Can Mb Quarts 216 (6.5 in) Work With Alpine 9852 HU??

[NFLNetwork 10+ year member]

I know, the Alpine 9852 HU is not that powerful, but can i power a set of Mb Quarts 216 (6.5 in) temporarily until I buy a decent amp?? I just want to get a decent feel for what the MB Quarts sound like in my car.

Mb Quarts 216 Specs

mpedance: 4 Ohms

Frequency Response: 35-32k

Sensitivity: 85.5 dB

Power Range: 90-170 watts

Crossover Freq: 2400Hz Hz

QTD 25 Tweeter 1" (25mm) Q Series Neo/Al Tweeter

QWD 160 Midrange 6.5" (160mm) QSD Series Midrange Driver

QXD 216 Xover BTT MUSiCOMP Crossover for the QSD 216

MOUNT: 25NX SURFACE Rings Surface Mounting Ring for 25NX Tweeters

MOUNT: 25NX ANGLE Rings Angle Mounting Ring for 25NX Tweeters

MOUNT: 25NX FLUSH Rings Flush Mounting Ring for 25NX Tweeters

QM 160.78 AUFBAU Mounting Kit Raised mounting ring (.47") for 160.03KX

QM 160.79 MS EINBAU Mounting Kit Flush Rings & Grilles for 160TX-3

Priced per pair

Alpine 9852 Head Unit

CD player with built-in amplifier (16 watts RMS/45 peak x 4 channels)

RMS Power Output: 16 Watts

Preamp Voltage: 2 volts

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[NFLNetwork 10+ year member]

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[j3bus2k3 5,000+ posts]

Yea, but they're not going to live up to their potential, at all. I ran a set of older MB Quart RCE216's off my headunit (an alpine 9811) for a year before finally getting an amp to power them...

 

[NFLNetwork 10+ year member]

this is a pretty common HU...do you know if i can get an amp with it??? I thought i saw something about "no pre-amp outlet"

 

[j3bus2k3 5,000+ posts]

Yea, you can get an amp for it although you only have 1 set of pre-outs...

 

[NFLNetwork 10+ year member]

for just one amp is that a bad thing. I just want a good quality amp that will power 2 front Mb Quart 216 speakers. This HU can support that kind of amp w/ no probs right?

 

[j3bus2k3 5,000+ posts]

for just one amp is that a bad thing. I just want a good quality amp that will power 2 front Mb Quart 216 speakers. This HU can support that kind of amp w/ no probs right?

For just one amp, no. When you decide to buy an amp for the components, just buy a good 2-ch amp and run a set of RCAs from that pre-out to the amp. Just make sure you dont have the pre-out set as a sub-out...