Sundown vs. Addictive Audio

[kr15 5,000+ posts]

Well its a proven board. They didnt do anything but a rebadge. But the locals have good luck with it. Id never run it, but i have no qualms suggesting it.

 

[Jeffdachef 5,000+ posts]

Addictive is local to me, about 30 min away. So a ton of ppl run it. Its junk. Bad soft parts, lots of amp failures. Not a single impressive build from any of their local sponsees

my buddy bought two the fix 500.2 and had immediate issues and defects with both of them. RMA'd and still had issues while his ct sounds, cadence and some other cheap amps never had issues.

 

[kr15 5,000+ posts]

Local had a 1st gen fix and later a 2nd gen.... combined they must have blown 4 or 5 times.

I guess thats why they call them "the fix"

No thank you

 

[Hertz Mafia]

Local had a 1st gen fix and later a 2nd gen.... combined they must have blown 4 or 5 times.
I guess thats why they call them "the fix"

No thank you

Yea everyone knows AA 500.1 were smoke machines

 

[kr15 5,000+ posts]

The locals legitimately think Addictive is far superior to Sundown, DC, b2, DD etc. It is comical

 

[lovinloudbass 10+ year member]

Can't go wrong with sundown, for amps and alts i would go with Singer and Ampere Audio. Look into FU audio and SSA for subs as well. A pair of 1250's from FU or a pair odlf X'CONs. Should do well, I would stay far away from AA right now,I had bad luck with AA and the cs was **** just a fyi...this is a drunk post brought to you by jameson whiskey

 

[macsdad 10+ year member]

Do the zv5's and tune at maybe 34hrtz, maybe 4cubes after displacement?

 

[Jeffdachef 5,000+ posts]

The locals legitimately think Addictive is far superior to Sundown, DC, b2, DD etc. It is comical

are you in norcal? People in socal dont give a r@ts *** about addictive lol.

 

[kr15 5,000+ posts]

Addictive is based in Fresno, and im in a little town 30 min south. Basically Fresno to Bakersfield is all addictive.

 

[Kam311]

My concern is I listen to such a vast range of music I want EVERYTHING to sound good, because well, who wouldn't?

You might be overthinking the whole sounding good part when you are about to throw 4.5kw at them. There is this point where Sq kinda gets tossed out the window because you are covering your ears anyway and it feels like your head is in a vice. And then you say "God ****, this sounds great, I can really distinguish the tonality of the is 155db 40hz bass line that is making my vision blur."

 

[Jeffdachef 5,000+ posts]

You might be overthinking the whole sounding good part when you are about to throw 4.5kw at them. There is this point where Sq kinda gets tossed out the window because you are covering your ears anyway and it feels like your head is in a vice. And then you say "God ****, this sounds great, I can really distinguish the tonality of the is 155db 40hz bass line that is making my vision blur."

Thats a great feeling. usually only the first week of having your setup. Afterwards its not loud at all anymore and your ears and body get completely acclimated to it and it becomes meh whatever. A lot of people nowadays are used to 160s. Just because others cant handle the pressure to discern tonality doesn't mean people who are numb to pressure cant.

 

[kr15 5,000+ posts]

The best sounding "loud" setup i heard was probably my teamates truck. 2 xcon 15s on a bc5500. Setup did about 154 at headrest, yet was very linear and smooth. Subs still played accurate and detailed.

I sometimes agree with the loud isnt sq notion, but that isnt always the case.

 

[LosIsATool 5,000+ posts]

I tried for years to make loud sound good. While it sounded good for being loud it didn't sound good.

130db is the limit. Anything past that and the ears are stressed. Mid bass can't keep up and if you add more mid bass now you have phase and delay issues. Now loud and clean is something else.

 

[hispls 5,000+ posts]

I tried for years to make loud sound good. While it sounded good for being loud it didn't sound good. 130db is the limit. Anything past that and the ears are stressed. Mid bass can't keep up and if you add more mid bass now you have phase and delay issues. Now loud and clean is something else.

Agreed 100%

Local had a 1st gen fix and later a 2nd gen.... combined they must have blown 4 or 5 times.
I guess thats why they call them "the fix"

No thank you

Pretty much this. Those "fix" amps were notorious for catastrophic failure and what's worse is that they'd generally blow themselves up beyond the point of repair and needed the whole board replaced. It's astounding the company survived those.

You might be overthinking the whole sounding good part when you are about to throw 4.5kw at them. There is this point where Sq kinda gets tossed out the window because you are covering your ears anyway and it feels like your head is in a vice. And then you say "God ****, this sounds great, I can really distinguish the tonality of the is 155db 40hz bass line that is making my vision blur."

I doubt he is playing music on anything that could make 155 with a pair of 12s, but your point is valid.

 

[kr15 5,000+ posts]

Those fix amps reached a point where most amp repair guys wouldnt accept em in on repair.

 

[X559XCREEOY]

Addictive is local to me, about 30 min away. So a ton of ppl run it. Its junk. Bad soft parts, lots of amp failures. Not a single impressive build from any of their local sponsees

i have an additive audio 12v4 want to switch over back to sundown what woofer from sundown would compare to that sub

 

[Popwarhomie 5,000+ posts]

i have an additive audio 12v4 want to switch over back to sundown what woofer from sundown would compare to that sub

This thread is 8 years old. Dude you quoted has not been on here in 4 years.