edasaurus,

You don't need to buy Kenwoods deck to install a cross over.. you can get one for $5-$40. I'm gonna see how they perform without one. I was kinda under the impression the KFC-600s had one built in, but now that I think about it I'm not sure... The box has a picture of the cross over points... but doesn't indicate if this is built in feature...


Then again, (I just keep on thinking there is a an RLC (at least I think there was circuit on the speaker... I'm guessing this is a first order high pass filter...

Anyways, the point is: you don't need the kenwood head unit to make use of the bi-wirable feature.

 

edasaurus,

I think the benefit would be that the strain put on the amp to drive the speakers would be halved and would result in louder, clearer sound. Plus one would be able to use the front/back control to adjust the level of sound coming out of the tweeters or woofers, resulting in a better balance for their listening style.

The question is how much of a change will be made? I don't know, but for someone who wants the ease and inexpensive option of dropping in speakers and routing a wire from the head unit may find that it is all they need. It may be just enough to cut some distortion and allow the music to be heard at highway speeds. (btw, i was out last night and for some reason i could still hear the stock stook radio at 85mph! i was shocked!).

In the end, I think I'll probably go with an ext amp, but it would still be nice to know how well this setup works.