aq 3500 or sundown 3000d

[delvryboy 5,000+ posts]

Ok guys, here it is. Depending on your battery set up this amp will make an ungodly amount of power. With a 12volt battery set up dropping to 11.5 volts the Crunch GP3000D Pro made 2850 watts at a 1.03 ohm reactive. That's 4 12volt batteries. If you can get the voltage up the amp will make much more. By just starting the car and using the high amp alternator (starting at 16.1 volts and dropping to 12.3volts), the 3000 made 3732 watts. That's crazy isn't it. THAT'S NOTHING! I hooked it up to a 16volt battery set up and it just went crazy! With the battery voltage dropping to 15.7 volts with a 1.4 ohm reactive this monster made 4640 usable watts. NOW WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT!This is from a quote on the termpro fourum.

and Eric is doing a 160 w/ 2 of them......

 

[RAB 10+ year member]

and Eric is doing a 160 w/ 2 of them......

which amp are yall talking about?

 

[PsychoTheRapist 5,000+ posts]

which amp are yall talking about?

I believe they are talking about the Crunch GP3000D-Pro..

I has one and I love it. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[lilmaniac2 5,000+ posts]

That 10k was on 16v wasn't it? The aq's will take 16/18v as well, so would be curious to see a test on what they would do for a strapped pair on high voltage

15.8 dropping into the 14's. YAY for crappy batts.

I'd love to see the aq's on 16v

 

[lilmaniac2 5,000+ posts]

No, but $650 -$900 is a rather large jump for a difference that could be negligible. I also don't think CS is a valid argument in this case either. I mean we're not talking about Sundown vs. eD.
I just don't think there is a hands down winner.

I threw the crunch in there because no one has brought up size. Is there a size difference between the 2? That could be a talking point depending on how much room you have. In my case, I would take the Crunch over both because the power is the same, the support is the same, and the size difference is large. I can fit the Crunch under my seat and I would have to remove my seat for the Sundown.

No way I would take a maxxsonics amp over a Sundown amp, I know of people who waited over a year to get a Maxxsonics amp fixed, but couldn't because the parts weren't here. Jake has did a on the spot swap out multiple times.

Not sure about AQ, and there time to repair things, but I know how long Maxxsonics can take.

 

[lilmaniac2 5,000+ posts]

and Eric is doing a 160 w/ 2 of them......

Thats about like the alan dante comment "stetsome ampzzzzzz are zeee best becauszzz i izzz 180 dbzz with them"

lol

 

[Unholysavage 10+ year member]

For the life of me, I can't figure out how some people are claiming that one is better than the other when the 3500d isn't even out yet. The thread on RoE went the same way.

I'm guessing that crystal balls actually work?

 

[lilmaniac2 5,000+ posts]

For the life of me, I can't figure out how some people are claiming that one is better than the other when the 3500d isn't even out yet. The thread on RoE went the same way.I'm guessing that crystal balls actually work?

All of my comments are based on what I have read, I think in my first post I mentioned that I had never used an aq amp.

 

[roarzorz 10+ year member]

With a 12volt battery set up dropping to 11.5 volts the Crunch GP3000D Pro made 2850 watts at a 1.03 ohm reactive. That's 4 12volt batteries.

An saz-3000d will still make over 3000+watts off only one single 12v battery. Team Man-Up Ray tested a pair of saz-3000s strapped with a Maxx-Link off a single 12v BatCap 8400 and got 7400watts out of the pair.

By just starting the car and using the high amp alternator (starting at 16.1 volts and dropping to 12.3volts), the 3000 made 3732 watts. That's crazy isn't it. THAT'S NOTHING! I hooked it up to a 16volt battery set up and it just went crazy! With the battery voltage dropping to 15.7 volts with a 1.4 ohm reactive this monster made 4640 usable watts.

On a 16v battery setup dropping to 14.5v the saz-3000d made 5200watts. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/eek.gif.771b7a90cf45cabdc554ff1121c21c4a.gif

If your top priority is price then go with the cheap Crunch gp3000d but if your top priority is getting the most rock solid power then Sundown wins.