I agree that its always best to spend the money on a quality product the first time around. But regarding Pioneer, they seem to hold up reasonably well.

I have an older pair of 3-way 6.5" pioneers. I think they were 30W RMS and I've been running them off an amp that puts out ~75W RMS. They've held up just fine so far but I am planning on replacing them fairly soon...

 

So with that being said, do think I will have a decent set up?
I listened to the pioneer 3 ways and the kenwood 3 ways and i think the pioneers put out more wattage but the sound clarity was hands down the kenwood. So basically the pioneers louder, the kenwood will have clearer highs and mids. thats at least what ive realized from hearing the 2 6.5 speakers side by side.

 

kenwood is by far a better name... if i had to chose between the 2 it would deff b kenwood...

 

i always thought the two were the same. i mean i had a kenwood hu in my old stang and i loved that. but i thought their products were simular.

 

whell i geuss it dependt on what you want for sound i thike base and if i had to choose it would be kenwood much better sound but i have two mtx subs in my blazer whith 1000watt amp

 

Kenwood is an excellent sub/ speaker for any car i ran a 350 watt amp to a kenwood 10" that i bought at best buy for $90 and it hits nice and clean no distortion. For the sub box make sure you get a vented box and definitly not a ported/ bandpass box!

 

Alright I have the 4 kenwood 6.5" speakers in, im waiting on the JL 10" sub and 400 watt amp, then I just bought a alpine hu. I started looking around and most the new ones dont have cd player, its all digital. So I found a nice alpine for 169 and hopefully ill have a good sound. I wanted to keep the factory hu for a factory look but id admigine a much better sound wiht an aftermarket one not to mention having a place to plug my sub wire without buying one of those converters. For a side note the Kenwood speakers have great highs and mids but the bass is extremely weak. The factory bass was much more but this was expected, speakers usually dont produce the primary the bass anyways.
anyways thanks guys.