SAX-100.4 Review on ROE

[sundownz 197]

http://forum.realmofexcursion.com/showthre...4123#post334123

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Well I just got done testing the 100x4 rms amplifier from Sundown, and I have to say that I am very pleased with the results. This amp showed up in a great looking box, so I opened it up and found all manuals and spec sheets intact. Everything looked just great, so I opened her up to take a look at the guts and take a couple of pics for you guys.

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So for it's first test, This amp would go up against a/b with a Audison LRX4.5

Which is 75rms @4ohm, driving a set of Hertz Mille 6.5 comp set, and 2 12" hertz subwoofers.

After setting gains and level matching both amps, I started out with some fav's... Eagles hotel california live on dvd audio, My first impressions were that I was not listening to an amp that retail for less than 500.00.

All of the crossovers were doing their job superbly, all cut points were fairly accurate, all power and input sections were noise free.

Music reproduction was clean and warm, but not quite as rich as I am used to with my audison's and tubes.

All in all it is a great piece of equipment if you are looking to buy a 4-ch amp in the 500.00 price range.

Thanks for reading

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Well I own a retail shop that sells other high-end equipment, and thought I'd give sundown an honest heads up test against some Audison amps.

I did it because I was interested in what his amps were all about, and he did it because he wanted the evaluation.

I think the tests went great and another thing, the amps pricing is spot on with its performance. Hell I was on another site and heard people talking about how "pricey" sundown is.. and I just had to jump in there and say I think they are right were they need to be with their retail prices.

I will say that I have yet to test any other amplifier that is of the china/usa builds that sounds as good as this little sundown.

Sorry for the long read, see ya.

[theothermike 0]

it def true. but damn i need to get better ears when i set my crossovers and stuff. Cause i think my chan 1 and 3 are different than 2 and 4 or however it works on the 100.4

But then again i havnt had time to sit down and actually listen to them for a couple hours. will have to this summer though.

Mike

[Aaron Clinton 2,372]

Very nice review.

[the727kid 1]

It is a great amp, I love mine . I just which the xover settings were made a little easier. It's not too easy to guess where it should be. Like on my old JL amps each setting would have a small click and you could easily tell where the xovers were set.