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Ok guys, here is MY personal Review of the Taramp HD8000 I personally own Three of them. I purchased two use from DangRebel here, and the third directly from Shizzzon. One of used ones from DangRebel went into protect immediately upon hooking up. And the BNIB from Shizzzon also went into protect while demoing Sunday afternoon while at Slamology. Here is a few pictures of my installation for Reference. On the chargers. So to explain my experience in total. My system consist of One DC Power 240XP, 100ft of 3/0, Ten Batteries. I also should mention I run each amp at 1.5 ohm, the amps are the Two ohm version. Now, the drive down to Indiapolois is about 5 hours long. For the better half of the trip, I would turn the gain up half way, couldn't take much more than that, (pressure wise). So the most my voltage would drop would be .1-.3 Volts. During some testing at the shop, we clamped 3200 watts starting at 2.7 rising to 8.1 pulling a little over 300 amps of current. The first time demoing there that Friday night, I was able to burn up 2 300 amp fuses while playing full tilt after 2 or 3 songs. Replaced the fuses, back up and running. Saturday, I beat ALL DAY. Was still having engine issues. So for 87% of my demos were at battery voltage. Since the engine was off, that also means no rear A/C to cool them, still no issues. Yes, they did get warm. On sunday, got warm enough to not hold your hand longer than 30 seconds. But again, it wasn't THAT hot lol. To describe how the amps are mounted. The rear wall is 3" thick of High Quality MDF. Which an another layer of 3/4" wood mounting plate is attached. Then the steel rack. Then the amps are mounted onto an 3/4" MDF mounting baffle, that is mounted onto the steel amp rack. Shizzzon informed me that there was still too much vibration, and wired too low, which is why the bottom amp failed. I was able to verify that the amps were indeed moving, but from what I could see, it was only becuase the truck itself was moving. Not much else I can do about that. So in sum, these amps, in my opinion, are the better choice for us in every aspect, EXCEPT durability. If you think of where these amps come from and their origin, it makes sense for what I see is their biggest flaw. These amps are MUCH more sensitive than Koreans. The output section especially. We had I believe 3 other Team IAK members whom amps failed as well. One was becuase the wrong gauge was used for the speaker cable. One was for no reason, there's mine, and one other. So, for advice for other users. It is ok to run these amps, they do power, cheap, small, and stupid efficient. To run these long term usage, have these key items. 2-3 Group 31s PER HD8000. Use the appropriate size for the output section. 8 gauge min. Ensure there is NO to VERY min. vibration. And wire to the proper ohm load. I wouldn't even risk burping lower than rated. Do not count on box rise. Please note, that the ENTIRE weekend I beat the living piss out of my system lol. Most people, demo for 20-30 seconds at most per demo. I would play full songs full tilt, had no issues. I played my system for at least 4-10 hours in total over the weekend. The amps gave me no issues until Sunday afternoon. Which was a much hotter day, maybe 5-10 degrees more. There was no smoke, just protect light. Yes there was troublshooting performed. Turn system off, let cool down, unplug everything, let cool down, remove RCA/Speaker cables, etc. Moving forward, I will Continue to run these amps. At four ohms each for now, then at World finals run at 2 ohms.

Always two sides to a story, so I'll see how it turns out.

And of course must have parts. A few trick parts. Adjustable strut arms and roller bearing spring perches.

For you picture whores. What I was working with to start. All prepped and ready to go. and the right side. New trans line, oil pan and service on the trans filter done!!

Not trying to be an ass, but it was announced before slam that they would be running a skeleton crew for a bit.

I noticed the same thing, trying all kinds of breathing techniques.

Yea you can tell he ain't used to it lol. It took me about a month to get use to my wall.

What a shitty thread.

Or, since space is a concern, two DSS ethos

Hey, fuck you buddy! lmfao Sure I know how this is going to go already anyways.

Oh snap! Just read through most of your build thread. Awesome job!

Is nice to be on the install side of things.

I was definitely leaning towards it, but the RF amp mentioned above is pretty tempting. I can get it on Amazon Prime for about $35 cheaper than the Soundqubed and the specs look pretty similar minus having built in fuses. I'll likely pick either that one or the Soundqubed.

Theres something wrong with your build... you shouldnt have major voltage drop with an 80 amp alt w/ 2 batts. your probably pulling like 200 amps with both amplifiers lol. What kind of wire are you using?

He runs 2 "small" amplifiers. And he already has two batteries. I don't know if he did the big3, but I can't understand why he has major voltage drops. There must be a problem somewhere. I'm not an expert at all. Of course running the biggest alternator you can will always be a good thing. Especially if you run a 3500 watts amplifier. You will need more or bigger batteries too. Good luck.

Well nevermind lol right after I posted this it lets me now

I had the same issue awhile back. now I wont even so much as buy used sundown equipment. I'm glad you made this thread. Thanks for the heads up

That sounds so much like a dealer that I know in MS. He gets no support

must have not been on ANY of the many (15+) days that I have attempted to call them and received no answer or returned calls. Or when I email them and wait 7 days for an RA number on products. Or when I do not get my products back from RA only to call them a month later and them tell me that the products were looked at 2 weeks ago and wont be warrantied.

Been there done that. For me, it us crucial to do business with a company with good CS. As of lately I have great companies I work with and life is much easier.

I dont mind Jacob being on vacation, but when his entire staff takes a vacation to slamology at the exact same time and leaves no one to handle their business, that is a big problem