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People with discerning ears... Are sundown sa 8v3 d2 subwoofers musical?
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<blockquote data-quote="Jcsaudio" data-source="post: 8662304" data-attributes="member: 673752"><p>It is optimized for a sealed enclosure with a soft suspension and its thermal limits are low for a Sundown subwoofer. It’s got all the right technologies though for a good SQ subwoofer and if you design the box just right and keep the power in check and clean, it will deliver nice deep and clean distortion free bass in a ported box. Shredder actually designed the box for me and I built it exactly to those specifications and man o man does it sound good behind the seat of my regular cab pickup truck. I did previously run it in a .5 cu ft sealed box and it does sound great sealed, but ported is sounds better. </p><p></p><p>I think Sundown has to keep true to their customer base where they under rate their subwoofers thermally and optimize many of them for ported enclosures. Take for example the SA series. It’s rated for 750 watts but can take more than double that without issue. Do that to a SD3, especially ported and it won’t take it thermally, and you can bottom it out with too much power relatively easily. BTW, I have an SA-12 and love that sub too. It’s a beast that also can sound good while getting loud at the same time. </p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jcsaudio, post: 8662304, member: 673752"] It is optimized for a sealed enclosure with a soft suspension and its thermal limits are low for a Sundown subwoofer. It’s got all the right technologies though for a good SQ subwoofer and if you design the box just right and keep the power in check and clean, it will deliver nice deep and clean distortion free bass in a ported box. Shredder actually designed the box for me and I built it exactly to those specifications and man o man does it sound good behind the seat of my regular cab pickup truck. I did previously run it in a .5 cu ft sealed box and it does sound great sealed, but ported is sounds better. I think Sundown has to keep true to their customer base where they under rate their subwoofers thermally and optimize many of them for ported enclosures. Take for example the SA series. It’s rated for 750 watts but can take more than double that without issue. Do that to a SD3, especially ported and it won’t take it thermally, and you can bottom it out with too much power relatively easily. BTW, I have an SA-12 and love that sub too. It’s a beast that also can sound good while getting loud at the same time. [/QUOTE]
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