Never tried any Kenwood speakers, but I do like their stereos and amps. I had some Sony Xplod stuff in there for a while that was complete junk, I was really disappointed since Sony used to be a good name. The Sony 6x9's weren't all that great before I blew 'em up, and it really didn't take much when I finally did it. Went through two Sony stereos that just failed in random weird ways until they finally died. My Blaupunkt speakers though, really happy with those. Especially the 6x9's. Had them for a year and a half so far. Sound great and I beat the hell out of them. They were priced pretty agreeably too.