CDT..DLS..or Rainbow Audio...Who to choose??

[alphakenny1 10+ year member]

i'm sorry but davie are you gsteg as well?

 

[GSteg 10+ year member]

Davie is a buddy of mine //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[alphakenny1 10+ year member]

Davie is a buddy of mine //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

lol yea cuz i saw your thread on ECA as well and i'm like hmmm is that gsteg as well? he has two sn's?!?!?!! how come davie and gsteg are logged in at the same time at ca.com?!?!?! lol. makes sense now.

 

[xdavieexx 10+ year member]

yup, i dunno how the new ECA works. I try posting up stuff once and they deleted my post... so I dunno wtf? they said i didn't follow new rules or something.

 

[bikejunkie223 10+ year member]

My $0.02? Dls stuff kicks major ***. I currently have UP6's and they are awesome, and a couple hundred less than iridiums, and I have the Iridium 10, and it is the best sub I have ever heard, and I am underpowering it- it could handle 1000w if I had it, and it still sounds kick-*** with 250wrms. I am a whore for dls currently- I love their amps too.

 

[supa_c 5,000+ posts]

CLR

Mixture of CDT mids, DLS xovers and Rainbow tweeters.

 

[supa_c 5,000+ posts]

As I have not heard a set of Rainbows yet I cannot attest to their quality though what I see looks pretty nice.
The DLS tweeters are supposed to be less bright than CDT's and the midrange is fairly close between the two. The HU and amp choice are a good match for either.

Not really....

The DLS tweeters can get harsh. 3khz not EQ'ed can cause some pain to your ears. Even on the -3dB setting they are still loud

The DLS mids ( MS6) are better than the CDT CL's IMO. They look better too

 

[orangeblast 10+ year member]

looks like I'm headed in the direction of a set of DLS Iridium 6.3's and an Eclipse CD8455 HU. This is good becuase in the long run I won't have to buy a new amp to power the CDT ES620s I was thinking of getting in the first place. Was reading that the RMS of the Iridiums are 100 wats....and my DEI can do 125x2@4ohms...so that should work out great!!!

What do you guys think?

and also...is stinger wire still the good place to go or are there better wires now-adays?

 

[supa_c 5,000+ posts]

There is better speaker wire

But its $2.20 a foot.

My bro had some 6.3's, the mid didnt have enough power going to it so i didnt like them a whole lot.

Shure did sound sweet active though

 

[orangeblast 10+ year member]

I think what I'll do is work my way to an active setup...but for now do passive.

and with my 125x2 I should be able to get alot of juice to the mid.

only question is...how I'm going to mount a 3 way set into my door.....

the stock speaker is a 6x9...so I should have a nice big hole to work with. Could use some MDF board and make an adapter to fit the 6 1/2 and the 3 inch mid...and hopefully squeeze in the tweeter. But...I would really like to some how angle the tweeter and the 3 inch mid up towards the dome light...don't know how I do that.

 

[xdavieexx 10+ year member]

CLRMixture of CDT mids, DLS xovers and Rainbow tweeters.

not good to mix sets together, unless you are going active. Never use passive crossovers for another set thats not ment for it.

 

[supa_c 5,000+ posts]

Fiberglass is the only way.

just remember your gonna need 2-3 amps for active since they are 3 ways

 

[xdavieexx 10+ year member]

Not really....The DLS tweeters can get harsh. 3khz not EQ'ed can cause some pain to your ears. Even on the -3dB setting they are still loud

The DLS mids ( MS6) are better than the CDT CL's IMO. They look better too

Iridium sets are a lot smoother and warmer sounding. PLus it all depends how you eq the set.

 

[supa_c 5,000+ posts]

not good to mix sets together, unless you are going active. Never use passive crossovers for another set thats not ment for it.

( it was a joke)

 

[supa_c 5,000+ posts]

Iridium sets are a lot smoother and warmer sounding. PLus it all depends how you eq the set.

They all use the same general tweeter.