{"id":167,"date":"2013-10-22T09:44:02","date_gmt":"2013-10-21T20:44:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hifihq.com.au\/blog\/?p=167"},"modified":"2019-02-12T09:49:13","modified_gmt":"2019-02-11T20:49:13","slug":"dd-audio-m4-mono-block-amplifier-product-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hifihq.com.au\/blog\/dd-audio-m4-mono-block-amplifier-product-review\/","title":{"rendered":"DD Audio M4 Mono-Block Amplifier Product Review"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Its not very often you see a company re-run a discontinued product,\u00a0in fact I can\u2019t remember any company in the car audio industry ever doing so. The common trend is to make a new replacement model and never speak of the last model like it never\u00a0existed, <strong>DD Audio<\/strong> has gone against the grain here and re-released the <strong>M4<\/strong> even after they had released the mighty <strong>M4a<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hifihq.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/M4_1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"194\" src=\"https:\/\/hifihq.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/M4_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-174\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hifihq.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/M4_1.jpg 450w, https:\/\/hifihq.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/M4_1-300x129.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>You might be sitting there wondering why they would do so when they have already released its\u00a0successor, well the answer is simple! <strong>DD Audio<\/strong> had so much success with the <strong>M4<\/strong> customers keep on demanding it came back into production and being the good sports they are they obliged!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hifihq.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/M4_2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"269\" src=\"https:\/\/hifihq.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/M4_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hifihq.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/M4_2.jpg 450w, https:\/\/hifihq.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/M4_2-300x179.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The reliability of this unit is just astonishing as <strong>Ashley \u2018MAD BASS\u2019 Burell<\/strong> has had the one we are currently running in <strong>ABTEC1<\/strong> for almost four years and also with numerous amounts of Sub-Woofers and ohm loads on it too! The <strong>M4<\/strong> produces a nice clean signal and the power output is more than enough for most set-ups with 3,200w RMS on 1 Ohm @ 12volts and 5,000w RMS on 1 Ohm @ 14volts!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hifihq.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/M4_3.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"317\" src=\"https:\/\/hifihq.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/M4_3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-176\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hifihq.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/M4_3.jpg 450w, https:\/\/hifihq.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/M4_3-300x211.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>SPECIFICATIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bridged NA<br> Channels 1<br> Cont Power at 1 Ohm 3,200W x 1 @ 12v, 5,000W x 1 @ 14.v<br> Crossover Frequency LPF; 20Hz-200Hz \/ SSF; 10HZ-50Hz<br> Crossover Slope 24dB\/OCT<br> Dimensions (Inches) 22L x 9.13W x 2.5H<br> Dimensions (Metric) 558.8L x 231.90W x 63.5H<br> Dynamic Power 7,000 Watts @ 14.4v<br> Efficiency Thru Output 87%<br> Frequency Response 15Hz-270Hz<br> Input Sensitivity 5V-0.15V<br> Model M4<br> Shipping Weight 28lbs<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hifihq.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/M4_4.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"254\" src=\"https:\/\/hifihq.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/M4_4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-177\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hifihq.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/M4_4.jpg 450w, https:\/\/hifihq.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/M4_4-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I have personally had extensive use of the <strong>M4<\/strong> over the last 8 months and at times put extreme loads and gain on it at times (1\/2 Ohm\u2019s) with out it ever overheating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In fact I have run a 1 x <strong>DD-Z18<\/strong>, 1 x <strong>DD- Z12<\/strong>, 1 x <strong>DD-9512<\/strong>, 1 x <strong>DD-3518<\/strong>, 4 x <strong>DD-SW-6.5\u2019s<\/strong> and the list goes on and on!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Overall this has to be one of the best amp\u2019s I\u2019ve ever had the chance to work with, second to none with the exception of its big brother the mighty <strong>M4a<\/strong> but that is completely different review in itself!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Its not very often you see a company re-run a discontinued product,\u00a0in fact I can\u2019t remember any company in the car audio industry ever doing so. The common trend is to make a new replacement model and never speak of the last model like it never\u00a0existed, DD Audio has gone [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hifihq.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hifihq.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hifihq.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hifihq.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hifihq.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=167"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/hifihq.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":178,"href":"https:\/\/hifihq.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167\/revisions\/178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hifihq.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hifihq.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hifihq.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}