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as i was watching this my aunt pulled up in her prius... gave me a good laugh

yeah... like i said. headroom is good. just because the power is there doesnt mean you need to use it. the 1500 will be fine as well. just be nice to it. what size box do you have? between the 1000 and 1500: either have the lower rated amp, which is cheaper but you will have to turn the gain knob up further, making the amp work harder. or get the 1500 which is more expensive but you wont need to crank the gain knob resulting in the amp do less work, but have the possibility to over power the sub with improper tuning. both will give you the noise you want, and sundown will not let you down. reliable, and has CS from the car audio gods.

just mount it low. i have mine pretty low, enough angle not to see the stinger logo and not have it blinding me at night. works well. (blue stinger meter)

My only real complaint is that I would like the one hole to be a little bit larger. Other than that I haven't found anything I don't like. Keep in mind that I've only been using them for a week too! ive stripped both of my tightening screws... they never seemed tight enough, always were able to be wiggled a couple days after they were "secure". just had to replace the screws with different ones i had lying around

You'll see tomorrow i thought you were going to show it off to a "special visitor" as in a person, not its sub haha i want to see this done. im always seeing interesting new (to me) box designs

also, just because the sub can take more than the amp can put out doesnt mean it puts ANY strain on the amp.

your voltage is, or isn't dropping too badly? might want to check your gains, might have it turned up too high. make sure the RCAs are connected properly, and if not that then check the grounds.

how do you like those terminals? i haven't had good experiences with mine...

well said

prove it with a build log

So why are there so many refurbished sundown amps floating around? key to what your quoted is after what you put in bold, "if you don't do anything stupid to it"

i love my 15, so much i plan to get another someday but size of the speaker is space dependent, if you can fit it go for it! but you wont lose much with just a 12, could always get another later on. my final vote is the sundown 1200

AND they're on SALE!!!

we cant know if you are going to need another battery or not. its pretty car dependent. if you have heavy light dimming/bad monitored voltage then you will need one-like said before, get that meter. im putting 1k to my bl right now and its just as loud as when i put another 300 watts to it, so i dont see any reason to use the extra power. this saves on the performance of the car's electrical, amp and sub alike. just have to mess around with everything and see what fits you best. as for amps, you can check some out here he sells new and refurbished ones (cheaper!). dont let "refurbished" get to you though, he knows what he is doing and does it well. great customer service to boot! ive had my amp from him for a year now and no problems. last thing, if an amp is rated at 1200 watts it doesnt mean it is ALWAYS pushing 1200 watts. with the right electrical and such it can be around there, but it all depends on how you have tuned everything. thats what the gain knob is for. secondly, if it is advertised 1200 watts it may not be anywhere near that at X volts. where X is your voltage while bumpin'. the same rule goes with what amount of wattage you tune to if you set the gain with a DMM. hope none of that is confusing haha let me know

forgot to ask... why are you stuck on hifonics?

is the sub fully loaded? im not too familier with their new lines but i believe the 1610 should be good. little headroom is never a bad thing, IF you're gentle with the gain/volume knob.

alright, thats a mix of what i was trying to explain. either way they look a lot better, and will probably last longer than the plastic ones. nice box, im lovin the rounded corners

wow, tripple baffle for a 12? how do those terminals work? if they are what they look like to me.. they have a hole you put a wire through and then the top is screwed down over both side of the wire to secure it? (hard to explain) or is is used with ring terminals? lol

yeah, you can run ch. 1&2 "normal" with 3&4 bridged

ahh, gotcha. dont understand the different testing, so ill stay out of it haha

wouldnt that mean it will do more at 12V? this is off the new 2500.

X2 on customer service.

that doesnt sound right...

it's believable. media is crazy powerful on the masses.

its not what we prefer, its what you need. what are you really asking?