hey guys, i just recently purchased the MB Quart DCS 216 components, and they say the power handling is between 50-120 W rms, if i run it off an Alpine headunit, which is 18W rms, and 50W max, would the sound still be okay? im afraid of underpowering but i dont want to have to run another amp if i can avoid it, any help would be appreciated, thanks in advance!
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It should be fine (although it wont sound nearly as good as it can)..
how many amps do you have? one is all you need if it has an equalizer on it then you just mess around the settings to get a good bang of sound...........that s**t works........mess around with the head unit settings too so you can get it just right have a friend sit around by the trunk to mess around with the amp
he has no amps bro...... did u read his post?iceGorilla said:
don't turn it up much, your power will get dirty as you make the amp work more and you'll wreck those speakers.
The head unit should be fine for the components.....but If I were you, components should be powered by an amp to get the maximum quality sounds that they are made to produce.....Just get like a 200-400 watt amp and you should be hitting some serious notes..
do it, because you are going to blow out those speakers real fast
You only risk damaging the speakers if you run the headunit's amp into distortion. Avoid raising the level over 2/3 of the volume, a lot of headunit's amplifiers are putting out a very distorted signal by 3/4 volume. It depends on the brand, but 2/3 volume is a safe bet.
Eric
Eric
kingstonrock said:
thats not a good measurement of blowing out the speakers, it all depends on his EQ.
I would set a high pass on the speakers until you amp them...
all it takes is one low note to blow those speakers into oblivion
Wait, those MB Quarts set you back at least $150.00.
You ever heard an high end underpowered component speaker? It's not good
You probably could have got some Alpine Type E 6.5s for half that price and sounded good on just h/u power.
Good sound, half the price. Now if you plan on running an amp, the MB Quarts are a good choice but off the 17 or so watts RMS from the head unit I think you'll be disappointed
You ever heard an high end underpowered component speaker? It's not good
You probably could have got some Alpine Type E 6.5s for half that price and sounded good on just h/u power.
Good sound, half the price. Now if you plan on running an amp, the MB Quarts are a good choice but off the 17 or so watts RMS from the head unit I think you'll be disappointed
For any 6.5" driver a high pass is a must, that's just part of any good system set-up, but even with the eq at full tilt, 2/3 volume should safely keep the amp far enough out of clipping.that VERBAL said:
The type of "blowing" usually associated with hard low notes is tearing of the cone or damage of the suspension, this is mechanical failure and will only occur from pushing the driver with too much power. Underpowering will cause thermal failure. Also keep this in mind, the head-unit is probably only rated to put out <20watts RMS, while the speaker is probably rated (conservatively) for 80+watts RMS. In this scenario it would be nearly impossible to thermally damage the speaker capable of handling four times the rated output of the headunit.
Now that I think about it, there is practically zero danger to those speakers. Just remember, driving an amp into clipping sounds like s**t anyway.. if you need it louder get a bigger amp!
Eric
if i were in ur shoes i'd wait untill i had the 4 channel and did it right, quarts are nice and warranty issues are a pain w/ them, run one of the small mtx 4 ch, or a dei 4 ch, and those will be soundin sweet as hell
amp is good. components are meant for an amp.