Alpine 7146
Little is documented about the Alpine 7146. The record gives barely a handful of facts. It was a car-audio head unit, and it was commonly sold or installed alongside the Alpine 3521 amplifier, apparently as a matched front-end for aftermarket or OEM-style systems. No period reviews have been found that discuss the 7146 specifically. A June 1982 HiFI-Stereo article (p.62) described a Proton amplifier delivering 50 watts into 4 ohms, but that is a different piece of gear. The only surviving mentions of the 7146 are in references to the 3521, where it is named as a typical pairing partner.
That is nearly everything known. The June 1982 HiFI-Stereo article (p.62) described a Proton amplifier, not the 7146. Production years, original price, power output, frequency response, distortion figures, dimensions and even basic design details have not been preserved in the sources available to the Archive. The 7146 existed and was sold. The paper trail is almost entirely gone.
Known facts
- Manufacturer: Alpine
- Product type: Head unit
- Commonly paired with the Alpine 3521 amplifier
- No production years documented
- No original price documented
- No technical specifications preserved
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