CMX kicks

[fatryan 5,000+ posts]

i just installed my CMX kicks over the weekend and something is seriously not right. i hope its just an installation error rather than driver problems.

the woofers are rich and full and have a nice kick but the tweets blow. theyre not loud, theyre static-y, and they seem to pronounce frequencies that shouldnt be pronounced. now i know the EQ will help, and i have yet to set mine. but it seems just too "off" for the EQ to help. it seems like theres something missing between the tweets and woofers. and theyre just so unclear, it really upsets me.

someone please tell me that i messed up because "rainbow cal25 tweets are amazingly clear" //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif and for 200wrms a piece, they sure dont seem much louder than my stock speakers running off my deck.

these cmx's have more midbass than my old MBQ's, but as of now, id have to say the MBQs spank the rainbows for highs and clairity.

do the tweets really need to run on axis or something cause i got them pointing up to the windshield from the stock dash locations...

someone please help //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

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[dvrmstrng 5,000+ posts]

im actualy considering selling my rainbows for more midbass and louder tweets

 

[Etac 10+ year member]

how come you gotta make this post right after i ordered my kicks //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[fatryan 5,000+ posts]

i love the midbass, but the highs ****, and theyre not even clear

 

[fatryan 5,000+ posts]

everybody raves about how great rainbow is. and they all say these cmx kicks are great too. so im hoping this isnt how theyre supposed to sound

 

[Etac 10+ year member]

this is a review link from rainbows website - its in german tho

http://car.rainbow-audio.de/press/reviews.php?lan=2&lin=6

and goto the bottom and click complete review

but if you look in the bottom right i believe thats teh freq response - if so maybe that spike towards the higher end is the problem?

 

[fatryan 5,000+ posts]

this is a review link from rainbows website - its in german tho
http://car.rainbow-audio.de/press/reviews.php?lan=2&lin=6

and goto the bottom and click complete review

but if you look in the bottom right i believe thats teh freq response - if so maybe that spike towards the higher end is the problem?

thats not a link...

 

[Etac 10+ year member]

the first one was a javascript thing - i fixed it

 

[aeon 10+ year member]

I think I'm having the same problem as you.. For some reason my cmx kicks don't really sound as good as I thought it would. Mid bass sounds really good but these speakers are lacking vocals. Vocals don't really stand out as much...

 

[dvrmstrng 5,000+ posts]

im the other way around....lacking midbass but highs are high

 

[aeon 10+ year member]

im the other way around....lacking midbass but highs are high

where do you have your tweeters placed?

 

[aeon 10+ year member]

im the other way around....lacking midbass but highs are high

double post, sorry don't know what happen.

 

[Gary S 10+ year member]

Tweeters firing up toward the windshield can sound bad... too many reflections from the windshield can smear the sound. Try sticky-tapping them to the kicks or doors next to the mid, see how that sounds.

 

[Gary S 10+ year member]

N/t

 

[Gary S 10+ year member]

N/t