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Got an e-mail!!! The amp is now "back together" and is going to receive some hellish testing tomorrow before it comes back my way (hopefully also ships out tomorrow). I responded and asked what was wrong with it. So i'm excited!! It takes 5 days about to ship, so if i'm lucky, i'll get it on saturday! Not going to blow a gasket if i don't. though, what's another few days??

jealous of your vehicle... i wanted one so badly but i got too much snow where i go to school to get one.... one day

So i thought i'd throw in an update. Db-r received the amp on 4/19. on 4/23 i asked if any progress was being made. I received no response so on 4/26 i e-mailed Chris to see what was up only to discover that db-r was doing some moving and other work which made me feel bad. i felt bad even e-mailing Chris cause i knew something like that would be the case. So db-r re-opened yesterday and hopefully i'll get some information from them by tuesday! maybe... what's wrong with the amp to start with!! ha.

This video might answer your question!! so it appears that it's their intent for the holes to not be there, but they are? not sure. But yeah i just drilled mine out.

So ever since i've been trying to set up my new system (see tag), i've had one set back after another. 1.) My BTL magnets were help up in customs (normal) and it took a little longer to get to me. Not a problem, at all. Didn't get under my skin and i was actually very surprised to receive a phone call from Scott on about the 8th business day explaining the troubles. And he included a free sticker pack and shirt!! Great great great guys over at Fi 2.) The battery i wanted, Kinetik HC2400 was out of stock... EVERYWHERE. there was a thread on SSA about it and i chimed in my findings. i waited for about 2 months until i finally decided to go ahead and get another battery. So i order Shuriken bt-120, and when it FINALLY comes to my door (i'll explain that shipping nightmare under 4) i get an e-mail from sonicelectronix saying that the Kinetik is in stock. The day the shuriken gets to my door i get that e-mail. after waiting so long for that battery to be back in stock it decides that day to reach sonicelectronix 3.) Shipping from SonicElectronix for the shuriken and a Boston Acoustic Pro60se system was from hell. Evidently for any order over $500 you have to do a credit card verification thing; which i did not know about. Perhaps it's in their terms of agreement, but seriously? They couldn't have just had a pop-up screen of when i made the order to tell me about the verification? So 6 business days later when Sonics still hasn't given my stuff to UPS, i decide to e-mail them just to clarify that they received my order and all was well. then 2 business days later they finally tell me that i have to do the verification. whether this was in response to my e-mail or it just normally takes them 8 business days to tell me i need to do a verification, i don't care. Either pisses me off. Especially because i have the feeling that if i didn't email them, it would have taken longer to know that i had to do this verification. And when verification time comes, they look up the name of the cardholder and access old public records and ask you questions... well guess what? their "system" wasn't working so they couldn't do that. instead i had to print off this form, fill out the paper work and then scan in a picture of my credit card and driver license onto the page from sonics, then e-mail that page back to sonics. then it takes them 2 business days to process that verification and finally get UPS the package. 10 business days. 2 weeks. 4) then the shipping was all going good to my knowledge. i was told it was one big package. when the package got to Ohio, the UPS tracking thing told me that the address label had been torn off/ripped so the address couldn't be read and they were going to get my address back from sonics. Which they did the next day which and i thought that was excellent. Then i got a big ol' package at my door a few days later and i was very excited!! only to find out that a whole bunch of shit went wrong. First off, there was no Boston Acoustic anything inside that box. only battery. Secondly, in this Huge box (about as big as the one the BTL came in) was the box for the shuriken and then under that, a old box that had been wet and all torn up. The box from shuriken inside the UPS box was also wet on the corners. After some head scratching, i discovered that the ripped up and folded box under the shuriken box was an old UPS box. What had happened (i'm pretty sure) was that UPS sent my battery to the wrong place and it sat outsides someones house and got all wet and then UPS got it back and sent it to me. I got the Boston Acoustics a few day later and everything was right with them. So... if the shuriken really did go to the wrong place which im sure it did, where the HELL did they send the boston's to make them come 2 days after the shuriken? ha. I would have appreciated knowing that it was going to be shipped in two separate boxes and what had really happened. 5) So then i ordered more stuff and had everything i needed so i finally had a need to hook up my alternator which i had for 3 months. only to discover that for the 2004 explorer, ford decided 1/2 way through the production to switch the bolt pattern on their alts. Needless to say, i didn't know that and Iraggi didn't inform me of that so i called them (dominik is his name i think) and he knew exactly what i was talking about. I paid to get it shipped back to him, he paid to have it shipped to me. The whole transaction took... probably 7 business days. 6) so now i was doing some soldering and getting everything set up, and i discovered i needed two more fuses and some more ring terminals. so i hop on the knukonceptz webstie and ordered some. three days later (today!!) the shipment comes. and guess what? my 8 ring terminals aren't anywhere in sight. so i just emailed them. i'm not trying to be impatient, i'm just... fed-up with all the mishaps that have happen. Has stuff along these lines happened to you guys? (beside the BTL thing, i shouldn't even include that, it's more of a shout-out to the great customer service those folks do) And some stuff went normally as planned too. My saz-3000d from db-r came as planned. my wiring from knukonceptz came as planned. my battery isolator came as planned. unfortunately... those are the only things that have gone as planned. so please, share with me if anything like this has happened to you. sorry for writing a book

yeah i would love to check your system out! maybe sometime when mine is actually done... haha

So a few more things to add to this shit list! 1st- The amp doesn't work! I made a thread about it 3 weeks ago or so. So now db-r has it and i'm waiting to see whats up. SAZ 3000-d Protect Mode - SSA Car Audio Forum 2nd- i ordered some wheels for my truck! And guess what? one of them is damaged enough to have to send back!

Welcome!

Where about in Michigan are you located?

Not to jump to conclusions, but it would probably be more beneficial to you if we gave you proper settings on Head Unit + the amplifier. Is that what you're asking? What settings can you manipulate with both your amp and head unit? I think that information would allow people to help you much better!

well... unfortunately you're going to have to do more power upgrades than a capacitor. High output alternator and a 2nd battery are strongly, strongly recommended. You will also need to do the big three (an instruction guide is in this forum under the Technical Info & How To section) unfortunately the items i listed above aren't cheap often. It may be in your best interest to try a lower wattage system. you might be able to get away with 1,500 watts with the big three upgrade. (its a simple upgrade) As for boxes, just go with what Fi says. For my 18 i'm at about 7 ft^3 tuned to around 32 hz. Follow their guidelines more than anyone, they know their subs best.

i got the video clear as day on my end

Yeah everyone else has said it basically. That seems to be a very common combination due to the fact that you can get the AQ for fairly cheap (i'm sure you already know that). Of course the next question is, what are your goals? Sounds like you're going for loud. What are your plans for your electrical system upgrades? (if you don't have any such plans you need to make some, fast.) What vehicle is it going into? What are your plans for a box?

here's the video Nick made of how to do the 9 volt trick. Hope that helped!

#5 is my vote

out of curiosity, how did you end up with them for free? Anything for free sounds good to me

Hey man, Best Buy had my alpine 9886!! And I got them to match internet pricing at sonicelectronix.com! i mean in my opinion it's worth the twenty minutes you will spend there, even if it is Best BUy

I have the Alpine 9886 and personally love it. But i would try going to a local store and checking out some of the stuff they have there. listen to 'em, see how they function. For example, i love the Ipod funtion on the 9886, but i know some people that hate it... not sure why but i guess that's their preference

You won't banned from this forum. Stealth is/was obviously a kicker fan boy and he didn't like hearing the facts: There is most likely a better sub out there for your purpose that you can get just as cheap. People aren't banned for mentioning kicker. that's the dumbest thing i've ever heard. Now if you're trying to make xplod's seem sweet..... maybe. Just kidding. This forum isn't prejudice towards one company. Just the intelligent and well experienced people on here will tell you what they've experienced. And the not-so-intelligent ones give bad advice.

^yeah we need that information. how important is sound quality to you?

Sorry to hear your troubles! But yeah I shipped the amp last night and let me just say... I don't know how they fit the amp in that shipment box. It took my about an hour to get it in with minimal cushioning. I brought the box to my local UPS pick-up station and the lady looked at me like i was crazy. There was tape everywhere, ha. But yeah i'm excited to hear the problem with the amp when they recieve it and even more excited to get it fixed!!

Thanks mac! And maybe it's because my entire build has been problems after problems... so much so i made a thread for them Is This Normal? - SSA Car Audio Forum The Sundown issue will be added on tonight. And it's just that i'm sure it's not their fault. Maybe it was dropped too much during shipping or something. And the pure fact that i got a response so quickly and Chris didn't try to accuse me of anything of anysort made me really fall in love with Sundown. They are by far the best company i've ever had to deal with, ever.

Man i love sundown Customer Service. Got an e-mail back from Chris today. That surprises me. I mean, who checks their work e-mail on a sunday? People with awesome customer service he seemed excited to help and gave me clear directions. Man i'm starting to love that company and i haven't even been able to reek the benefits of their products!

looks fun!

good luck man! at least yours doesn't shoot into protect mode like mine