+1 i bought a shitty speaker and a shitty amp at one of those speaker liquidation places cause i wanted something cheap just like you, sounded ok but as soon as you turn it up or the bass hit deep it sounded like shit. so i broke down and bought 2 kicker cvr 12's (not the silver faced ones) and a 1100 watt RMS amp. well needless to say its fuckin loud and sounds awsome. you can hear me coming from about a 1/4 mile away...