Review on Sundown E8's

[grimreper912003 5,000+ posts]

This review isn't scientific but it relys off of what I think of it and my opinions. I mean for this review just to give people a small image of what they are like.

Equipment:

2 Sundown Audio E8's wired @ 2 ohm

1 Orion 2500d

-1700w RMS @ 2 ohm, gains set a little under 1/2 way, LPF @ 80hz w/ -12 slope

1.4 Cu ft Tunned to 40.16hz (old DD 1508 Box, used for temp)

-23.75 Sq in port area

Streetwire 2 gauge back to second deep cycle

Streetwire 4 gauge to amp

Review:

My first song played was Webbie - Six 12's (slowed). My initial reaction was wow. Seems to do well across the whole range. No bottoming out at all, and took the power nicely. In regards to a 1508 I would say its easily just as loud and sounded cleaner. Before the 8's I was running a DD512 in a .76cu ft sealed box and this is much louder.

Next song was Youing jeezy - Airforces (slowed). The E8's loved the lows, but before I adjusted my gain it bottomed out slightly, but nothing hard to fix. Not much for to say here.

Next sound was Outkast/Speakerboxx - Into. Loved this song. Played between the notes amazingly. I thought the DD1508 loved this song but wow, the sundowns are impressive.

Last of the rap was Scareface - No tears. I was woundering how the 8's would behave on some old rap. This song made me convinced that in the right box the E8's would make amazing SQ drivers.

I plan on listening to more music, I.E country, rock, and some techno and giving some more imput on them, especially after the new box build. Any questions feel free to PM me or post here.

Edit: More Testing

Well I have been listening to more music now on day 3 here.

DJ billy E - Beats 4 my van. Louder then the 1508 on this song with a cleaner sounding bass. Much more acurate and moves alot of air. With my seats folded down and in the front seat I can feel the port blowing air on the back of my neck.

Ozzy - No more tears. The sub filled in what was missing. Keeps up nicely, and sounds accurate. Makes me think further about this being an SQ sub in sealed enclosures.

Rehab - Bartender. Filled in with my frontstage nicely and rounded off the song.

Rehab - Lawn chair high. Same story as above

Rehab - Graffiti the world. The Bass in this song was pretty impressive. The subs hit pretty hard, moves my mirrors more then the DD512 and DD1508did.

Bass, I love you - Basstronics. I was amazed on this song. I didnt expect the subs to keep up at all durring this song but sure enough droped right down and on the lowest note (17hz if I recall correctly) you could feel the seats move.

Too Short - Dime a Dozen. Nice low notes and once again stuck nicely with the song.

Satisfaction - Benny Benassi. Another song the shows the strengths of this sub. Loud, quick and overall accurate.

More to come later, next will probably be country and more rock. Im sure a lower tunned box will help alot on the lows. Only complaint I can think of is the dustcap. They are nice but I like good old **** cones. More of opinion though. Amazing Xmax too. If any one is interested I can shoot for vids, and Id like to meter if I can find a TL.

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[jbizzle 5,000+ posts]

Nice

 

[woofercooker 10+ year member]

Anyone know where I can pick up a pair of these?

 

[01 S 10 10+ year member]

Anyone know where I can pick up a pair of these?

lol

 

[BushJ311 5,000+ posts]

Anyone know where I can pick up a 50+ of these?

Fixed for you. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

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This is the man to get them from. Look like some nice subs

 

[grimreper912003 5,000+ posts]

Anyone know where I can pick up a pair of these?

Pm mike. Only 65 Each //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[woofercooker 10+ year member]

Pm mike. Only 65 Each //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

60 each + shipping still have around 70 left. but I am done thread jacking.

 

[budahbuddy803 10+ year member]

are they IB capable?

 

[hrtbrk1 5,000+ posts]

lol

 

[James Bang 5,000+ posts]

cool. are they broken in yet?

 

[grimreper912003 5,000+ posts]

60 each + shipping still have around 70 left. but I am done thread jacking.

Actualy I was going to post this link in your thread. LMK if thats okay.

are they IB capable?

I have heard from Jake they can be ran IB. I think Nismo14 actualy runs them IB.

cool. are they broken in yet?

I bought them from justadork2u but im not sure how long he ran them. They looked absolutly perfect so im not sure if he ran them or not. He is a dealer for sundown so it possible they only have an hour or so on them, but like I said, not sure.

 

[woofercooker 10+ year member]

Actualy I was going to post this link in your thread. LMK if thats okay.

http://www.caraudio.com/forum/showthread.php?t=340607

 

[sundownz Pro Seller]

are they IB capable?

At lower power, yes. Obviously IB reduced mechanical power handling but there was a very positive review on DIYMA regarding the SQ //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

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grimreper912003,

Glad you like them!

 

[snoopdan 5,000+ posts]

Termlab #?'s ??

 

[williambrea 10+ year member]

hmmmmmmm.....

i wonder how 4 on my 3000d would sound //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

but really question for the OP

Do these match up against the DD 1508???