Sundown Audio

You guys know I am always working to improve things! As good as the SA series is I sat down and though, "How can I make them better ?" A few things came to mind on the 10/12/15 design : 1) I tested a different rear pole flare shape that is a little more efficient so I will be implementing that. As if the SA needed more thermal capacity, right ? 2) I am going to add a magnet ID shorting ring -- almost nothing in this price range has a shorting ring (the Type-R is one of the few I can think of). This will reduce inductive distortion and produce a bit less reactive impedance rise. So these are some things I'll be working on introducing to the SA series around summer time. …

Current ETA for Amplifier pre-orders: November 21st Current ETA for E8 pre-orders: November 27th ----- All pre-ordering is closed on the 21st - that is the last day to send in money. Updates to the ETAs will be posted here. The ETA means the estimated date we will receive the product - pre-orders will ship in the order they were received ASAP once we get the product in stock.

i went into battle yesterday with 2x 1500d Sundown amps Strapped using 2x Batcap 800 near the amps 1x optima yellow up front. stock 130 amp alt... batterys at rest was 12.8v / with alt running 14.v when the amps hitt dropped to 13.6v gain was 1/2 --- bass boost 1/4 --- note was 52Hz ? down from last competitions 55Hz did a 151.5db 1st run 153.3db second run 153.4db last run ... now iv got to get my bigg batterys to quit leaking and i can really see what these bad boys will do with 14.97v now for a few pics more pics to come later... godda get to work now...

i was having some issues with my electrical, and my battery died at the school yesterday. long story short i had to go get a new battery and put it in. well at the school i don't have any tools in mine or my friends car. i decided that i was sick of hearing them rattle last week so i took them out hahah. and so i could only tighten the terminals by hand. well on my drive home, so i can completely tighten them, i was having some shorts goin on with the terminals and i ended up blowing 2 of my 30 amp fuses on my amp. i was just wondering if there is any way i can test the amp myself to make sure no other damage was done? i'm about to go get some new fuses, and i will get ba…

Off Topic -- but it's my section Random pre-fab sealed box screwed down on top of my SPL box creating a 4th order band-pass *laughs* First Try : Second Try : Adding some duct tape as it was leaking air BAD: Little bit of power on tap : First score with duct tape added : Last burst and best score : ---- For those that don't know... this is a BM MKIII - it is a 3.5" deep SQ Woofer : We got 136.3 from it in the regular sealed box by itself. SPL figures taken sealed at the dash dB Drag style ----- Little more about the woofer : 10" diameter nomex spider (yes 10" spider) 2.5" coil on aluminum former with spiral cut 8-layer copper round wire (true 8 layer) Multi-Mag…

Alright so I got my second 12 and WOW, I can just say that WOW! Here are a few vids I did this afternoon after putting it in. This last one is just a short 11seconds of what the box looks like. Gonna head out to my boys in a few and get this on a termlab, Ill post the results later! Oh and SUNDOWN FTW!

Glad I didn't sell the ol' Jeep... I took a small portion of the day to actually mess around with my own setup so I don't go crazy and hate stereos *laughs* I am building the back battery / amp rack for a forward firing SSNW setup and I was initially scared that it would hurt my scores with the Magic Box until I start on that -- of course I haven't clamped power yet... but this is the best score I've ever done with an SA-15. What I'm using is a Dual-2 copper coil SA-15 that I used to measure T/S for the official spec sheet I made -- this one is identical to the production run due next month; which only differs from what we sell now in that it has a shorting ring and a dif…

I am getting 2 - 12" Flatlynes for a daily driver (Sealed... will also be upgrading from a Sundown SAZ-1000D to the Sundown 3500D... What I want to do is get 2 of the Dual 2-ohm and run them @ 2 Ohms on the 3500D... I guess I would be putting about 900-1000watts RMS on them... can they handle that? Enclosure Each sub will be in a sealed enclosure with with 1.12 cubes of space after discplacement...

Playing in the shop One 4500D @ 1.33 ohm on one battery vehicle off. We stuck the mic in the port -- the score you see is 35 Hz. The SA-12s with the screws on them are NOT hooked up at all... the big box is moving them with pressure. It will have alot more power on it in vehicle... we expect good results !

ok guys heres my prob.1st i have 2 saz3ks on 16v wired 2 half ohm on 4 15.2 NS. gains are about 1/2 or so. my prob is when i start 2 turn up the volume on the HU the subs start 2 pop and go crazy!!!! wha could my prob be? i kno it has more in it but i cant get the volume out of it and i wanna wang it at the dub show comin up 2morrow, so i need 2 fix this prob asap. any hellp ould be greatly appreciated. it start 2 pop at about 35/50 volume on the hu sub level on hu is around -3. around 38 is where i usually stop. never had this prob out of the saz1500s i had. wha could be my issue wit this setup.

so Ive been workin on my daily driver and what will probably be my tow vehicle if needed today. the plans are Eclipse CD3100 Image Dynamics CTX6.5 coax speakers Sundown audio SAX-100.4 and a pair of Sundown audio SD-1 V1 12s of corse the coaxs and subs are going to be ran off the 100.4 CD3100 installed coaxs installed Ive still gotta run the 1/0g wire and hook up the 100.4 tomorrow before work also Ive still gotta build the box for the subs too and the truck needs a major clean up Ill probably end up steam cleaning the seats and cleaning up the vynal flooring its got in it. the flooring will probably get trashed and swapped out for carpet late this year or early next ye…

Leaving today after UPS picks up... will not be doing much e-mail while I'm gone, just a heads up

Just how good is the SQ of the SAX-100.4? It's good enough for the average Joe but is it good enough to drive a set of SEAS Lotus Reference 6.5" comps? I'll be running a Zapco DSP6-SL for my processor and the comps will be run active. I think 100W per driver is enough power, but am I going to be satisfied with the SQ of the amp?

* 8, 10, 12, 15 left to right * 8 and 10 * 10 and 12 * 12 and 15 * Close-up of SA-10 cone / surround --- 15s are not yet available... likely will be around end of the year.

very sad day today... so im rerunning some wires in the car, and i open the trunk and see this..... so what happen was my oem radio i had laying in the back, somehow slid itself perfectly between the box and the trunk wall. everytime the sub moved, the metal edges on the radio cut deeper and deeper. so jake i will be in contact, to get a recone! 15" D2

As much as I love the beast that is the 200.4 it's our lowest selling model. We are teaming up with WoofersEtc.com to get this closed out -- keep your eye on their site for them to be added at a special price. I am saving one for my personal car as it's an awesome amp -- so if you wanted one get in touch with WoofersEtc.com soon

I'm going to go ahead and have my SAE 1200 run a DC lvl 4 12'' sub. I haven't decided on a front stage yet, I'm looking to run an active 3-way midbass//mid range//tweeters I think I'm going to go with the SAX 100.4d BUT I need another amp! Should I use the SAX 100.4 for the mid range and tweets? or the tweets and midbass? or the midbass and midrange ????? And what other amp should I use? SAX 50.4 bridged? or ... ? suggestions and explanations why please

Car Audio Classifieds -- Part I of this project from April 2010. Continued from last year... since we proved the prior box worked so well even made from super low grade plywood we finally got around to making one from genuine Russian 13-ply birch plywood. Derrick was up for some testing yesterday and was able to stay up here to work on this box for me today -- on to the pictures : * Back wall cut -- have some weight on the port to hold the glue down for a bit as it will be permanently attached from the inside. * High strength 3M Epoxy glue to hold it in.

Well it seems that the upcoming amplifier line up is strong. So what's it look like for subwoofers. The E8s and NightShades look like they're doing well. I've seen the talk about "monster subs" but is there anything else in a lower power range (750watts or so)? Something in between the SD1s and NightShades that a pair of them could be powered well by a single 1500d (or the upcoming 2000d).

Well in order to have these subs for a team member for the show Jake was nice enough to drop these off on his way through my neighborhood. So these aren't mine, but they will be getting installed tonight by me hopefully I believe these are the first of the subs to be delievered so me > j00 pics Awesome packing material

Dont really know what amp to buy im bearly gona start building and was wondering if i should go with the rockfosgate t2500 or sundown SAZ-3500d money not a problem , oh and im going to be running one 15 fi btl havent bought it nether nor sure if to get 1 ohm or 2 ohm some body please help me.

Figured I'd post it up here, hoping that this one can make the "customer rides" section of the site.

Box size has alot to do with mechanical power handling. If you are going to be pushing your woofer beyond it's rated RMS power you need to be very mindful of this fact and put the woofer in no larger than the minimum suggested enclosure for music program. We design our woofers for very small enclosures and power ratings are there for a reason -- you can continue to push a driver like the SA-8 beyond RMS power and it will not be stressed whatsoever thermally by the time you can cause mechanical issues. The motor, especially on the SA-8, is VERY strong -- being an 8" driver there is limited mechanical throw available. The driver retains high motor force all the way up to th…

Trying to figure out how lonely I am in this great sunshine state! I'm in the Fort Myers area...anyone else?

* Box is three layers thick on the front for amp mounting - but we are still trying to find another place to mount the amps. * Huge port! * Brandon's trophies from the show, and our lucky extra dBeez! * Damage to the roof from demoing at the show * Another view The deadener is also ripped all around the edges of the perimeter of the roof... little pieces were falling down all day!