Sundown Audio

i need some help. im using a sundown saz 2000 and i cant decide what subs to use. fi bl 16s or the nightshade 15s. im having a box made for which ever i decide and theyre goin in a focus hatchback....no wall tho

Revised my winter rebuild plans for you guys. These are set in stone now and all my calculations for airspace and port area have been tested with the old drivers. This should give everyone an idea of what is going in. Car is getting a motor rebuild, transmission work, and suspension work done for the weight that is about to go in it right now (this should be most of Winter). I Can't guarantee a time I will release it. My hybrid 18" TC5200 Drivers will be here in a week!

This is my first post to the forum, so be gentle :-) I'm planning a new system for my 97 Maxima SE. The last system I put together was about 18 years ago so the current crop of equipment is very new to me. I think I've made up my mind on 2 FI Q15's in sealed enclosures w/2 cuft each. Now I need to make up my mind on amplifiers. I've been reading a lot of good things about the Sundown amplifiers and I would like to get some honest opinions. This system will be in my daily driver. I'm into SQ so even though I like to play my music (rock) loud, it has to sound clean and crisp. I want to be able to drive the subs hard and still have headroom so I don't get any clipping. …

they came in perferct condition Thanks to mark for great service ...

I know alot of folks have a hard time understanding my explanation of this all in text format; so lets visualize it based on some Klippel results. I had the first Z v.4 15" prototype Klippel tested; as explained on the image the production model will test even better since I did a hyper-extended pole compared to the standard height pole extension on the sample but I haven't had a chance to actually re-do the test -- but I have verified in FEA and via doing similar comparisons with Klippel on other drivers with the same changes what the result would be. The SA-12 is a production unit -- and most people know how an SA-12 sounds; and most people love it. It has what I woul…

piss poor camera...i know http://www.sundownaudio.com/index.php/products/subwoofers/item/e-series.html?category_id=2 $110 shipped... on a JL 500/1 1.5 after all displacement...tuned to 33 hz very...VERY... impressive sub I have only had about 30 minutes of play time but...holy crap...this thing is a tank. for 110 shipped this thing is a steal. Not sure why i called this a "build" thread as I totally forgot to take any pics of the actual "build"...

Just did a 157.2 w/ 1 3000d and 8 SI bm 10s 1987 VW golf think the concrete may have helped a lil bit

Any one have them like t/s, mounting depth, displacement etc?

so i have been asked a few times and have done my fair share of looking and asking.....what is the 1 ohm 2 ohm and 4 ohm (mainly 4 ohm) rating on the NS1? i cant and others cant seem to find these any where apart from its a beast. we compete USACI in my area and 3 of the guys in or close to the 160s really want to know this to see if they can be in the classes they want with this amp. I also have heard it will have 1 rating only 600 rms @ 4ohm which would be killer in USACI but whats the truth to this? Im tired of getting the run around or answer-its a beast when i ask. my customers are really curious too and keep asking if i have heard anything.....so please JACOB straig…

This might be a dumb question but I'll go ahead and ask. I was tuning my 1200d for the first itme this morning and before I could reach the 35v suggested voltage with the DMM, the amp started making a faint popping, buzzing sound. My target volume is 21/35 and the noise appeared at about 13/35. The noise went away as I turned it down. I'm running 1/0 gauge from front to db block and a run of 4 ga for 5' to the amp. BTW, no db gain was used and the remote gain was at 1/2 with susbsonic set a 28hz a x-over set at 1/2 as stated in manual. Anyone experience this before?

i got a saz 1500d 2005 chevy colorado and a fi bl 15". i was just wondering for the the power/ground wire, it says its recommended 0 gauge wires. but i have 4 gauge. will it be ok to use it or will it damage the amp and/or go into protection? has anyone used 4 awg for that amp?

The 3000Ds are in customs now here on the east coast. If they clear smoothly I may have them tomorrow. If not, I should still get them before the end of the week. Orders will ship ASAP once they come in.

So i bought a 100.2 about 9 months ago thinking it was time to start my system, well things got hard and it became a paper weight. But i recently sold it. =( but today i was informed that my new 100.4 and 1500D Came in the MIAL!!!! So i have a present waiting for me when i get off work. MY DREAM SYSTEM, which is in the works consists of: Headunit Alpine IVA-w200 (with 30gig fullspeed ipod) Front Stage Sundown Audio SA-100.4 Hertz custom matched mids and highs. 1 set of HV 165L / 6 1/2" mids 1 set of HT 25 tweeters 1 set of 2W20.3 crossovers 1 set of Hertz HCX 165 coaxials for the rear Sub Stage Sundown Audio SAZ-1500D Digital Designs 3515 Electrical big 3 with 1/0, kinet…

So...when do the specs on these get released? Very interested in the 4000 variant.

Huge for sale thread here... I need to get some of this stuff out of here! All prices are shipped in the continental 48 states via Paypal, ask me about shipping anywhere else for a quote. First off... I have 4x SAZ-1500Ds that are used. These amps carry full warranty coverage from your date of purchase. They are very lightly used by Team Sundown members. They are 9/10 on a bad day cosmetically, all look the same with pretty much only minor mounting foor wear. Yes, the logo is upside down on one of them... it is reversible so you can change it back. These are $450 each. TWO SAZ-1500Ds ARE SOLD. TWO ARE AVAILABLE. Second. A used SAX-100.4 that is indistinguishable from br…

Just got my 100.4 and I am going to bridge it to run a set of components for now(active later).What is the proper hook up for the RCA's to the amp -the manual doesn't show this.Do I use channel 1 and channel 4 or some other combination. Thanks

I was playing my system today which consists of two SAZ-3000d's strapped together @2 ohms. I was messing with some settings in my HU and it was just slammin. All of a sudden it cuts off so I turn the system off and let it sit for a little bit. Turned it back on and it still doesn't play thought I blew the fuse. When I finally get home I check the amp and the slave amp goes into protect. I know that the link RCA sometimes causes problems but now whenever it turns on it immediately goes into protection. I tried disconnecting the link RCA and turn it on and still goes into protect. Right now I disconnected both power and ground to let it sit disconnected for a while…

Todd Mayton Amateur Street 3 & Drive-by 3 Equipment: 4 T3 TSS 12's & 1 Sundown 1500d AS3 - 145.3 - 1st Place DB3 - 122.2 - 1st Place Shannon Lee Modified 4 Equipment: 2 T3 TNSF 18's & 2 Sundown 1500d's M4 - 150.9 - 1st Place Highest SPL of the Day Robbie Wyatt MECA Kids 2 Equipment: 1 T3 TSS 12 & 1 Sundown 1500d MK2 - 140.6 - 1st Place For show pics, check out www.myspace.com/wsfchris.

Here is the link for the Flyer for the Nov. 14th Awards show for Comp. Only. This will also be a Iasca and DB drag Event! hope to see every one there!! http://www.teamolskool.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=1433

Okay.. I might be able to snag a pair of these 10w7 for a decent price. However, I am worried that because they are single 3 ohm coils, then I will not be able to run them efficiently on the Sundown amps. The 10w7 is rated at 750 watts rms each at 3 ohms. What are some amp and wiring configurations that would work for me? I'd like to give them their recommended power, but the JL website shows that the subs don't like to handle more than 750 watts continuous as it gets to the black line (warranty voided). Is this power rating from JL "over-rated" or "under-rated" for their subs? http://mobile.jlaudio.com/products_subs.php?series_id=5 I currently have 2 gauge power and g…

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

well ive built many boxes for my ext cab s10 over the past 2 years, and ive never really been happy with it. Right now im running 3 sa12's on a saz 3500. my box currently is 5.26cubes @ 31hz with 81.25 in2 of port, with subs firing forward, port up drivers side. The box i tried before this was subs forward, 2 6" aeros firing up @ 36hz. I liked the box with the aeros but wouldn't play the lows i wanted it to (but found out later after 2nd box my ssf needed to be turned down, so im not truly sure if it would play the lows i wanted it to or not. So my question is, is there anyone with experience with trucks like these, and what should i do next? i would like to reuse my 6" a…

My girlfriend eventually wants a system in her vehicle. Nothing really loud or anything, just a bit more bass then stock and inexpensive. I showed her the E8 and she thought a small sub was "cute" and wants one. The small box would leave space in the trunk as well. I plan on building the box for her, but I must be retarded. The recommendations for the box are 0.60 ft^3 tuned to 30 Hz ported. I've been messing around with the calculator on RE's site and can't figure out how I would tune it that low in such a small box. The only way I was able to do it is if I make the port only 0.5" wide, which sounds way too skinny for me. Any help?

Allright I will have pictures up in a few days of the Car Event we had in East Texas. With the 3 DC Audio lvl5 18's and 3 SAZ-3000's Music 153.2 Burped at 54 hz 154.3 Box is tuned to 34 hz Used TermLab @ Kick Will be running 3 WMD2 15's this comming up weekend and shooting for 158+

I finally got my saz2000d and 4 - sa-8's installed today. You can see my build log on this forum if you like. This is in a 2000 ford ranger. I've installed a db electrical 200 amp alt. I've run a 1/0 cable from the alternator to the battery. I was planning on replacing the battery in the truck soon, when it went bad I bought the cheapo 500 cca for $35.00 about a year ago. I have 4 - runs of 1/0 flex cable from the battery to the rear of the truck. 2 of those runs (pos./neg.) are for the 2000d. The 4 sa8's are ( coils in series ) woofers parallel to amp. 1 ohm. 3.2 c.f. (net) enclosure tuned to 32 hertz. My problem is the amp goes into protection when there's a quick/short…