Need new speakers....

[Andrew12 10+ year member]

Im not worried as much about midbass as I am the highs and vocals. The 250 is just for the door speakers. I was looking into the rainbow Powerline CMX 265 series... theyll run me about 300 shipped but idk yet

 

[kross 10+ year member]

Well if you have the budget for Rainbow, then forget about the PG's! PG is great for the price, but Rainbow is definitely an upgrade.

If you're trying to decide between SLC's and CMX's, here's a nice write-up by Latina33 who has had them both:

http://www.caraudio.com/forum/showthread.php?t=248715

 

[DejaWiz 5,000+ posts]

Im not worried as much about midbass as I am the highs and vocals. The 250 is just for the door speakers. I was looking into the rainbow Powerline CMX 265 series... theyll run me about 300 shipped but idk yet

If you have plans for a strong substage, then I suggest a set of comps that will keep up/blend with it. The last thing I want is weak midbass and highs when my substage is going strong.

If you're considering $300 for the CMX, you might want to think about spending an additional $30 and going with the CMX Kicks. Either CMX set will take some power - a clean 200 to 300 w rms per channel can be done.

 

[Andrew12 10+ year member]

yo man, thanks for that link. I may have found the o2's at a good price but it's now between them and the cmx's. I'll look around and see if I can find the rainbows a lil bit cheaper but they seem like a good deal at that price anyways.

Thanks for the help so far guys. Another ?. My amp does 325x2 bridged at 4 ohm. Should I run them at that from my amp or keep it at the 125x4 and leave the 2 extra channels open?

 

[HKUSP45]

just take out your rear speakers and spend more money on the front.
what exactly is your budget for front comps and an amp? also figure in wiring. I assume you have a head unit already?

Anyway a good budget setup would be:

Phoenix Gold RSD 6.5" comps

Profile 2channel Amp

and an 8AWG amp kit from KnuKonceptz

Total is just over $200 plus shipping

PROFILE AUDIO SUX!!!!

 

[DejaWiz 5,000+ posts]

yo man, thanks for that link. I may have found the o2's at a good price but it's now between them and the cmx's. I'll look around and see if I can find the rainbows a lil bit cheaper but they seem like a good deal at that price anyways.Thanks for the help so far guys. Another ?. My amp does 325x2 bridged at 4 ohm. Should I run them at that from my amp or keep it at the 125x4 and leave the 2 extra channels open?

I'd run it bridged. Use the following formula to calculate how much power you want to sent them via a DMM, a test tone, and the gain knob.

VOLTS = SQRT(WATTS * OHMS)

SQRT(200*4) = 28.28V

SQRT(250*4) = 31.62V

SQRT(300*4) = 34.64V

For further details on how to do this, check out the gain setting thread here or slap the link in my sig.

 

[Andrew12 10+ year member]

ite man thanks. Ill def. look deeper into those cmx kicks

 

[DejaWiz 5,000+ posts]

good man.