no, not out of phase, because they sounded very good when I put them in. Hopefully wasn't a refurb, but probably was, I bought it "brand new" from ultimate electronics which since went out of business. I dont think a ts-940p 350Watts max 80 Watts nominal 6x9 is getting too much power from a pioneer deh-p6500 head and an old school pioneer gm-h50 amp, which I believe only puts out 25Watts rms per channel. But who knows. Any other ideas? Future considerations? what type of 6x9's to buy? Thanks.