Sundown vs. Soundstream?

[bullet4mv92 10+ year member]

I'm looking at a Soundstream DTR1.3400D and a Sundown SAX-1200D to power my 18" with 4,000 watts RMS. I don't think i'm ever going to be able to fully power it because of the car I have, and i'm on a budget, so I found the sundown for $630 and the Soundstream for $350.

The Soundstream says 2200W @ 1 ohm, and the Sundown says 1200W @ 1 ohm. But seeing as how the sundown is considerably more expensive, I was thinking, even though it puts out less power, if maybe it's more reliable than the Soundstream that puts out more power? Which one should I get?

Side note: the soundstream is also 3400W @.5 ohms, but idk much about amps and stability and all that crap, is that dangerous to have it at .5 ohms?

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[BeAlLsTaR13 10+ year member]

where did you see that price for that sundown? lmao, **** pay 400 shipped for a saz2000d, you looked at their site MSRP pricing didnt you? the 1200 is 375 shipped, e-mail jacob get a saz2000d for 400 shipped.

 

[matt_bennett05 10+ year member]

First thing man is i would never mix diff. amps powering the same sub. Never even thought about it now that i "am" thinking about it. And im going to say yes the sundown is a better build quality (just b.c. i have read about them here) ..... BUT if anyone does have any input on the SS 3400 Tower amps i would like to know.... Who has exp. w/ the SS?

 

[bullet4mv92 10+ year member]

Ok well my questions still stands. The sundown is more expensive and supposedly less power.

 

[BeAlLsTaR13 10+ year member]

Ok well my questions still stands. The sundown is more expensive and supposedly less power.

why are you comparing a 3k watt amp with a 1.2k watt amp in the first place? besudes, the sundown is only 25 bucks more than the ss amp. idk where you saw a price that high, lmao.

do what i said, email jacob and get a saz2000d for 400. will do 2300-2500 @ 1 ohm.

 

[bullet4mv92 10+ year member]

and what are you talking about "mixing different amps powering the same sub"? Soundstream VS. Sundown. I'm trying to pick between the two.

 

[bullet4mv92 10+ year member]

I'm comparing them because i'm looking for a 2500-3000 watt amp, and a 3000 watt sundown is way out of my price range, but I've heard they're extremely reliable, so I thought a 1200w sundown might be better than a 3000w soundstream. You people need to learn to read....

 

[matt_bennett05 10+ year member]

if its .5 stable then you can do it... but w/o upgrades (big 3, alt, batts) it wont be good on your elect. system one bit

 

[matt_bennett05 10+ year member]

Wow buddy. This is what i read (your exact words) "I'm looking at a Soundstream DTR1.3400D and a Sundown SAX-1200D to power my 18" with 4,000 watts RMS" ... just tryin to help here....

 

[twistedchild420 5,000+ posts]

I'm comparing them because i'm looking for a 2500-3000 watt amp, and a 3000 watt sundown is way out of my price range, but I've heard they're extremely reliable, so I thought a 1200w sundown might be better than a 3000w soundstream. You people need to learn to read....

You need to research better...hell you can find used Crescendo 3K's (basically a Sundown 3000D) for around 475$ ....you would have to be a complete dumbfuk to pay 630$ for 1200 watt amp.

 

[BeAlLsTaR13 10+ year member]

I'm comparing them because i'm looking for a 2500-3000 watt amp, and a 3000 watt sundown is way out of my price range, but I've heard they're extremely reliable, so I thought a 1200w sundown might be better than a 3000w soundstream. You people need to learn to read....

you need to learn to read, how could a 1200 watt amp do more than a 3000 watt amp?

 

[BeAlLsTaR13 10+ year member]

You need to research better...hell you can find used Crescendo 3K's (basically a Sundown 3000D) for around 475$ ....you would have to be a complete dumbfuk to pay 630$ for 1200 watt amp.

this.

 

[matt_bennett05 10+ year member]

what he said //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/graduate.gif.d982460be9f153bb54e5d4cb744f6ae8.gif

 

[dragnix 5,000+ posts]

Perhaps you should be looking at amps that are making the power that you need instead of comparing apples to oranges

 

[Boomsday 10+ year member]

wat sub do you have that will take 4k daily do I dare ask