Nice video man!

I vote a custom sub box for the zv6 and a revisit 😊

I like how when people toast their skar equipment its skars fault but when sundown equipment fails they have no problem sayn it was their fault.

Would love to see a box built for that sub . Showcase how the right enclosure makes all the difference.

Pretty disappointed in YOU Parker. I thought you would learn from the 1st review you made on this subwoofer. Your biggest failure is using that tiny box for this massive subwoofer. Your box needed to be increased by nearly 2x. This is why it kept getting stinky and surprised you didnt blow it AGAIN 😆. You got super lucky they fixed it for free as well. ITS THE. LACK OF SIZE IN YOUR BOX THAT CAUSES THIS SUB TO BLOW AND YOU SHOULD GET A LARGER BOX AND THEN DO A 3RD REVIEW. I enjoy your videos but you did this sub no justice on this review...thank you as always!!!

Im surprised that Dave had the time to repair your sub. I had him build me four Sundown X8V3 with his DL Designs upgraded coils, one of them blew the tinsel lead within a few months. I tried contacting him several times, using several different methods but never got a response. I ultimately had to pay to get it repaired. I am not knocking Sundown or the subs that Dave builds but I cannot recommend him due to poor customer service and not honoring his warranty. I wish people would take pride in their work and take care of their customers.

Loving the content dude. It is possible to build one large enclosure with a tuneable port that you can use for all drivers. Give it a 15” cutout and then you only have to make a baffle for each driver that you can attach to the enclosure cutout. If you build a 4-5 cu.ft. enclosure you can then use various measured sizes of wood (attach to interior walls of enclosure with Velcro to ensure no movement) or XPS foam. Whatever you use needs to be solid/closed cell so that a 1 cu.ft. block for example actually acts as a 1 cu.ft. block when compressed by air. You can also use an external port to adjust tuning for each driver. Varying lengths of 3-4” piping. This will allow you to test each driver in the optimum box/port combination. What you’re currently doing is fun to watch, but not a fair representation of what each driver is capable of. Keep up the good work my dude!

if i were competing, totally worth the money with it holding up to some slight over power and bass burps. but for an daily driver, i think there are other subs in the lower 500.00 range for that. Great video as always!

As much as you spend on the high tier subs, I know you can just build a bigger single sub box. Then everyone can really see what these subs can do

When is an Fi sub going to make an appearance on this channel 👀

It didn't blow because the box was too small. Smaller boxes actually allow subs to handle power better, bigger boxes make them easier to blow because of less control.

Do a free air 5 minutes RMS torture test at 40hz. For a $900 worth of sub, it should survive and backup its reliability.

Have you thought about trying a Pride subwoofer? I know they are very expensive.

I need a playlist of the songs so I can bump 😂😂

Yeah man if like to see you build a box for this beast!

Remember to invert the gasket when you invert the sub for a proper seal Parker! 😀

it's a gnarly sub for sure, but I think your opinion at the end is pretty spot on, the X series is super close to it now with the v3 especially. Good bang for your buck with the X and the Z is more for the extreme end of the spectrum.

I love these sub reviews but we are missing some huge factors when it comes to results for them. 1 being the relation between the sub and the port. That is why we get results like this that are less than exciting.

Dave Lieb is the man!!! One of if not thee best sub builder there is, I own a pair of Dave Lieb Designs upgraded Sundown X12's and they're absolutely insane! I broke my sunroof on my Lincoln mkx on only 3k with the two 12's them things are violent 👊💪🔊🔊🔊

I’d love to meet this dude one day. He said the sundown manufacture place was close to him and it’s about 30 minutes from me I’ve been there aswell.

No joke about working with such a heavy sub...my DB-412 weight 95lbs each....about crushed my finger tips a couple times...and just getting them in my truck was tough..let alone pulling them in and out while messing around with my setup

Can you review a deaf bonce 3512 and compare it to a 3012r and a xv3

I'd buzz if parker actually got a sundown sponsorship. they are the best 12 inch subs for sure. "that ive heard and felt to date"

Hey Parker, really interested in hearing the 12" Onyx from Resilient Sounds. Every thought about testing one of these?

Can you please start including the qts numbers they are very important and I feel it’s a determining factor when choosing subs

Saw the thumbnail and thought it was Banjo from Flair’s KZfaq channel

Great example of when a guy says all you have to do is invert the subwoofer, give it more airspace in its enclosure and it will be louder. Inverting is not always the answer

That sub definitely has alot of potential, especially with the right enclosure. Maybe even close to a 150 db...

Parker, great content! You were really pushing that sub! What's the chances of you doing a video similar to this on the nightshade v5?? Have you given testing that sub out any thought?

So you think that box was too small and when u blew the dc audio level 5 the box was too big ? I really think your frying the subs with your Brazilian amp u got there ?

Awesome review man, had my headphones on and could feel the bass from that zv6 🎧😎

Parker let's trie out the 20.000 rms taramp amplifier with 4-15"d1 punishers

What you think about the sound quality of this sub? Jonathon Price said in a video that some people compete in sound quality with these subs which I find hard to believe as I never seen it. But would be nice to have a big sub that does sound really good and accurate instead of sounding sloppy like most all the subs do.

Damn i gotta get the box for mine built! Thanks for posting these motivational video's for me Parker! Two SAZ-1500 anniversary editions should get it moving in my Ranger

Can you imagine 6 of those Sun downs replacing the six in your big box? Wow. Good video Parker. Where was bass head kitty?? Lol

I totally agree with you I've been saying it for years there's no reason for those subs to be at that price when everybody else is making subs a fraction of the price and gives you the same results

Wow, so the skars you tested did the same for a 1/4 of the price? A single evl 12 can get 144.4 for $200

Can you review something off Fi?

I just have a 10" sundown x v2 in a high output enclosures built by Dave Marin. I'm using a sundown sia 3500. I'm good with that 😀🇺🇸

Your box is too small... Your port area is wayyyyy to small and the tuning needs to be lower. Build a new box for it to watch it shine Parker.

Put it in the right box and that tip about getting into a wreck is priceless

Good cinematography… your getting better and better at this stuff, love your vids and review knowledge

Does it rise like a mofo? As I understand it, having a massive motor results in more rise?!

Yo Parker bro you should do a 18inch review for the one time man.

The same box he blew it in lol nice!

I just bought one but what is all that rattling sound?sub,box,suv,or a little of each? I personally think you need a bigger box so I’m getting a 2.5 cubic ft box built after displacement.

One day, when my electrical is up to par lol. Love the intro to this video!

Literally felt the intro in my soul

This sub deserves one of our Wizard Industries EBS115 enclosures; a night and day difference!!

Hey Mr. Parker....I love the sundown subs, currently I'm running a 12' Sundown Xv3 reconed with the ZV6 Spider & ZV6 8 Layer Coil so its like 85%-90% a ZV6...These subs like around 2.75 cubic feet minus port area, that's what I have mine at and mines tuned to 33hz, so I would build a whole different box for this subwoofer, and do another review, that way it can show everyone how much the right box for this type of subwoofer will make it come alive!!

I'd love to see this put up against the Sundown N/s 12

I've only seen one of these once in person. One beautiful subwoofer and massive!

Loving the skits. They definitely are always fun to see.

I hit 145.5 at 59 hz with my single 12 zv6 on a salt 4 in a 6th order

Apparently no one heard these subs in action before in the right enclosure but I’m here to tell you I’ve heard them and they get down!!

Skar is for the people. They understand that not everyone has bank

The boy JP was a friend of mine til I caught him in my car trying to steal my Alpine

Let's see this vs the Deaf Bonce 3512R!!!

I was waiting for that Subwoofer to blow again 😂🤣😂

This sub is for hitting lows more than getting as loud as possible

All these large-roll subs are pigs with those long coils and heavy surrounds... 400g Mms. Moral of the story, if you actually intent to play music (targeting 35Hz+) you're better off with a conventional surround with less moving mass like a DC XL SPL or a Sundown U. With correct box loading there is no need for 40mm of xmax for bass extension as the f3 is dictated by motor force (qts) and volume. All these large-stroke subs are mainly good for

I’m about 20 min from Sundown HQ lol we must stay close

My 15in Skar VXF in a Gately 3.5 box sounds so much better though...you know, because it's in a Gately 3.5 box that matches the box size and port size recommendation from Skar. Port size and cubic ft...you gotta use the right box for each sub. Get the recommendation for thos from the sub manufacturer. Too many guys just plopping sub after sub in the same box thinking the sub size is all that matters. I also EQ with a Mini DSP 2x4HD. Learned about that with my HT subs. Even so...900 bucks no thanks.

My team mate has a pair of Resilient Sounds Platinum 12s running a 150.1 at the headrest on 2443 watts at 34Hz in the trunk. They sound good and take some abuse. RS FTW

Who would have thought that reducing the volume of the huge box would help. Someone tell Parker that box displace matters. A smaller box will help with power handling too Parker. It's physics bother. Too large of a box is basically like free air providing no support for the subs suspension

Coming soon: Parker doing 6 Zv6 12s 😂

The box what you using for testing is optimised for Sundown X12 V2, then of course it have the biggest chance that it will be the loudest - and obivously in your case it was up to date. I'm not saying that it is wrong, just not as accurate SPL results as it could be, because the subs you tested, had not equal chances, because of a box what is not optimal for them - maybe for some close, but not optimal. I mean with this, in my opinion 1 of DeafBonce or American Bass, or Skar sub maybe would outperform the X12 V2 in a proper box made for them, but maybe not... I think this Z easily will outperform the X V2 in a box optimised for it, so yeah, I would like to see it in a proper box. And also an idea: custom boxes made for your best subs. My case: I have a Gladen RS-X 6.5 sub, I made a custom ported box optimised for it's TS parameters from the specs sheet like almost everybody doing when designing a custom box for a sub with not the manufacturer's recommended box specs. I found out that a Sundown X6.5 have similar shaped transfer function graph curve in any box like that Gladen sub, even their peaks are at the same freq in any box in a same listening enviroment, so I compared them with simulations: I simulated the X6.5 in the Gladen's box, and the Gladen was louder by few tenths of dB at the peak + up to 3-3.5 dB off from the peak on it's RMS power (250 W) like the X6.5 on it's RMS power (300 W), but the X6.5 not reached it's xmax, the Gladen just touched it's xmax, because for X6.5 is acceptable a bigger net volume box. After this I designed a custom box for the X-6.5, the X-6.5's peak was louder like the Gladen's in the Gladen's box, and also simulated in the X6.5 box both drivers, had the same transfer function differences like I wrote down just before on their RMS powers. But Gladen overpassed it's Xmax, so, I needed reduce the power for it in simulations, and after that obivously X6.5 became much louder like the Gladen at the peak, even Gladen was quieter at the peak like in it's box, but still a tiny bit louder off from the peak like the X6.5, just now I can't prove this with real tests, because Sundown's stuff is 1 - hardly avialable in my country, or 2 - it is way too expensive mainly because of shipping payments and similar things... So, in any means, boxes optimised for the given drivers giving always the best results like for me: Gladen outperforms X6.5 in a box made for Gladen, because the Gladen box is a bit small for the X6.5, and X6.5 outperforms the Gladen in a box optimised for X6.5, because the X6.5 box is too big for Gladen, and even X6.5 outperforms the Gladen at the peak freq when both are simulated in their boxes = both subs have very similar sounding, Sundown is somewhat louder, but needs a bigger space, Gladen is somewhat more musical/daily, and needs a smaller place...maybe there's something similar reason why all (mainly "flaghip") subs you tested were quieter like the X12 V2 - maybe for some of them is a need for a bigger box because it's not using the driver's max output potential, or some of them is a need for a smaller box because the drivers starting to have bigger excursion at 70 percent of Bl on smaller power like in an optimal box... Or let's say even if the X12 V2 is truely the loudest, but I think the order from 2nd place downwards would be different for sure.

That thing is choking. Chaffing like crazy..Build a damn box man!

its just amazing that you have had problems with two of the most expensive subwoofers

I have a x12 v3 on sia 3500 always wonder if I would gain much by switching to a zv6

Buddy you need twice the box you got for that monster and that sub is a 6th order bandpass monster. It will go hard in a 4th order too but 6th order will make it go bonkers. That 1 sub is a 150 db all day sub in that truck with that amp

I want to see Sacrilegium 1 by Zeal & Ardor on one of those! It would be pretty brutal

It's more expensive than my Deaf Bonce Apocolypse DB-SA412 that I bought on clearance for $750 each...probably could have got something crazy for that price at Robotunderground if I had been willing to wait but at least it made me step up my electrical for the major power I needed to run the things...my wife says I'm out of control with my car audio addiction....she just doesn't understand

The Qts Was .39. Usually Subs Under .40 Don't Need A Whole Lot Of Volume For Thier Enclosure. Not Sure If It Correlates With Why Sub Was Louder With Motor In Box. What Kinda Shows The Box Isn't Ideal Is Your Impedance Rise. It's Only Going From .5 To 2.2Ish. My Subs Rise From .5 To 5.8 Ohms A Little Past Box Tuning Hz. Alot Of SPL Guys Rise Even Higher. Oh And Was That Noise When You We're Playing Free Air Just Air Rushing By The Enclosure Opening Or Was That Suspension Creaking/Hissing?

They need to build them better for 900 bucks, you should be able to push them that hard on clean power... What's the point of all that Xmax if you can't push it to the point where you can use all of it without it gettin stinky, It would be cool if you could review the em audio 3k and 5k or even some of the psi platform 5 and 4 with the upgraded options.. I love sundown and what they do, but I think those brands above offer a better value, even the Savard high output subwoofers like the ho12. Which is like 450 but handles 2k every day.

Hey parker, if you still have this zv6, maybe you could do the free air 5 minute test.

Hey Jacob, great vids, I’m thinking about getting x4 sundowns or db’s what do u recommend

Love the videos bro! In your opinion, having tested a ton of subs, what 12" woofer is the loudest under $400?

yeeeeh man Buzzin bass head time. whoooooooooooo!

Nice! I'm about to play with my zv5s soon. Beast subs.

I try not to feed into the negativity but why does everyone hate Skar audio so much? 🤔

Would you recommend the fi Team v3 or the Zv6 Sundown, I want an honest answer please...

Keepin coming, next 18" but, not to soon! Make us wait ✋️ 😂😂😉

I thought the golden rule is clean power. I saw numerous times where your amp clipped. What gives Parker? Do as I say not as I do?

i like that sub moves when you played coca cola

Why do most subwoofers have a sensitivity rating in the 80’s ? Isn’t a sensitivity rating in the 80’s pretty loud or is it quiet for a subwoofer ?

6:50 Mi Casa FTW!!!!

Need a a better 12” box my man! Something meant for these monster 12” subs!

Parker, I watch all of your videos & I notice you don't do any reviews on any Resilient Sounds Subwoofers. I would love to see some testing on them as well as some head to heads between Sundown & Resilient Sounds subwoofers. Just an idea. I'm about to upgrade my single 12 to a single 15" & I'm torn between Sundown, Resilient sounds, & Fi. I love all 3. 😂🤷‍♂ Nice video tho. Keep the content comin bro.

You are lacking on port area for that sub, what is the overall dimensions for that enclosure you put it in? Not all 2.5 cubic foot enclosures have the same external or internal dimensions.

That intro was great. Had me laughing.

I have a couple of Ampere Audio Encore 12” subs. You should get one of those n do a review. Curious to see what they can handle.

Sundown Monster Lows!!!!!🦺👍

I've been running a Zv5 15" as a daily for about 18 months. In a 4.25 box tuned to 33hz on a Synergy 3.1. Sub still sounds great, just not the best sound quality as the box is pretty peaky.

You've really gotta try a DD AUDIO sub dude

How much wattage did it peak at for 145.3 score? Seeing if it's fair comparison to that EM sub you put 11 thousands watts. Oh you said 5000 watts. Could it handle more than that?

Would you recommend 2 sundown sa v2 10s. I’m looking at those or resilient sounds gold 10 or b2 riot 10s. Which one would you recommend

Hey Parker, from your experience what are the “MUST HAVES” with DIY systems? As in the gadgets you use to measure power, hz, dB, etc. I installed my 1st system, basically half assed tuning and would like to get it proper before doing more. Thanks!

Any thoughts on doing amp reviews to see if one pushes harder than another one like Korean vs Brazilian

Love your show bro..can you stick with the low rent subs..most of us can't afford to get $900 subs....😮😮keep on booooming baby..