{"id":404,"date":"2015-06-11T16:28:48","date_gmt":"2015-06-11T04:28:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hifihq.co.nz\/blog\/?p=404"},"modified":"2019-02-13T16:35:39","modified_gmt":"2019-02-13T03:35:39","slug":"dd-audio-cm600-mono-block-product-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hifihq.co.nz\/blog\/dd-audio-cm600-mono-block-product-review\/","title":{"rendered":"DD Audio CM600 Mono-Block Product Review"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The <strong>DD Audio CM600<\/strong> is <strong>DD Audio&#8217;s<\/strong>\u2018 entry level <strong>Mono-Block Amplifier<\/strong> and I use the term \u201centry level\u201d loosely, <strong>350w RMS @ 4ohm<\/strong> &amp; <strong>600w RMS @ 2ohm<\/strong> may be entry level for <strong>DD Audio<\/strong> but for some other (that I will not name due to respect) car audio brands <strong>600w RMS<\/strong> is a monstrous amount of power for their factory made subwoofers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hifihq.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/CM600_1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/hifihq.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/CM600_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hifihq.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/CM600_1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/hifihq.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/CM600_1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hifihq.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/CM600_1-360x240.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As usual with the <strong>DD Audio<\/strong> amplifiers the <strong>CM600<\/strong> has nice and simple design with the casing which is a good thing in my opinion, the nice and sleek black anodised aluminium casing makes for a good heat-sink as well as looking stealth enough for the most subtle of installs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here at <strong>ABTEC<\/strong> we have a <strong>CM600<\/strong> on a comparator board (Sound-Board) with a <strong>SS4a<\/strong> and <strong>SS1b<\/strong> mounted above it and because of this beautifully simple casing design all three of them look like they all belong. This to me is important as when I have an install done I like it to look as clean as possible and allowing the different series amplifiers to have a similar look\/design allows people to make their installs as clean as possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hifihq.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/CM600_2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"520\" src=\"https:\/\/hifihq.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/CM600_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hifihq.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/CM600_2.jpg 600w, https:\/\/hifihq.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/CM600_2-300x260.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>With <strong>350w RMS @ 4ohms<\/strong> &amp; <strong>600w RMS @ 2ohms<\/strong> the <strong>CM600<\/strong> is the perfect <strong>Mono-Block<\/strong> to power a <strong>DD Audio DD-LE-MINI08<\/strong> or even two of them! At the moment on the comparator board we have a <strong>CM600<\/strong> powering <strong>4 x DD-SW6.5\u2019s<\/strong>, <strong>DD-512-D4<\/strong>, <strong>DD-510-D4<\/strong>, <strong>JBL GTO1214D<\/strong>,&nbsp;<strong>Infinity Kappa 122.7<\/strong> &amp; a&nbsp;<strong>Infinity REF1260W<\/strong> via a switch board which is pushing at least one of these for a minimum of twelve hours a day without any issues!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hifihq.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/CM600_3.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"147\" src=\"https:\/\/hifihq.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/CM600_3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-415\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hifihq.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/CM600_3.jpg 600w, https:\/\/hifihq.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/CM600_3-300x74.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>SPECIFICATIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Channels: 1<\/li><li>Cont power at 2 ohm: 600W x 1ch<\/li><li>Damping factor: &gt;100<\/li><li>Dimensions (us): 15.75\u2033 x 9.45\u2033 x 2.08\u2033<\/li><li>Dimensions (metric): 400 mm x 240 mm x 52 mm<\/li><li>Dynamic power: 1200<\/li><li>Efficiency thru output: NA<\/li><li>Input sensitivity: 0.2V \u2013 6V<\/li><li>Shipping weight: 11 lbs \/ 4.99 kg<\/li><li>Wire gauge (power and ground): Spade Terminal<\/li><li>Wire gauge (speaker output): Spade Terminal<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hifihq.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/CM600_4.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"149\" src=\"https:\/\/hifihq.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/CM600_4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hifihq.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/CM600_4.jpg 600w, https:\/\/hifihq.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/CM600_4-300x75.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are after an amp to provide clean power to an \u201centry level\u201d <strong>DD<\/strong> subwoofer (or even another brand) the <strong>DD Audio CM600<\/strong> can\u2019t be beat in my opinion for price you pay for it! Once my new family car has arrived I will most likely be getting a <strong>CM600<\/strong> myself to power two <strong>DD-LE-MINI08\u2019s<\/strong> just so I can have a touch of bass for those family outings!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The DD Audio CM600 is DD Audio&#8217;s\u2018 entry level Mono-Block Amplifier and I use the term \u201centry level\u201d loosely, 350w RMS @ 4ohm &amp; 600w RMS @ 2ohm may be entry level for DD Audio but for some other (that I will not name due to respect) car audio brands [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hifihq.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/404","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hifihq.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hifihq.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hifihq.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hifihq.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=404"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/hifihq.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/404\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":419,"href":"https:\/\/hifihq.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/404\/revisions\/419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hifihq.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hifihq.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hifihq.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}