Five Channels and 1800 watts? Sundown SFB-1800.5D Amp Dyno Test and Review [4K]
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- Опубліковано 7 жов 2024
- #AmpDyno #Sundown #CarAudio
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Today we are taking a closer look at Sundown's latest five channel amplifier, the SFB-1800.5D. This amp is rated to deliver:
200x4 plus 250x1 at 4 ohms
300x4 plus 500x1 at 2 ohms
or 1000x1 at 1 ohm (sub channel only)
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Big D you are the man!!!!! I been begging Derrick to do the amp dyno on this one! Haven’t even watched the video yet and I already liked it!
He did some screenshots of his test a while back.
@@wal somehow I missed them. Oh well my favorite UA-cam personality did the video I been waiting on for a good while
EXCELLENT video man!
I’m hoping to afford doing that to my jp23 I never see clipping I see voltage drop ha ha ha
All of the EXO clips made me smile!
That clipping like one the remote is on point with the dyno
It is fo sho!
Wow, it's been a long time since I heard an amp actually producing audible sound within the amp itself.
What exactly you mean by this? I think I understand what you're saying because I'm pretty sure my Memphis Audio viv900.5 does it. I was setting. My gains a few weeks back using an oscilloscope and all speakers was disconnected from the amp but I could still somehow hear the test tone slightly.
I'm a big fan of a nice 5 channel amp that does good power. If this Amplifier is reliable, it's a great choice for most people. Great price for an amp that can do everything in 1 small package. Get 2 sets of components for the doors and run a single SA 15 in a ported box for bass, and thats an amazing stereo setup for most peoples daily driven vehicles.
Thank you for the "5 channel frenzy". Still kindly waiting for the Taramps DS1200 or DS800 5ch. Older models but always buzzing in the community. Much love!
It's kinda crazy. Never intended to do so many 5ch amps! I have like 4 more of them, but going to do something else next
@@wal Great, Thanks
I can't wait for you to do the testing on JP's new amps much respect we all know down4sound amps are going to outperform box rated output thank you Derek
And down4sound bass knobs straight fire🔥🔥🔥 one of the best bass knobs out
Nice to see JP going old school and Rating at 12V or under rating which ever you call it..
@@niceguytim3337You mean the Bluetooth bassknobs that have constant connectivity issues? I sent my jp83 in to get the Bluetooth module repaired and when I got it back it still didn't work. Switched to a sundown salt8 and I'm much happier. The bass knobs are my biggest gripe about the JP amps.
Literally, $343.00 RIGHT now!! Llike they saw this review and dropped the price even more!!
Yeah that timing was 👌
@@wal I've been thinking about this amp for a build in my wife's car my plans are this amp on three sa 8's on the sub side what do you think about that?
@@19donnie77 2 8s with this amp
Wish I would have grabbed one maybe during the sale. I went a different way but I needed more power anyway.
Sundown always coming through...just saw the end and well as long as you don’t push it that hard! Lol. Thank you for this video
Please keep making videos about these 5 channel digital amps!!! I'm in search for the perfect 5 channel digital amp, and I really appreciate your videos! They are helping greatly! Thank you
Thanks brother! I have like 4 or so more 5ch amps, but I'm changing it up for the next few vids. Also don't forget to check out my 2nd channel at WheelieWilliston.com as I'll have extra amp tests there as well.
They're not digital
@@Carl_Jr my bad I meant to say "D series" amps
@@JS-wc4xs Yeah. It's easy to get confused. LoL
Trust me. I do it often. 👍
@@Carl_Jr stupid auto correct
I’m just happy that I got the memo!!
😂
That clip of soundman n exo had me bout fall over lmfao so was not expecting that! F-ing excellent big D! K back to the rest of the video, ya, that does suck man sorry. Didn't get that memo like myself. Don't be too upset though, fullbridge blow up all the time. CRAZY power outa that thing though, crrrazy power. Excellent video as always Derek thanks for making my weekend with it. Hella dope brothman, Hella dope.
Thanks brother Kasey. I just want to share some data and make the video fun. Glad you liked it and thanks for supporting on Patreon!
@@wal it is, and has truly been my pleasure. Im due for a raise which will benefit us both. Made up my mind and picked up the synergy wfo 5.1. Thing is destroying my car. Got 152.3 db on the kick Saturday. It is seriously painfully loud. Thanks for all you do brotha
Good Lord! I've been out of the Car Audio scene for awhile. This thing makes as much power as my old PPI Power Class 4100 and 1400 surf board amps
I've been looking for a big 5 channel and this is it🤗.Thanks Big D Wizzz🔈🔉🔊🙉😖🤯📈💣💥
Check link in video description or pinned comment as it’s currently on sale
Nice amp, I always been a fan of 5 channels. Idk if it is a coincidence, but I’ve noticed on these full bridge amps that from certified to uncertified to dynamic that there isn’t much increase like the Korean amps put out. The numbers are still impressive especially for the size and on some their prices.
Awesome ! That amp is a beast ! Thanks big D for another dope 5 ch amp test. To bad you blew it up lol
Good job keeping the language clean D
She let the magic smoke out! The old Korean's would take 7v @ .025ohm, suppose that's the trade off for FB.
It does over rated though and probably reliable too.
Thanks for taking one for the team Big D.
He told someone else here, that Sundown is making it right. Which is awesome of them since it is their screw up anyways... You tell a bass head that 4 channels are 1ohm stable for 400+ Watts, you know there's going to be 6" subs hooked to the 4 channels.
That thing is a beast. And fantastic price.
Great amplifier to power my Tweeters, Midranges and Midbass. And the Taramps for my sub-Bass.
Wait a minute. My shed runs on solar and uses car batteries...I can setup a car stereo in my shed! I’ve been living a lie this whole time!!!!! I need to make my shed bump!!’
Your neighbors be like, "damn that shit bumpin!"
@@elesjuan that’s the plan!
@@elesjuan do some flush mount water proof speakers on the walls and light em up!
Great vid as always, nice to start my week!
Yeah boi the amp i been waiting for 😎😎😎😎
Fo sholo
Thats some speaker controll, awesome damping on the movement there !@!
Awesome review! This would be a great sq system, concert sound. Great video!
Thanks for watching and commenting!
Tony Damore explains how this happens and that is why he places EMI filters at the input of his amplifier as well as at the output of the amplification, a bad design or bad calculation in the filters causes this kind of noise.
can You please post a link to that video ?
@@TS_sound There's a video of Steve Mead talking to his buddy from D'amore engineering Where he discusses this issue
Pop goes the weasel LOL! I love the end this was a great video. Great amp and it almost servived that last test.
I watched this video and immediately bought the amp. I swapped from a 4-channel and monoblock over to this one in order to save space. This amp is so damn noisey! It's got great power but the ground noise is brutal. I'm hoping I just got a defective unit and D4S doesn't give me a hard time about replacing it.
any idea how to fix that wilson audio labs said the same thing about it in the test
@@jerongoodin8869 Its odd, I've had a dozen different amps in this car and none have had any ground noise at all. This si the only one. I added ground loop isolators to my RCA cables and it eliminated 95% of the noise. Its fine for now, but I ultimately won't keep the amp. Its just not that clean. Its sounds... fine? Just not as clean as my AB amps.
I needed to temporarily replace a couple of huge, power hungry amps for a short period of time and this fits the bill.
Its light weight, really powerful, and super efficient. If SQ is not your main objective, this amp is awesome for the price.
@@scottjames3698 ya I wanted it for my mustang to run. The whole system and save some space
Love seeing Doug!! Dude cracks me up
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slew rate or damping factor, are they listed? what are they hiding?
i needs help finding a desktop amp for under $300 that can do 300+ watts and look pretty on my huge desk can u find 1 i doubt u can trying to replace my dieing kenwood km209 that im using for a subwoofer amp cause all u care about are 12 volt audio equipment u dont care about us
can u do the sfb8000d and amp draw.... apex have it on sale
Jo you need to test jbl club a1kw 600 watts 4ohm 1000 watt 2 ohm rms
Great Video Dude!
great video this is a sweet lil beast! Im still using the 705 reference
Send that amp to Ampgutz big d, I will fix it complimentary, or for a shout out. We are in Boone NC
Thanks man but I returned it and the video shown. I’ll keep you in mind for future repairs. We visit Boone occasionally do you have a physical location?
No, out of my house. I started repairing amps three years ago after my three year old son was diagnosed with leukemia, to make extra money.
I really wanted to talk to you about doing a car audio show in Boone to raise money for pediatric cancer. My good friend Parker Dechille who is a UA-camr and my neighbor thinks it would be a good idea.
@@jeldred80 So you are the one that takes all Parkers beat box noise and endures it....
The music is coming through a capacitor! Look up "singing capacitors"! Sort of common with smd capacitors
Singing caps 😳
Look it up....I'm serious!
Now THAT is a proper 5 channel!
Still not fully sold on the full bridge amps.. They make awesome power but seem a little fragile.. Great vid!
Love the soundman and exo clips😅😅😅😅😅😅
Yay!!! Amp dynoes forever!!!
👌😬👍
Great video, hopefully you can test the sounddigital evo 8k soon , live the show big d Wizz
Thanks for watching and commenting!
lmao!. you put Doug and exo in the video...too funny!
Said he need to jump into the bass van build off. Do it old school style
Gotta get my boyz in there
Awesome content I love you videos man keep it up sorry about the amplifier
It’s all good, they replaced it. I actually showed the newer one in the tests
@@wal I'm glad man they send you a new one keep up the awesome job
@@jaimebadillojrjbj Yeah man, since they didn't put the memo's in the box with the amp, I think it's fair to say they accepted the TPS report without the cover sheet.
Man I wish kicker bass knobs had a clipping indicator. Still love my cxa1800.1
Big D , thanks for this video I'm actually buying this Amp I hope it lasts for 10yrs at least found one for $350 brand new I hope that's a good deal
I would skip it and get the D4S JP95 instead
@@wal I do like that Amp but my audio dealer does layaway. I doubt down 4 sound does LAYAWAY 😂
@@wal so you don't think the SD SFB 1,800 / 5 is a good Amp for $350 ????
Man I wish this had been out a few years ago. I love 5 channel amps, they are a great space efficient solution instead of using two amps. I had a single cab truck and having only one amp was so much easier.
If I still had that truck, this amp would have been in it
Great video
Big D you fixing to jump into the bass van build off? 😝 Dougals is gonna get you.
I ain’t skeered. I’ll throw in prefab boxes and do 190’s
@@wal I think you are scurd!
We won't you to do review about this amplifier dyno test ( NVX ) VAD11005 1100W Full Range Class D 5-Channel
I love how all these amps put a D to honor you
The amp loves dat music so much it's singing along 😀
that's it! Sad but True!
Coolest channel on UA-cam
At least the biggest dummy channel on UA-cam, that's confirmed
@@wal 😭😭🤣🤣😂🤣
Wasn't all Sundown made in the U.S.A at one point? Another goes offshore like so many before it: Pyle, Eclipse, Fosgate, Kicker (Stillwater Designs), etc.
Great video.....BUT.... on that amp dyno the power switch is backwards lol....my OCD made me notice you flip switch down for on and up for off .....I would need to swap that around or I wouldn't be able to sleep at night....keep up the good work
Wow....a very impressive amp at the price. Tough choice between this and the D4S JP95.
I’d go JP95. This is an affiliate link but I truly believe the JP95 is better lddy.no/zhgz
Great stuff! Oops, not the foam, but the footage! We hadn’t seen Flir footage in a while. You still got it? I like the pretty colors!
BOOM diggity! Nice single amp solution. No efficiency #s this go around? Shame she popped, but it was fun while sitting lasted 👍👍
Wow vary nice! I running one of those dual 4 channel amps that were tested and a older kenwood Exelon kac-x812d but thinking of selling both and getting a 5 channel like this
Nice info like it a lot
That a bad ass amp big d love the videos
5 channel rated at 678 2ohm , compared to my pioneer 5 channel rated at 520 ar 2ohms my pioneer is way louder bass or maybe is bass boosted . Maybe got a bad 1.but bought 2 of these amplifier SFB-1800.5D. Now they stored in closet
Awesome review. A mechanics stethescope would let you locate that noise.
Finally both a 5 channel power enough and cheap enough that I can get to replace my 2 amp situation.
don't do it... keep your amps sep... you'll be sorry
@@chuckholmes2075 at less than $350 shipped I will take the "risk". Thanks though
@@MTGEDH naaa i'd rather buy quality now and never have to worry about it breaking when i need it most. my Fosgates are tough and are nearly 10 years old and still cranking... not my fault you're broke and can't afford a real amp. see I work and Own an IT/IS company so spending money is of little concern to me
@@chuckholmes2075 just because you want to waste your money doesn't mean everyone does. I choose not to spend my money frivolously but you do you big baller. I bet you are so cool at parties where you can try to bribe the people you meet to be friends with you. LOL what a simp!
@@MTGEDH poor little broke princess.... did my comments hurt your wittle feelers? HEY IT'S A PITY PARTY... 1-2-3 AAAAWWWWWW
Hows the sound quality on this amp
Big d they got a 2 channel 3,800 watt amplifier on wish I want you to test out. It's made by wudi and if it's good ima buy some in bulk because I'm opening up a budget car audio shop. For people wanting systems on a budget. The model # for the amp is c-236. Really would appreciate it. You the man bigg D WIZZ
not a real stable amp huh? where's that protection circuit? I've heard a lot of real world bad stories about their full bridge amps... I'll stick to my Fosgate
Just don’t run it under recommended load and you’ll be fine. I didn’t get the memo
@James Noneya WELL PUT AND SAID CORRECTLY :)
Yea not a fan of whatever protection circuitry this thing has for that kind of price. I guess I'm spoiled by pro-audio gear where part of the functional testing is to dead short the outputs at full output lol.
The protection circuit in SFB amps is a firecracker. Things are made for cheap power and there are definitely compromises made.
110% agreed
these seem like junk to me
ill stick to rockford fosgate as well man!!!! they just will not die ever lol
Im gonna mount mine in the center of the dash to help with the center image!
oh snap. Free tweeter with amp
thats incredible thanks this show
Thanks for watching and commenting!
I did not expect it to blow up 😂
The clip @ 3:50ish is Golden..
The guy riding the woofers was funny
This should be interesting. Cheers
Yessir!
Bass knob is identical to the one that came with my orion 5k amp.
Could you do a Audio Apex CAB-22 I was lucky enough to catch the pre order sale on it and I have personally been blown away by the performance, sound quality, and power output of this amp (which I paid $200 for then after shipping and yada-yada was $237) and if you ask me.....WAY UNDERPRICED! *For example it's rated 1600watts rms @ 2ohms and so far my highest measured output was 1737watts @ 2ohms and the lowest I've seen it out out was 1594 watts rms sundown unofficials youtube did a dyno test buy you go more in depth then anyone else and I feel you'll like the amp soooo PLEASE!!!!! LOL
Do it go boom doe? I guess you answered that @16:04, LOL. Pity that it didn't go into protection instead. But that's some serious power in a small package....
Yo BigD, Could you test a massive audio BP1000.1 v2 please? would love to know how it performs as i have one and can't find any dyno tests! Great video btw!
Ayeeee!!! And just like good ole full bridge tech it smokes when you actually push it. I'll stick with my salt amp. I paid up for a reason🤷🏻♂️i mean whatever happened to protection circuitry?
Glad i got the memo tho
NICE!!!
I just watched the one where the mcintosh amp blew up too, it's a weird coincidence that the so called "good" amps are the ones that blew up.
I REALLY Appreciate your Vids ! Since you have a relationship with so many of these Brands, maybe you could Advise them to include COMPLETE Specs on their websites ! Absolute pet peeve… companies that have so Little motivation, to be thorough (and Without TYPOS) on their sites.
Sundown for example …. HORRIBLE product Details ! Don’t respond to Inquiries.
D’Amore …. Don’t respond to Inquiries
Down4Sound … similar + Many typos; and comp,etc inability to respond to tech inquiries.
I realize that I’m from a generation where Professionalism MATTERS, it seems to me that you might be, as well.
I'm kind of a stickler for that too, but I haven't updated my own website in many years so I don't have much ground to stand on. That said, I don't sell any products, just provide videos for entertainment and information...
wish i had access to this info back when i was an enthusiast.......
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You buy this one on ebay?
The 50 dollar Blaupunkt amp is looking pretty good after I watched this.
Damn man you would of had everyone in a Nascar audience cheering when you blew it up.. lol
Sweet amp
Exo 😂
That's my boi!
The subs were jumping out of the box on the strait bass test. But very tame excursion on the full range portion of the video. try the bass knob on the full range audio portion of the do it bump doe. See it the subs try to run off. Lol.
For the full range tests I wanted balanced sounds and that was the purpose of those demo songs
@@wal i suppose i was expecting the subs to be working harder in that portion of the audio test. It seemed as if it was just the bookshelf speakers playing. If that was the intent, and you said it, sorry i didn't know. I was listening to the video through a home theater set up. So it was a very drastic difference. It just appeared as if the amplifier just couldn't cut the mustard. Lol.
300W @ 2ohm for channels 1-4...is 300W an excessive amount of power for midrange/tweets? I feel like that amount of power would shatter ear drums, no? Agree or disagree that 75W is sufficient power for (loud) door/dash speakers?
Please test the new Crescendo Symphony amps next. I think they went with the Brazilian design on those too
Those are half bridge Class D.
I ordered one after watching this video, I live in Australia so the wait will be several weeks but sub boxes, wiring, speakers, and general beautification of the install needs to be completed so not in a rush. My only other option was the Alpine X-A90V X-Series amp and for output along with crossover options and for basically the same price the SFB-1800.5D is a no brainer, imo.
Thanks for the review Big D.
One question, amp has no fuses, what is the go with that? Very different from my experience, would the fuses have saved the amp from the 1ohm mistake?
How did it go?
@@davidtappe5337 Mid install had to move due to termite damage repairs on the property, hoping to complete the install soon.
The remote knob reminds me of my pac knob
It's dope on a rope
I want one!!
I'm confused, when You running the dyno on the sub channel@2ohms,is the 4channel part of the amp pulling power aswell?... Sorry Im just trying to figure out the efficiency of this amp running@2ohms with all 5 channels running/playing together
Test our the Toro Tech R2 monoblock amp (Not the MR2 micro amp)
similar to what happened to my sfb 1500 but it was louder than that. was a good amp till then I do miss it but idk if ill ever get one again currently running a taramps hd3000
The part where it blowed up, it was running 1 ohm per 4ch and 2 ohms on the sub resistive. Brutal and not recommended. I didn’t get the memo until after the oops
@@wal Lol...it happens
RJ11 connection to connect the bass knob cool
Too bad the amp didn't go into protection in time. Sundown need to look into this issue for sure.
Sundowns high level also works as a subsonic
U should test the planet audio big bang bb4 1200.4 that little amp looks good ,nice amp guts tiffany style rcas class d
I love it
Yeah boi
U should test the Sundown Salt 1700.5
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