Sundown Audio 8"

Nab · April 19, 2016

Anyone running a single sundown audio 8", i would like to get a little info on them cuz i am currently running a JL microsub 8w3 powered and its just not enough and i need more bass haha. i am also looking to keep some of my space under my seat.

Oldcabin01 · April 19, 2016

Hey, I'm installing an Audiomobile Evo 2408 in my center console now. Hope to have feedback shortly!

It's not a Sundown obviously, but may help to see if an 8" will be enough (which I'm a little worried about as well).

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tootall87 · April 19, 2016

I'm running an SD310 under the right seat. More than enough bass for the truck. I'm not rattling widows of houses down the block like a moron but it pounds plenty hard for whatever music I'm listening to.

Nab · April 19, 2016

Hey, I'm installing an Audiomobile Evo 2408 in my center console now. Hope to have feedback shortly!

It's not a Sundown obviously, but may help to see if an 8" will be enough (which I'm a little worried about as well).

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Thanks feed back would be great, that 8w3 i have has some great bass but just not enough.

I'm running an SD310 under the right seat. More than enough bass for the truck. I'm not rattling widows of houses down the block like a moron but it pounds plenty hard for whatever music I'm listening to.

thanks alot..

GRN69CHV · April 22, 2016

What kind of power is pushing it and how much air space in front of the speaker? I have a Kicker PT10/PT250 (marketed as two different numbers but appear to be same unit), has a 100W RMS amp (thing uses a 15 amp fuse) with 10" sub. Nothing special or high dollar, picked it up for $49.95 on clearance rack at Walmart. Have it standing up on the floor behind driver seat facing forward. 95-98% of time it is only me or one other person in the truck, so having it there is not a big deal, few times I had more than one person in the truck, we either flipped it over to sit on the hump or just unplugged it and pulled it.

Point being how important placement is. Running it off of head unit taps, with the gain at about 30%, this little unit shakes the mirror and adds thump you feel in the seat. That JL 8" sub should out power the 10" Kicker I have, I think you need to look at placement, the way you have it installed may be causing it to be muffled.

PS - reason I have it on the floor is because I have one of those under seat molded tool bins loaded with gear and no room for an under seat sub (draw bar, straps, tow line, tool kit, you get the drift).

tootall87 · April 22, 2016

What kind of power is pushing it and how much air space in front of the speaker? I have a Kicker PT10/PT250 (marketed as two different numbers but appear to be same unit), has a 100W RMS amp (thing uses a 15 amp fuse) with 10" sub. Nothing special or high dollar, picked it up for $49.95 on clearance rack at Walmart. Have it standing up on the floor behind driver seat facing forward. 95-98% of time it is only me or one other person in the truck, so having it there is not a big deal, few times I had more than one person in the truck, we either flipped it over to sit on the hump or just unplugged it and pulled it.

Point being how important placement is. Running it off of head unit taps, with the gain at about 30%, this little unit shakes the mirror and adds thump you feel in the seat. That JL 8" sub should out power the 10" Kicker I have, I think you need to look at placement, the way you have it installed may be causing it to be muffled.

PS - reason I have it on the floor is because I have one of those under seat molded tool bins loaded with gear and no room for an under seat sub (draw bar, straps, tow line, tool kit, you get the drift).

I'm running dual 4 ohm coils wired in parallel to a Rockford Fosgate amp pushing 500rms. It's got about an inch of space between it and the floor. It's designed to be operated that way and puts out excellent quality bass and hits plenty hard for me. Personally I have no desire to "shake my mirror" because I prefer to listen to music that sounds good not just bass blasting everyone around me.

More pics/info in my build thread.

GRN69CHV · April 22, 2016

My question was more directed to NAB's install. I'd think the JL 8w3 would pump out enough base if it's installed to let it breath. I've had subs installed under seats positioned to fire up, sound gets absorbed by the seat, you can run them that way and still add some bottom, but it takes quite a bit extra power to really make it sing. Firing downward, sound radiates off the floor.

I once built a real nice set of shallow enclosures to mount a pair of 8" Earthquake Shallow mounts under the front seat of my '69 Chevelle. Bench tested them, sounded great. Installed was horrible, couldn't create enough air space to make them work. Ended up scrapping the whole idea and put an inexpensive JL 12W1v2-4 in a real small box we had laying around installed in the trunk. Sound quality was night and day.

Nab · April 22, 2016

What kind of power is pushing it and how much air space in front of the speaker? I have a Kicker PT10/PT250 (marketed as two different numbers but appear to be same unit), has a 100W RMS amp (thing uses a 15 amp fuse) with 10" sub. Nothing special or high dollar, picked it up for $49.95 on clearance rack at Walmart. Have it standing up on the floor behind driver seat facing forward. 95-98% of time it is only me or one other person in the truck, so having it there is not a big deal, few times I had more than one person in the truck, we either flipped it over to sit on the hump or just unplugged it and pulled it.

Point being how important placement is. Running it off of head unit taps, with the gain at about 30%, this little unit shakes the mirror and adds thump you feel in the seat. That JL 8" sub should out power the 10" Kicker I have, I think you need to look at placement, the way you have it installed may be causing it to be muffled.

PS - reason I have it on the floor is because I have one of those under seat molded tool bins loaded with gear and no room for an under seat sub (draw bar, straps, tow line, tool kit, you get the drift).

I'm running dual 4 ohm coils wired in parallel to a Rockford Fosgate amp pushing 500rms. It's got about an inch of space between it and the floor. It's designed to be operated that way and puts out excellent quality bass and hits plenty hard for me. Personally I have no desire to "shake my mirror" because I prefer to listen to music that sounds good not just bass blasting everyone around me.

More pics/info in my build thread.

My question was more directed to NAB's install. I'd think the JL 8w3 would pump out enough base if it's installed to let it breath. I've had subs installed under seats positioned to fire up, sound gets absorbed by the seat, you can run them that way and still add some bottom, but it takes quite a bit extra power to really make it sing. Firing downward, sound radiates off the floor.

I once built a real nice set of shallow enclosures to mount a pair of 8" Earthquake Shallow mounts under the front seat of my '69 Chevelle. Bench tested them, sounded great. Installed was horrible, couldn't create enough air space to make them work. Ended up scrapping the whole idea and put an inexpensive JL 12W1v2-4 in a real small box we had laying around installed in the trunk. Sound quality was night and day.

It has a 250w amp built in and yes it does sound great and i am not wanting to knock pictures off of peoples walls haha and i never even thought about the seat absorbing the sound, so once i get in from offshore and get to my truck i will prop it up somehow and make it down fire because it is about an inch if i had to guess away from the seat right now facing up.....i will give some feedback around wednesday or so hopefully after i try it and thanks again everybody