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DRD-00F Grand Master

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anyone use it? anyone heard it been used? just wondering if anyone else has it...

i have the PHD5000W mono block that states 5000W max, and 3000W rms... unlike other brands, the RMS is bigger and more obvious then the max rating... which was a good start...

its powering 2 subs, 1050W RMS all up... im still testing the amp, pushing the subs as hard as they can go a lot of the time... ive only done it on short drives cause i dont drive far very often... to work, from work, to lindfield from turramurra... 15 minute drives normally... pumping as hard as i can, checking heat build up when i stop...

the first day i used it, there was a lot of heat... now that could have been cause it was a very hot day, or the initial rushed setup... i changed it the next day and havnt had a problem... im thinking it was just the heat of the day...

There is a fan inside the amp that turns on when it gets too hot... which is yet to be activated...

now another good thing about this amp is that its not massive... its about the same size as my 400W amp...

im just wondering if anyone else has dealt with this brand, any warnings, any advice on something to look out for? i do want to know how their subs handle, cause im thinking of getting a set...

any info would be handy :)

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Earthquake are a good brand, and they were (and probably still are) big things in the SPL area. The early PHD/Mono type amps with big power came out years ago and were used extensively in the SPL area, and generally performed very well, some people had issues driving really low impedences and blew some up, but I think they solved some of these issues in later series of amps. Yes, they are smaller due to being a Class D amp (subs only), but like anything they are only so efficient, and making 3000WRMS is still going to generate a lot of heat no matter how efficient they are.

Your best bet would be to comb through some of the forums on caraudioaustralia.com and see what you can find on this particular amp, and some of the previous amps made by earthquake. Like I said I haven't heard too much about them in recent times, but I haven't kept up to date with that area in recent times.

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yeah i've done most of what you've said... these new ones are good down to .5 ohms, so they must have fixed whatever problem they were having before...

so far i dont have any problems with it, heat is always a problem though... getting the shell of the amp vented is a good start, and getting aircon to the boot is even better, but its not really causing a problem yet...

i gotta up the power of my subs now... the neverending power dance between subs and amps is well under way...

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