Info on car stereo speakers

[Jeff Haas]

In a thread in the completed projects section, Jackman shows his MIB:
http://www.efx-tek.com/php/smf/index.php?topic=1672.0

One thing he's got there is a pair of car stereo speakers and an AP-16+.  I've never considered car stereo speakers and when I read the post, I remembered I have a practically new pair sitting in my garage, from an old upgrade years ago.  They're the stock front door speakers from a '95 Acura Integra.

What's it take to use these?  Just an amp with the right specs?  I see that the AP-16+ has two channels of 20W.

[JackMan]

Speakers are speakers, doesn't matter if they're intended for cabinets or cars. The two things that matter are ohms and wattage rating. If you feed more watts into a speaker than it's designed to handle you get terrible distortion and then a ripped cone. The AP-16+ will drive those old door speakers with no problem but considering they're 16 years old and probably not the best quality to begin with, they may rip apart.

[Jeff Haas]

Thanks for the info.  While I've been soldering parts together for awhile now, I've never used speakers except in plug-and-play configurations.

I took a look at them, they seem to have a specific connection on the back but they've also got the specs, so I just have to hook them up to an amp.  Thanks again.