Sonus amplifiers

[Ryan_0190]

Hi audio gurus,

Any feedback on the sound quality of the enigma line?

Do you know an audio shop that sells these amps from the north side of q.c?

Thanks

[jhnkvn]

Sonus is basically a home-cooked brand from three/two of Philippines' largest car audio shops. It's a collaboration work from JC Audio, BluePrint, and Mickeys Autosound I believe. So what they did is that they specified the circuitry design and let somebody from China/Taiwan work on them. You can say they're a split copy of Malaysia's Harmotech which also employs the same outsourcing work and amplifier chassis (yun parang DLS Ultimate amplifiers and Ground Zero SQ amps)

As for how it sounds, well Reo's Altis has already won accolades in EMMA Philippines while sporting 3 Enigma amplifiers. You shouldn't worry about the sound since the gut internals are good. Nowadays, the problem I see is that amplifier circuitry design is getting more and more generic so nawawala na yun importance of good circuitry design as you can simply copy a schematic over the internet. This is good for the consumer as it drives down costs a lot but for car audio veterans kakamiss na yun time before.

I'm not sure if DAWG Audio sells these. Go ask around nalang. If not, you can always purchase it from the big shops naman e.

[Ryan_0190]

Thanks for the reply,

Wow so proven na pala

Yeah, actually kaya ako naintrigue kasi based dun sa spec nya sa website ng sonus, very powerful and the internal parts are very solid... Do you think its still underated at 4x100?

another question is, how much is the retail for the 4 channel amp?

I'll try calling mickeys kung meron sila, pero gonna wait for the weather to clear up...

[jhnkvn]

Thanks for the reply,

Wow so proven na pala

Yeah, actually kaya ako naintrigue kasi based dun sa spec nya sa website ng sonus, very powerful and the internal parts are very solid... Do you think its still underated at 4x100?

another question is, how much is the retail for the 4 channel amp?

I'll try calling mickeys kung meron sila, pero gonna wait for the weather to clear up...

No, it's rating output is accurate so it's neither underrated or overrated.

The retail is 16,500php I believe. I really can't say that internal parts are solid -- I mean the amplifiers competing in this range (Sands Davids, DC 120.4, etc.) use almost the same parts and all. Powerbass ASA600.4 with 100x4 has dual power supplies too -- a rarity at its price range of 13,000php as almost everything in this price range has only one.

I'm actually very pro-Sonus Enigma. However I'll raise my doubts na sa Europhia which retails around 60k na. The beauty and downfall of car audio is that it's very subjective -- given a properly tuned system, a 60k can easily beat out a 120k budget.

Good luck on the purchase! Meron sila Mickey niyan.. sila pa..

[Ryan_0190]

No, it's rating output is accurate so it's neither underrated or overrated.

The retail is 16,500php I believe. I really can't say that internal parts are solid -- I mean the amplifiers competing in this range (Sands Davids, DC 120.4, etc.) use almost the same parts and all. Powerbass ASA600.4 with 100x4 has dual power supplies too -- a rarity at its price range of 13,000php as almost everything in this price range has only one.

I'm actually very pro-Sonus Enigma. However I'll raise my doubts na sa Europhia which retails around 60k na. The beauty and downfall of car audio is that it's very subjective -- given a properly tuned system, a 60k can easily beat out a 120k budget.

Good luck on the purchase! Meron sila Mickey niyan.. sila pa..

Yeah, car audio is indeed very subjective.. i once auditioned two cars with the same h.u,seps and amps but with different installers and tuning.. one sounded nice and detailed to my ears the other one warm and laid back.. so i also think tuning and of course your own personal preference(sound that you want to hear) plays a major roll in this hobby..

actually i was also considering the sands david kaso yun nga saw the enigma and became curious, pero if you were in my shoes sir jhnkvn what would you choose the enigma or david?

btw thanks for answering my queries sir jhnkvn

[jhnkvn]

Yeah, car audio is indeed very subjective.. i once auditioned two cars with the same h.u,seps and amps but with different installers and tuning.. one sounded nice and detailed to my ears the other one warm and laid back.. so i also think tuning and of course your own personal preference(sound that you want to hear) plays a major roll in this hobby..

actually i was also considering the sands david kaso yun nga saw the enigma and became curious, pero if you were in my shoes sir jhnkvn what would you choose the enigma or david?

btw thanks for answering my queries sir jhnkvn

I'd go for the Sonus Enigma. As much as Jerry, the distributor of Sands, is a personal friend of mine.. I always believe in one thing sa amplifiers -- and that is power. Everything else such as S/N ratios, THD%, slew rate, damping factors, etc. are all simply mumbo-jumbo. I buy amplifiers for just three reasons: durability, brand name, power. Among these three, power is king. That's why I have 110Wx4 as my four-channel amplifier

[Ryan_0190]

I'd go for the Sonus Enigma. As much as Jerry, the distributor of Sands, is a personal friend of mine.. I always believe in one thing sa amplifiers -- and that is power. Everything else such as S/N ratios, THD%, slew rate, damping factors, etc. are all simply mumbo-jumbo. I buy amplifiers for just three reasons: durability, brand name, power. Among these three, power is king. That's why I have 110Wx4 as my four-channel amplifier

I see, you got a point.. Well as they say the healthier speaker the better hopefully will get the sonus enigma by this week(if the weather clears up)

Thanks again sir jhnkvn, you saved me alot of time thinking on which amp to buy.. Hehehe..