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This is a great deal!

How much power are you planning on running?

I hate to say it but 1800Woofers (Skar Audio) is starting to sound like *cough* RD Audio!

Answers my main question. Interpretation plays a big part, on one hand you could say the DD has a better protection design from keeping the amp damaged, where as the sundown lacks. But on the flip side, the sundown works at 0.5ohm and doesn't have any problems as long as it has enough amperage to back it up. So the sundown may not have a lacking protection circuit, just plain works at .5 but is primarily designed for 1ohm and up. Any how thanks for the response, I'll still never run my amps at 0.5 though haha. Anyone know if there was 1ohm stable car audio amps in 2000? 90s? MMATS was makeing half ohm, 1 ohm stable amps back in the mid 90's.

Where are you getting this information? My local Sundown dealer is also a DD dealer and we did head to head testing! That's where i'm getting my information! How did you test "stability", how about distortion, I feel like asking this is starting over everything m5 and Imp went over... Not sure what your getting at or trying to prove! Distortion? You have a Distortion Analyzer somebody can borrow? No did not test for distortion as we didn't have the appropriate test gear to measure. Stability? 8 Kinetik HC2400's, Mechman 300 amp alt. Both amps were O-Scoped individually, crossover and SSF settings were matched best we could with naked eye. No bass Boost and HU set to 0 on Bass setting and Sub level out. All we did to test was put it on the Term-Lab, running the amps at 1 ohm and at half ohm. Both amps were very comparable on SPL. The Sundown was louder on the meter. How much I cannot remember as it was over a year ago. The DD went into protect at half ohm when voltage dropped below 12 volts and the Sundown did not. So I stand by my statement. "The DD M1A is a good amplifier in itself but just not on par with the SAZ-1500D in terms of stability at .5 ohm." Keep the SAZ-1500D you will be glad you did.

Mmmmm love the SSA's!

Where are you getting this information? My local Sundown dealer is also a DD dealer and we did head to head testing! That's where i'm getting my information!

Great pics Steve, just shows at how shitty "rubberized compound" so called deadening really is.

MMMMMM XCONS!

LOL no just want to see it since I missed the ebay link. I have to much other stuff lying around as well.

Sweet! Post up some pics and vids of this "Creation"

1.5ft^3 tuned to 35-38hz

So your saying you bought it off eBay?

Have fun when it does fail!

That has been gone for year now!

Very nice! Looking forward to seeing how this turns out since I have a 1998 Sierra.

It will basically come down to the install! You have a great start with the Kicker amp and matching it up to an Fi sub woofer should achieve your goals. Might want to look into the 4" Coil BL.

Better do some research on the N3 BTL. It is an SPL Burp only sub woofer. Playing it "daily" will sound like . Look into the N2 BTL or the 4" coil BL if your looking at doing SPL and daily.

Good choice in moving on to another brand of subwoofer. I had always heard TREO was expensive, but holy that is expensive for a recone.

Anything to do with peal and seal or Fatmat is junk! Don't believe the hype it's all bullshit! Asphalt adhesive and a paper thin layer of aluminum makes for a waste of time and money! I would recommend reading through This website and you will get a better understanding of the applications of a true sounddeadening product.

Don't let him kid you the SAZ-1500v.1 is a monster of an amp and yes the Sundown can operate daily at .5. The DDM1A is a good amplifier in itself but just not on par with the SAZ-1500D in terms of stability at .5 ohm. Keep the SAZ-1500D you will be glad you did.

Resin inside the box I would avoid as I don't see any real benefit. As far as weather stripping it may not hurt if you do not have the rubber gasket that surrounds the edge of the basket.

Some will say to use a DMM or an O-scope. But you can use your ear to get started. Start with some music you know not a Bass Mechanic CD lol. Turn your "gain" to minimum and as you turn up the volume on your HU, turn the gain on the amplifier up until it sounds like the subwoofer is starting to stress (distort) and then turn the "gain" back about a quarter turn until you hear no stress coming from the sub woofer. The Gain on the amplfier is not a volume knob.

What kind of "full power" are you looking for at 2 ohm?

Happy B-lated Birthday!