carlosg_313 Posted May 27, 2012 Report Share Posted May 27, 2012 Case and point. Sundown, DC Audio, Cactus Sounds, Incriminator Audio, American Bass to name a few.. All built in the same Korean buildhouse. All very closely priced in MSRP, MAP, and Team member price. Now lets look at Crescendo. 1/3 the cost. The 3KWP was problematic and than some, smaller inductors, torrids, weaker mosfets. Selling gimmick of the amp was "same as sundown saz3000". Take them apart you will notice for yourself about the parts used. Nail on the head. But like I said, all could be from the same build house, but I would assume they all use different parts on the boards, as Audiofanaticz explain on the windings very well. How do the Japanese feel about bass?You know that since 03/11/11 Progene? I just saw that stuff on CNN. They said it makes your junk shrink all up. lol.im pretty sure the op wont even notice if it gets even smaller. Refs - Pstone11, porksoda, coleman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knowledge Posted May 28, 2012 Report Share Posted May 28, 2012 thats like buying a pair of original Jordan's for lets say $200 u can go to the flea market and get the same pair for $50. they look the same but is the quality, comfort and craftsmanship gonna be the same heck no! REFF'SMy linkEBAYhttp://feedback.ebay...ck&myworld=trueI love car audio so much because I will never be done. I can never win, and I will never get it finished or perfect. It always has me coming back for more, I can never get my fill of it, but I get what I need. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8ight Posted May 29, 2012 Report Share Posted May 29, 2012 Because SoundMagus is an OEM, they make some of Cadence's amps too, notably the Xenith series. You paid mark-up, sucks to suck, deal with it. I'm gonna hate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hippiehittinlows Posted March 9, 2013 Report Share Posted March 9, 2013 I know I am late to the party but I figured I would give my 2 cents anyway. I too bought the Critical Mass ULA2500V2.0 and then saw the Sound magus, Massive N4 and the American Bass Phantom series. I do not have experience in any of the others, but in competition I had the amp clamped and I was ONLY putting out 650 watts at 1.5 Ohm and according to CM I am supposed to be pushing an easy 1900! VERY DISAPPOINTED, especially when I entered in the 2000 watt class and could've stayed in the under 1000 Iam thinking of selling it on eBay and getting a few of the massives ans see what kind of difference it makes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnowDrifter Posted March 9, 2013 Report Share Posted March 9, 2013 I know I am late to the party but I figured I would give my 2 cents anyway. I too bought the Critical Mass ULA2500V2.0 and then saw the Sound magus, Massive N4 and the American Bass Phantom series. I do not have experience in any of the others, but in competition I had the amp clamped and I was ONLY putting out 650 watts at 1.5 Ohm and according to CM I am supposed to be pushing an easy 1900! VERY DISAPPOINTED, especially when I entered in the 2000 watt class and could've stayed in the under 1000 Iam thinking of selling it on eBay and getting a few of the massives ans see what kind of difference it makes!Come on, man. Why bump an almost year old thread? ~~~~~~~~SAY NO TO PHOTOBUCKET~~~~~~~~ Snow's DD-1 tracks here: https://www.stevemeadedesigns.com/board/topic/167433-snows-dd-1-tracks/ My take on OFC vs CCA: https://www.stevemeadedesigns.com/board/topic/110381-things-that-piss-you-off-in-the-car-audio-world/?do=findComment&comment=2461444 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hippiehittinlows Posted March 9, 2013 Report Share Posted March 9, 2013 I am sorry for commenting, if it is wrong then comments should be de-activated or something, and thanks for adding informative opinions of the thread! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel989 Posted March 9, 2013 Report Share Posted March 9, 2013 I know I am late to the party but I figured I would give my 2 cents anyway. I too bought the Critical Mass ULA2500V2.0 and then saw the Sound magus, Massive N4 and the American Bass Phantom series. I do not have experience in any of the others, but in competition I had the amp clamped and I was ONLY putting out 650 watts at 1.5 Ohm and according to CM I am supposed to be pushing an easy 1900! VERY DISAPPOINTED, especially when I entered in the 2000 watt class and could've stayed in the under 1000 Iam thinking of selling it on eBay and getting a few of the massives ans see what kind of difference it makes!Come on, man. Why bump an almost year old thread? He didnt bump this thread He added information nothing wrong Build Log - http://www.stevemead...-cruiser-el-pt/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
99jbfan Posted May 6, 2014 Report Share Posted May 6, 2014 I know this is an old topic but I had to put my two cents in for the guy who is still thinking about buying A Critical Mass Amp. I had a Critical Mass ULA800 in my Suburban but it never sounded as good as I thought it should have so I replaced it with a JBL GTO1004. The JBL sounds much better and is a lot louder all for a fraction of the price of the Critical mass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broke_Audio_Addict Posted May 6, 2014 Report Share Posted May 6, 2014 Theres actually a little bit of a difference to the amps... Look at the size difference in the windings on the torid and inductor. First thing I noticed too. Also the caps have a different brand name on them.Edit- Didn't notice this thread was dug out of the grave though. That being said a lot of people's definition of "music" is a clipped 30 hz sine wave with some 80 IQ knuckle head grunting about committing crimes and his genitals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleezyk Posted August 15, 2017 Report Share Posted August 15, 2017 for that much money you could have got a badass crescendo or sundown anp BOSS Audio FTW! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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