i have a peugeot 106 with stock speakers (front and rear) i have a cd player fitted, it's not a known make but apparently it has a peak amplitude of 51 watts. after the volume goes up to about 21 on the dial the music beomes too distorted to go any louder, do i need a better cd player or better speakers?
Head units commonly advertise around 50w of peak power per channel. Their actual usable RMS power is 15-20w. Cheap stock speakers are not generally capable of withstanding more than 10w or so before beginning to stress. I think new speakers would make a nice improvement. Something simple like pioneer or sony would be adequate. From that point, a small external amp would be an even bigger improvement.
the guy who answered above me is correct i would just like to elaborate a bit.stock speakers wont handle too much but before you go replacing the try lowering the bass and treble (mostly bass) levels on your cd player.the bass is usually the cause of distortion. to set it what i would do is to drop the bass as low as it can go.u should notice that you can trun it up much louder now with much less distortion.then once you turn the cd player up to the volume you would most often wish to listen to it at the (while playing your favorite cd) turn the bass up until it starts to distort not only do speakers distort but amps distort as well distortion is more harmful to speakers than over powering them once you turn your volume up past 2/3 and especially past 3/4 then your amp (all cd players have amps) then is when your amp really begins to distort so if adjusting it as i said does not produce results you are ok with then buy new speakers still not satisified i would then next get a sub so that you can cut all the bass out of the door speakers and getting a larger amp for the doors will bring down the distortion as well
Speakers are the problem. I like Infinity brand speakers.
