Edited this post a little.

Ok, I'm going with the Alpine 9852 head unit and Infinity Kappa components.

I'm going to see how this sounds and later decide if I want a sub.

What brand of amps should I be looking at?

 

I am selling my Alpine 9815 with the DCI to keep your controls if you want it.

 

we have nothing but good deals for all pioneer/alpine units. Full warranty on every single one of our products

 

check ebay. its cheaper

 

Is it better to have a high output HU/no amp or lower output HU and an amp?


I'm looking at an Alpine 9852/amp/Infinity Kappa components and possibly amp/10" sub.


Will there be a noticeable difference with the Alpine player (16 wrms x 4) and amp?

 

If you run component speakers without an amp I think you will be very, very disappointed.. You really need an amp for any decent speakers.

 

I used to think that also, But I just took the amp out of my Integra, and have a older(like 6 yrs old, 45x4) pioneer cd player pushing a set of infinity kappa 6.1 component set and it actually sounds the same as it did amped. I had a rockford fosgate 400s amp(the older better style amp).

But if you are wanting to add a sub, might as well get a 4 channel amp, bridge two channels for the sub and amp the speakers. Its all in what you want, but I would definitely get the DCI. I wouldn't know what to do without my side controls

 

Then something went VERY wrong. The Perfects almost done move with headunit power. They need a MINIMUM of 50wrms. Headunit power will make them sound like the music is 3 walls away.

 

id take 2v pre-amp outputs with external amp over 8v internal output anyday

 

I was confused myself. Gains were up on the amp. Rockford wiring kit(4gauge power and ground)

I'm sure amped they reached a higher volume and were clearer, but at the volume I listened to them at, I dont remember it making a huge difference.