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<blockquote data-quote="SlugButter" data-source="post: 8755337" data-attributes="member: 678073"><p>I’m also confused about the fuse ratings on this Brazilian amp. It has 60 amps worth of fuses, dual 30 amp fuses onboard, but is rated at 1400 watts rms. Maybe I need to go back to math class, but I’m not seeing 1400 watts and 60 amps jiving with each other. I’m running a 600 watt rms sub on it right now with a lot of gain left to turn up at the moment. I’m just very skeptical that I can actually put my bigger 1200 watt rms subs on this, so I’ve avoided even trying yet. I accidentally blew my little 300 watt Dayton by clipping the **** out of it like an idiot yesterday with the gain under 1/4 way up. I just lost a 140$ sub yesterday, but my plan was to see if it can do 1400 rms for a few full songs on rap, and just eat the cost if I burn the amp up. Now, since the Dayton 8 was so impressive all by itself, I’m ordering 4 of those and not sure if I want to add another 200$ for new amp this week also. The 4 channel full bridge I have isn’t half bad though, but I am running a digital signal processor also, so I’m very skeptical on running mids and highs on these also. I don’t have an RTA yet (I know it’s completely necessary and I’m not getting the full benefit of the DSP), but my mids and highs seem more difficult to process through the DSP by ear when using these full range class D amps than I’ve had in the past. Maybe it’s just a psychological deal, but it sure seemed that my old class AB amps made it seem easier to tune the DSP. I’m just constantly back there adjusting it every time I switch to a different style of music. Again, it could just be psychological. I went into this looking for problems with these amps before even hearing them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SlugButter, post: 8755337, member: 678073"] I’m also confused about the fuse ratings on this Brazilian amp. It has 60 amps worth of fuses, dual 30 amp fuses onboard, but is rated at 1400 watts rms. Maybe I need to go back to math class, but I’m not seeing 1400 watts and 60 amps jiving with each other. I’m running a 600 watt rms sub on it right now with a lot of gain left to turn up at the moment. I’m just very skeptical that I can actually put my bigger 1200 watt rms subs on this, so I’ve avoided even trying yet. I accidentally blew my little 300 watt Dayton by clipping the **** out of it like an idiot yesterday with the gain under 1/4 way up. I just lost a 140$ sub yesterday, but my plan was to see if it can do 1400 rms for a few full songs on rap, and just eat the cost if I burn the amp up. Now, since the Dayton 8 was so impressive all by itself, I’m ordering 4 of those and not sure if I want to add another 200$ for new amp this week also. The 4 channel full bridge I have isn’t half bad though, but I am running a digital signal processor also, so I’m very skeptical on running mids and highs on these also. I don’t have an RTA yet (I know it’s completely necessary and I’m not getting the full benefit of the DSP), but my mids and highs seem more difficult to process through the DSP by ear when using these full range class D amps than I’ve had in the past. Maybe it’s just a psychological deal, but it sure seemed that my old class AB amps made it seem easier to tune the DSP. I’m just constantly back there adjusting it every time I switch to a different style of music. Again, it could just be psychological. I went into this looking for problems with these amps before even hearing them. [/QUOTE]
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