 watt amp.
1573551
They do not come with an amplifier, just a crossover. So, you could power them from your factory radio, aftermarket radio, or a separate amplifier.
1654253
In my opinion you do not need an amp for these speakers. I think most of these speakers are supposed to be for a radio output of 50 watts per speakers so that match the typical radio. But, I will have to let you know that I do not really like these speakers for my car. I finally realized that my original speakers in my car had no tweeters; therefore, when I replaced them with tweeter it sounded to high pitch and not enough base. I bought some speakers at "speaker city" in burbank, which have given me the best sound, and they only cost $25 each. Good luck
1920039
Yea dude, they're a pretty good set of speakers, I've read that they sound tons better if you hook them up to an amp though. But even hooked up to just my stock hu they sound damn good. They're worth every penny man.