kyleorsini

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what are peoples thoughts on the MB Quart DSC1000.1 amp?

MR2NR

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So far all of the MB Quart amps that I have sold have proven to be a good amplifier. I have not sold this particular one before but the 4 channel amps in the same series have been solid.

kyleorsini

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okay well thats good cuz i just bought one today, been spending countless hours this weekend for a budget amp, was gonna get the hifonics bxi 1208 but there over rated people say by 200watts and i read good things about the discuss series, and if you go by the fuse's if i remember it has to 60A so that would be 1200watts if you do the 100watts per 10 amps but thats not really justified.

loudtdi

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Did you ask the question before or after you bought the amp?

Anyways, I have seen this amp in the field and it has been solid!

kyleorsini

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tdi, no i didnt ask b4, i did im on caraudio.com and posted on there forum, but got nothing and i was originally gonna get the hifonics but i saw the mb for the same price and i remember reading the reference series does pretty close to rated, and if thats true it would be the same as the hifonics basically, should get it next weekish as well as my 4ga wiring for my second bat

TragicMagic

Depends on the efficiency of the amps. Someone can answer as to what the average efficiency for a class D amp is... I don't know. If I recall correctly, MBQ and Hifonics are both under the same parent company now.
If I were in your shoes, I would have made the same decision.

I think you take 120A (for fuses) multiplied by 14.4V = 1728W. In order to make 1000W, it has to be 1000/1728= .58 or 58% efficient in order to take the power it draws and output that 1000W. Which seems low for a class D amp.

Someone will correct me, I hope. There's other factors that need to be taken into consideration.

kyleorsini

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yeah i think there better then the hifonics they are more expensive anyway(doesnt always mean much) uhm i myself will correct you, according to the maual the whole discuss line from the lowest amp including 4ch and such is all class ab, then the 1500.1 then 2000.1 are D so my amp im getting is a ab as for all the calculations im lost

TragicMagic

Class AB are less efficient than class D's. I think 60-70% is about average for an AB amp. So everything makes sense.

kyleorsini

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well as long as the amps better than my 500watt alpine im happpy