New speakers!

1996blackmax

Just picked these up as a little present to myself .

Rainbow Profi Phase Plugs.....

1996blackmax

some more shots...

ntculenuff

those look nice. never heard of the brand but i have kinda stepped away from the car audio the last few years now that i'm not in the business.
how they sound?
i've been feeling an update to my jeep i'm getting used to the sound and want more

audiobliss

Wow, man. Those look nice. You looking to sell (err, give away) your old ones??

What kind of Jeep do you drive, ntculenuff?

Kinetic

woow rainbow, one of the best

1996blackmax

ntculenuff wrote: »

those look nice. never heard of the brand but i have kinda stepped away from the car audio the last few years now that i'm not in the business.
how they sound?
i've been feeling an update to my jeep i'm getting used to the sound and want more

Rainbow is known for making some very good sounding car speakers, actually some of the best. I would really have to spend a good amount more money to top this set.

Link to Rainbow:
http://car.rainbow-audio.de/home/home.php?lan=2

Link to the Profi's:
http://car.rainbow-audio.de/products/introduction.php?lan=2&pro=1&lin=4


I finished putting them in a little while ago. They sound very smooth and they are not even broken in yet. Very nice top end on these tweeter, and the mids just sound sweet. Can't wait for these puppies to be fully broken in.

audiobliss wrote: »

Wow, man. Those look nice. You looking to sell (err, give away) your old ones??

I actually already have a buyer . I am giving my sister's boyfriend a really nice deal on them. I was going to keep them for my other car, but I plan to go with the kickbass version of this line next.

exalted512

Very nice, when you going to step up to active?
-Cody

1996blackmax

I was actually going to go active with this setup....Right now I have my 4ch amp bridged and sending 210 watts to this set.

I keep going back and forth on going active as I still have a little one that likes to play around with the radio at times. This is where the tweeter protection inside the x-over comes in handy. She sits in the back and likes to change songs and sources with the remote. I also go back and forth with the rear fill when I have passengers in the car. I'll probably keep it like this until the speakers are broken in and make a decision then.

Going active with the Germaniums was not really such a big thing as the x-overs had tons of tuning options. The Profi x-over's do not have near the tuning options, but they still sound really good. I have it on the reference option which is designed for A/B-pillar installation, it is more than a simple tweeter attenuation setting. I also reversed the phase on the tweeters.

ntculenuff

audiobliss wrote: »

What kind of Jeep do you drive, ntculenuff?

96 grand cherokee.
pretty much stock except for a 2 inch lift and modified exhaust (2 1/2 inch header into 3 inch cat back) and an intake

ntculenuff

the ref line looks verrry nice

Greg Peters

Yay...new speakers- congrats. Hope they're everything you were looking for and then some .

1996blackmax

ntculenuff wrote: »

the ref line looks verrry nice

Yes they do, but they cost a good bit too .

1996blackmax

Greg Peters wrote: »

Yay...new speakers- congrats. Hope they're everything you were looking for and then some .

Thanks


They are just that, everything I wanted and then some. I did not expect these things to have as much midbass as they are putting out, especially not being broken in and right out of the box. Also, now I know what all the rave is about the CAL 26 tweeter. These are some very nice sounding tweeters. This is one set that is well worth the money.

black magic

Those drivers look fabulous. The phase plug and grill make them look a lot like the sr components :eek:

If you don't mind me asking, do you know where in NA can you order that brand? I'm still a noob, but I was also looking into hertz and found it really difficult to come by their stuff. Anything overseas except Morel and MBquart I only see once in a blue moon.

1996blackmax

They are some very nice looking drivers. Sound even better . They have been out for a few years now.

I can have you get in contact of the dealer that I purchased them from. He's on a few of the audio boards. He would be better able to help you out.


I will pm you his contact information.....

MacLeod

Attaboy Max! Upgrading is always a good idea!

Tim B.

Upgradding is good. But should have went with some Hertz. Good Luck still should be nice.

1996blackmax

MacLeod wrote: »

Attaboy Max! Upgrading is always a good idea!

Yes it is Sir

1996blackmax

Tim B. wrote: »

Upgradding is good. But should have went with some Hertz. Good Luck still should be nice.

I know all about those puppies, but have been wanting this set for a while. I am very happy with this set so far. Very smooth is what I was after, and this is exactly what I got, with more midbass than I thought too :cool:. This is without them even being broken in. Things will only get better after a couple of weeks or so. No regrets here with this setup.


I actually plan on picking up the Profi Kickbass version a little later for my other car. The CAL 26 tweeter that these two sets share is sweeet.


Little review of these two sets here....

http://www.diymobileaudio.com/forum/showthread.php?t=7827

killerb

very nice max!

Systems

Sexy!!!!!!!!!!! I looked into these before getting my HERTZ. I'm loving these HERTZ but thinking REAL hard about getting a set of these Rainbows just to try.

killerb

i want to try the morel supremo 6 set and that new ultimo 12 sub morel came out with. they say the sound quality is awsome!! thats alot of dough!!

1996blackmax

This can be an expensive hobby.

Systems

1996blackmax wrote: »

This can be an expensive hobby.

Damn glad I'm single again and can do all this stuff....LOL

1996blackmax

My wife is pretty cool about my toys .