I want a SUNDOWN1500

[ford302redneck 15]

I wouldn't buy either the Hifonics or the AQ and really don't understand at all why anyone thinks differently.

Well, I'd own both of those before I bought some other name brands.

But I doubt that will ever happen.

[JimJ 11]

What other brands? Pyramid? Pyle? That's about all that's left under those

[Adrian_D 520]

Well, the AQ and the Hifonics are the same board. I bet the AQ does use better components than the Hifonics though.

Better components. Funny...

If someone really thinks AQ is diffrent than Hifonics, get me a schematic and we can clear it up.

[acex3a 5]

Not bashing the AQ amps, but I think Sundown is better. IMO.

Thats exactly my thought. I have heard good things about the AQ amps but there has to be a reason they are cheaper, they just aren't built to the tank like standards that the SAZ line is.

To go with your post, I did some digging around and asked a few people. What they found was this:

AQ 2200D:

HiFonics BXi2607D:

Now, these pictures are not close up enough to get exact part numbers of the internal components of these two amplifiers, but take a look at the two pictures and tell me what you see.

i think the colors make all the different blue > browm and the wires are tie wrapped! WTF! .... sundown so worth the extra money ( love my 2 3000s ) nothing wrong with a referb from great company that backs their work with 1 year warrenty

[bose301s 1]

Actually now that I look at it the Hifonics uses larger resistors and if you look at the preamp/input sections they are quite different. Also if you study the main section of the board there are differences albeit quite small.

[duece212 0]

Its all about budget, if you have the money to go new Sundown, you will probably get a better product. If your on a budget the AQ will still get you there. I dug my AQ2200. With Db-r's refurbs in the picture though its pretty much a no brainer if your on a budget. You can get a quality amp at a great price with a 1-yr warranty from the guy that fixes them. Its not like your working through a 3rd party to get an amp fixed like other refurb dealers.

That said I'm stuck between the AQ3500 and a sundown 3000 db-r refurb, hopefully the 3000's come back in stock soon at db-r.

[shizzzon 461]

talk to shizzzon about the aq2200.

Only thing he knows about them, is how to make them go *poof*. He's blown two of them.

Haha, i laughed when i read that.

Yea guys, it's not really time to ask me anything about these amps yet since they've been in and out of my hands for about a month so i don't know a lot about them.

This is the only thing i can tell you if anybody wants anything from my own experience-

The AQ2200D is rated to do 700w @4ohm 14.4v

I was able to get it to do 408w @5.39 ohms 13.2v

I am assuming that's pretty much right on target.

When i do finally get these amps back which is next week, Yea!!!, i am only going to test the amps strapped. I am tired of waiting for these amps so the tests are going to be compared to a strapped pair of SAZ-1500ds since that's what this thread is debatin.

I'll make a whole other topic about this so people can find it easier.

[Raymond Farmer 4]

Not to get off the subject or post dump, but, acex3a has theeeee.....fattest.....and.....most.....entertaining avatar I have every seen!!!!!