American Bass vs Sundown

[thegreatestpenn 5,000+ posts]

AB, but I think soon Sundown will catch up

 

[tapout 5,000+ posts]

Ran both. Both Solid.

Having the owner always around = win.

Go with Jake, He's secksier.

 

[lilmaniac2 5,000+ posts]

AB, but I think soon Sundown will catch up

In what way does Sundown have to catch up to AB? If its in size of amps, then I don't see it happening. The larger (5kw+ ) Zenon based amps that Bob has are nowhere near stable enough for Jacob to sell under his name.

 

[bwoodroof 10+ year member]

i guees its opinion. I have a teammate who was running 4 1500.1 @ 1.4 ohms and two of them blew.

 

[bwoodroof 10+ year member]

In what way does Sundown have to catch up to AB? If its in size of amps, then I don't see it happening. The larger (5kw+ ) Zenon based amps that Bob has are nowhere near stable enough for Jacob to sell under his name.

ask jacob where he gets his amps. same place different case.

 

[roarzorz 10+ year member]

ask jacob where he gets his amps. same place different case.

That would be a big negative. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

 

[lilmaniac2 5,000+ posts]

i guees its opinion. I have a teammate who was running 4 1500.1 @ 1.4 ohms and two of them blew.

Well you guys must **** huh? I ran 4 of them strapped at .5 and got 10kw out of them... but what would I know huh

ask jacob where he gets his amps. same place different case.

Ok? how about you crack open the case and look at the components, if your intelligent enough to look at the values on the components you probably would change your tune.

 

[Unholysavage 10+ year member]

If the poll was still open, American Bass would have my vote.

Simply loving the VFLs

 

[sundownz Pro Seller]

i guees its opinion. I have a teammate who was running 4 1500.1 @ 1.4 ohms and two of them blew.

Sometimes products break - that is what warranty is for //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

I'm sure you teammate was taken care of promptly, although I'm not sure who you are referring to off hand. Most amps I get back ran within rated impedance were destroyed by excessive vibration breaking transistor legs off, that was probably the case as I have gotten a few back from TN with this. Newer 1500s and 300s have extra screws to make it even more difficult to break them by vibration.

 

[ninjawhiteboy12 10+ year member]

so are they both the same Zenon boards or does AB and sundown tell Zenon the specs they want and Zenon just builds them?

 

[hrtbrk1 5,000+ posts]

ive ran a sundown over 200degrees(don't ask how)...still kept goin...protected at around 225 or so...but waited overnight...cooled them down. turned it on...kept going strong.

 

[MakeshiftAudio 10+ year member]

ive ran a sundown over 200degrees(don't ask how)...still kept goin...protected at around 225 or so...but waited overnight...cooled them down. turned it on...kept going strong.

That's not the best. That means the amp will probably fail before the thermal protect will kick in. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif

I will have to admit, I like the VFLs, though the Sundowns are easier to repair.

 

[hrtbrk1 5,000+ posts]

That's not the best. That means the amp will probab fail before the thermal protect will kick in. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif
I will have to admit, I like the VFLs, though the Sundowns are easier to repair.

amp did go into thermal protect...well one of them did...freaked me out for a good hour, then turned on again after waiting...it started then i turned car off...then went to bed

 

[MakeshiftAudio 10+ year member]

Well, in cases of thermal runaway where conditions do not allow for the heatsink to be heated fast enough, the fet will die from thermal failure. Though, I have yet to see ANY company interpret a proper thermal shutdown system.

 

[hrtbrk1 5,000+ posts]

well u lost me there buddy lol...it got hot cuz i put a heavy blanket on top of it and drove over 6 hours playing music...so its user error on my part but the amp is still goin on strong today //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif