What is better, High Current Amp or bigger speakers.?

I am always buying speakers from thrift stores and Goodwill stores whenever i see good matching pairs. I am dying to get a pair like my roommates old pair, but even when i get huge Nearly brand new speakers they just don't put out the impact of some older ones. Any Ideas? Comments.

As a basic rule of thumb, size does matter for the most part.

The only exception is when you get into the high-end class of

loudspeakers.

Look for a speaker system that has 10" woofers or larger.

Horn-loaded speakers normally give you the greatest impact

(i.e. loudness levels and dynamics). Cerwin Vega and Klipsch

are brands that have these designs. Perhaps one of the best

for what you're looking for is from the 15" Cerwin Vega designs.

DCM 10" or 12" and some older model Radio Shack 15" models.

Feel free to e-mail me with any speakers you're considering, and

I will be more than happy to give you an idea as to its performance.

What can give you increased impact:

- A speaker system that has a high sensitivity rating of 90dB or better.

- A speaker system that can play bass down flat to 30Hz or lower.

- A good hearty woofer system and/or horn loaded drivers.

- A good high-current amplifier does help matters indeed.

- An amp that is capable of driving a 4 Ohm speaker system.

H a p p y

L i s t e n i n g ! first of all you need high end wattage speakers. if you have 500 wat speakers and you buy a 1000 watt amp, you could blow out your speakers, but more so its not all about whats but the current. what you need is an amp that has not only the watts, but that can also push those wats out at a high speed. I know people who boutght 2000 watt amps for like $200 and they are crap because they can put out fast enough. just make sure you have an amp with at least 500 watts that can blast them out fast as hell. then make sure you have speakers that can handle the watts. this will give you the "hit" (the thump you feel in your chest when the speakers get blasted with the watts) that your lookin for and it will be as loud as hell. Good Luck! Well you not only need High watts on your speaker you need a good freaquency response, and also good db. If you want alot of bass then get speakers that have lower freaquency response like 29-7000 hz if you want more high pitch then get somthing that has alot of range. Get speakers with high db like db 6 then it will be louder in the bass and softer the high pitch. Hope this helped!!! Both of the first two answers are majorly incorrect.