alpine headunit

[mjshort18]

i want to get this alpine headunit, it is the cda-7995 and it says that i requires an amp to power the headunit. my question is what kind of amp do i need to power this? also i am going to get 2 amps, 1 for my subs and the other for my speakers, so will one of these amps work? thanks

[thewoahna]

If I understand what you are asking, yes, one of your 2 amps will work. The head unit just sends a singnal, no power. So you will need to run the RCA's from the back of the unit to an amp, and then from the amp you will run your speakers.

[mjshort18]

oh ok that sounds good, thanks alot woahna. man you have all the answers don't ya. thanks again

[GScivic7]

can you give the link from where you found the cd player. I looked on www.onlinecarstereo.com and they don't say anything like that. However, I'm not sure you two are talking about the same thing. Some Alpine headunits require you to run a power wire directly to the battery to power the headunit because the built-in amp needs more power than what the little 12(?) gauge wire coming off the factory harness can handle. I think that might be what they meant by needing an amp to power the headunit, which doesn't really make sense in the first place.

[mjshort18]

http://www.crutchfield.com/cgi-bin/S...=1&cc=01&avf=Y go to this

[PaulD]

guys ... as a rule for alpine

79XX has no internal amps
78XX has hi power amp(s) built in

so you will need an amp for every pair of speakers - or a 4 channel amp for the front and rear, or seperate mid and tweeter. You will need another (larger) amp for your bass speakers.

[mjshort18]

thanks paul, thats what i needed to know.

[integrasedan]

alpine stereos are awesome