i just tested the resistance the speakers give through the crossover inputs
my dmm says 3.5 to each speaker
always just assumed it was 4 from the specs - and set my gains according to that
would it be possible if anyone else could possily check this just to compare?
and also had the crossover setting on "A" and number 5 (very loud for kick panel)
my dmm says 3.5 to each speaker
always just assumed it was 4 from the specs - and set my gains according to that
would it be possible if anyone else could possily check this just to compare?
and also had the crossover setting on "A" and number 5 (very loud for kick panel)
****, that sucks.
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fatryan
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yeah i know, but ive had MANY respectible people tell me theyll take 200wrms with no problem, including the rainbow dealer who sold em to me. ask others on this board who are running my comps what theyre feeding em. i bet ya the majority are 150-200wrms. hell, ive even heard upwards of 300wrms on these.
I'd feel nervous pushing 300w to those...hell, my power line cs at ~340w per side are completely maxed out - and at less than that they have considerably more throw than my old set of germaniums - they are 250w maximum according to rainbow specs. I rarely get near 300w to those and when there is 600w going to the fronts you can seriously tell in a major way - they're considerably beefier drivers than the cmx line... they actually produce more volume around 60-100hz than my ported 10" CVR is capable of - while playing the entire range of sound above that clearly. It's sick.
For comparison, here's a shot of the power line cs next to the germanium woofers which are roughly equivalent to the cmx's...
300w/side is excessive for those cmx's imo. My germaniums liked that much power, but at the same time, i did have problems with my germ woofers dying too, and we never discovered if it was teething pains on the new line (germaniums) or simply too much power for them to handle...and they did not actually pull all 300w at any time; they reached their limits before that point.
For comparison, here's a shot of the power line cs next to the germanium woofers which are roughly equivalent to the cmx's...
300w/side is excessive for those cmx's imo. My germaniums liked that much power, but at the same time, i did have problems with my germ woofers dying too, and we never discovered if it was teething pains on the new line (germaniums) or simply too much power for them to handle...and they did not actually pull all 300w at any time; they reached their limits before that point.
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everytime I see this picture I get sad...makes my Germs feel like OEM mids. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif
Why are you judging it per side? Just say how much you're feeding the WHOLE COMP SET.
If you fed it 300 RMS for the whole set, too much for rainbows IMO, your mistake. Should've stuck with 200-250 for the whole set and stayed conservative, don't push rating if you're worried about blowing your speakers. I'm feeding 310 rms to speakers that are 5x beefier than those because I know I can't afford to blow them.
If you fed it 300 RMS for the whole set, too much for rainbows IMO, your mistake. Should've stuck with 200-250 for the whole set and stayed conservative, don't push rating if you're worried about blowing your speakers. I'm feeding 310 rms to speakers that are 5x beefier than those because I know I can't afford to blow them.
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