No one on this forum really knows about Sundown except Toby, who is a retailer for them.

Personally I would go with the Sundown SD1 over a W3, it is half the cost with probally close to the same output. Even though the W3 looks alot sexier lol. Other subs I would reccomend would be an RD Audio Studio 12, AA Assissan, maybe an AA Arsenal or RL-i 10 if you wanna spend a lil more money. But the Sundown sub/amp combo is going to probally be the best bang for your $ with very good SQ. Not to mention almost no drain on your electrical.

 

do they exist anywhere local that I could listen to them?

 

Don't thread-jack you dickwad, make your own thread or PM him privately.

I swear, some dumb people on these boards


Yes, Toby's shop is not too far up hillsborough when it turns into Tampa rd.

I'll vouch for sundown products, easily some high grade quality stuff, sounds very good. If you buy from Toby as well, he sells stuff for great prices and is incredibly informative.

Fiberglass does not necessarily mean a LOT of $$, just more than a simpler wooden box. It's not exactly the funnest or easiest thing to do.

 

I'm going to pay that shop a visit this week probably. While we're on the subject, will one sub pushed into a corner sound right? Will I know the sound is coming from a corner or will it sound off because it isn't in the middle? I've never dealt with a low powered sub in a trunk like this. I mean, there is a great place to mount a fiberglass enclosure right in front of the left taillight, but would you even hear that all the way across the bigass trunk and into the cab of the car? I'm figuring the box should stay close to the rear seat if not there, right?

 

Yes, it will sound fine. Bass (low frequency notes) are omnidirectional sounds. This means that it is harder for the ear to determine the true location of the sound's source.

Notladstyle has a fiberglassed box in the corner of his car and in all honesty it sounds fairly good as if it was just almost in the middle, but then again he had a pretty strong woofer that was just blasting that one corner to hell so you really felt the car vibrate a little more on one side. You will not notice it when driving though, only if you move around in the car in different seats .


Most of the actual sound isn't coming FROM the woofer itself, it's the SPL (Sound Pressure Level) waves bouncing off the surfaces, vibrating them to give the sound you hear and feel.

If you're really that worried about the location of the subwoofer, go meet up with Dalton (notladstyle) if he's OK with it, and ask him to play different tracks in the car and when he plays one track, listen to it with the subwoofer in one side of the car, then ask him to slide it over to the middle (he doesn't have his perma-mounted) and then to the other side. The difference is fairly negligible.

 

It will sound fine. A lot of pure SQ cars have a sub in the corner. Bass FQ are non directional, the higher the FQ the more directional (i.e. 1khz and up ).

 

Jesus you guys are gonna scare this kid lol.

 

Hey we have some Polk Audio 12" on a buyout special right now. If Dalton wants to build you a fiberglass box and do the install we can give you the Polk Audio 12" and a high grade amp wire kit for under $200. PM me if you want