If you test them to do 1500 watts @ 1 ohm at 12.5 volts, thats what they are advertised to do

I'm not arguing in this thread anymore, period. I am sending some amps to Jordy. Whether you buy them or not is up to you.

 

Ok, sorry to get involved in this.. Silverbain, you were running the sundown at the first FX show, correct? That was my first competition. Other than the very few tests I have done using a local shops mic. We base-raced against eachother correct? Considering you are the representative, or distributor, or whatever it is (sorry, my memory slips), I'm asuming that you HAD the gains setup correctly on the amplifier. And if my memory is correct with this, you were running 4 gauge wiring as well. Didn't I post a higher score running a rated 350 watts?

Once again, I hate to sound like a dick, and I'm definately not questioning the sundown amplifiers. But I am questioning YOU. In the ability to properly set up an amp, box, or just the entire system itself.

 

with the line driver and voltage that is used in the caravan, it's safe to say that the volume was rolled up with the line driver, so wether or not the gain was turned up, it would have seen max output....the gain control is NOT a volume controller, it's used to match the outputs of several amplifiers or to match to the input voltage...
if you're going to sell car audio, do some research...
the amplifier output to spl output was fair, considering the output rating.
with the results, you can see that the sundowns produced half of the power, and half the spl...1500wrms strapped at 16 volts..

 

Jordy gets to do the test since he is a mod here and I have verification that he is legit. I'm not sending out products to just anyone without a deposit, how do you even think that is a good idea? I'm not taking a financial risk on people who already go out of their way to bash my products.

And what does a dB score have to do with someones ability to measure amplifier output?

 

I still don't understand why it is that you have this idea that everyone in the USA who has clamped these amps is totally wrong. MANY people have clamped them... including the officials at nSPL.

I can go video tape myself clamping one of these amps right now and get over 1500 watts at 12 volts. I've done it and posted it... but apparently I made that up.

Anyhow... you can try to discredit Jordy's test if you want when he gets the amps. Until then there is no point to continue discussing a test that was done without any effort to optimize the tested amplifier.

 

I can not believe this is still going. BTW you do not need to break 150 to know how to test an amplifier properly just for the record. And Loud Brown, I suggest you read my post again. I even state the gain is to match signal levels so why your telling me to do research is beyond me. Jordy will be a good testing source. Anyone in the spl scene from the west would not be regardless of experience due to the whole scene is anti-Sundown and has been from the get go.

BTW I noticed nobody mentioned my comment. If Sundown boards are basically the same boards as Cactus, RD, Atomic and a few others does that also mean they are lying about power ratings?????????

Its not hard to understand, there is either

A) Problem with the amp
B) Setup Problem

Thats it make your choice, because this amp has been spec'ed over and over and all the same results.....except for the west coast.....hmmm pretty convenient.

 

Yep, at the first fx show you can chalk it up to me doing a poor install. I have stated it was poor, prefab box, 4 gauge wire to 2 amps, load at over 3 ohms. It was a couple hour job. I have been working on car audio a while, but this year is first year dabbling in competition.