With the imminent release of the Mosconi D2 range of amplifiers, it was time to change things slightly in the boot! The Tru Tech Hammer, which is a LEGEND of an amp, has now made its way into my workshop and is happily powering a B2 Audio CC8 for demo use, and the R32 made way for a pair of Mosconi D2 amplifiers.
First up is a Mosconi D2 100.4DSP. This fits in the palm of your hand yet can delivery 4 x 100wrms of class d power AND has a full blown Mosconi 4to6 on board! It still accepts the high level inputs from the stereo meaning we now don't need an external processor like before, and still keep all of the tuning abilities I have always liked! The icing on the cake however is the processed line output meaning you can control a second amp using all the processor functions from the 100.4, and just simply feed them into the next amp! PERFECT!!!
We have also added the Bluetooth streaming module into the D2 100.4DSP which allows us to wirelessly stream into the amplifier without the need of any cables. This gives us the ability to stream music off of our phone/ipad etc without having the need to plug anything in. This device is always active when the amplifier is on and simply switches over from the stereo in a great way...once the amplifier has turned on from auto-sensing a signal from the head unit (only in high level input mode), it starts playing music from the stereo, once the phone has paired, you can either continue playing music from the stereo, or you can start playing music from the phone, in which case it will slowly fade out the stereo and start playing the music via bluetooth. When you want to revert back to stereo, simply stop playing music on the phone, and after a set delay (which you can change...ours is on 3 seconds), the stereo music will fade back in and continue playing!
The next amp was for bass duties and we have gone for the Mosconi D2 500.1. This is the same size as the 100.4DSP however is a mono block delivering 500wrms @ 4ohms into the Gladen Audio Zero Pro 12 for sub bass duties.
Its amazing to think you can get both these amps and still have room in the space of the Hammer lol!
Here are the D2 amps next to a distribution block and a 4to6 processor
This is during our test phases of the amps
As soon as the system was set up, we fell in love instantly! They sound AWESOME for Class D amps! I have always been skeptical but these are a real eye opener! We have used them in many installs now and they never fail to impress! So I guess there was no choice but to pretty up the install a little with a mixture of black and clear perspex and some LEDs!
Around the same time, we decided it was time for a cosmetic change and the wheels needed a bit of an update...so here it is wearing its new shoes (well about a year and a bit ago lol)