Holy crap, is owning Cerwin-Vega speakers some kind of requirement to join this forum that I overlooked?
I had a set of their 5x7's in my car for a while.. Mid/high sounded good but they had no and I mean NO bass response whatsoever. Which is strange, because I understand they generally have a reputation for going pretty heavy on the bass.
sailor420-- Old audio equipment is the best! I originally bought a brand new harman/kardon receiver, but it was a cheap feeling Chinese piece of junk, plus it had clearly audible background hiss. I sold it to my dad (it died a few months afterward) and bought my current one on eBay.. It is from 1988, before they got cheap. It is far better. My second stereo runs off a Marantz 2245 receiver from 1974--it's almost 30 years old and I crank it up every day.
If you know what to look for, you can make a really kickass stereo for cheap from eBay and scrounging around thrift shops..