Rainbow CMX265 Help

[uzy 10+ year member]

hi

im looking to buy some CMX 265's as im sure they are the corect set for me, i just wanted a little more info from people that use them, like how will they sound off 140rms from an audio system f2 280 amp

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[aeon 10+ year member]

I had mine running at 150 passive for awhile and it sounded really good.

btw, i might have my set for sale if you're interested. i'm running the kick version.

 

[redcalimp5 10+ year member]

I'm running CMX Kicks, too. I love mine. I'm running them active, but they also sound great using the supplied passive Rainbow crossovers. They can take 200w a side when being run passive, no problem.

140 watts a side should make them sound great, as long as your amp is putting out clean power.

 

[aeon 10+ year member]

i like the sound a lot better running active than passive.

 

[uzy 10+ year member]

do they go loud with 140rms im going to have to run them passive as i only got a 2 channel amp and i just bought it recently for the comps.

Does anyone know if that power i have will be better suited to a the SLC265's

 

[redcalimp5 10+ year member]

i like the sound a lot better running active than passive.

Yeah, so do I. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/cool.gif.3bcaf8f141236c00f8044d07150e34f7.gif

And 140w a side is fine for the CMX's...if you get the Kick version, you might want a little more power.

 

[Etac 10+ year member]

when i first got mine i wasnt very impressed - they sounded good but they were hyped up so much - but after listneing to tehm for awhile i love them... their tweeter isnt harsh at all... and the mids pound... i run over 200 and they take it with ease.. i defently smelt my coil (maybe glue) once or twice running heavy bass tunes at over 250 - so i'd say thats about their limit... they'll prolly melt before they start sounding bad...

im running them passive - i wanna go active but i love the tweeter protection and im afraid i might hurt them... if you run them passive tho.. i know this isnt normally recommended ... but i thought they sounded alot better with a +3 or + 5 bump at 3.2K hertz... and the smaller the octave the better

 

[Puggsley456 10+ year member]

Sorry to bring this back up.

But for you guys that have ran these active. What were your x-over points set at?

I might be going active with mine if my current issues end up being a passive crossover issue. As my drivers side set keep fading in and out. With 150x2 on them.

I will have 120x4 to work with, How much do you think these tweets can handle safely?

 

[aeon 10+ year member]

i wouldn't give the tweets the for 120w just turn down the gain until it matches with the mids.

L - 80hz@12db or flat

mid L - 80hz@12db

mid H - 3200hz@12db

H - 3200@24db

 

[Puggsley456 10+ year member]

Are the drivers individually still 4 ohms each?

 

[lostdaytomorrow 10+ year member]

Are the drivers individually still 4 ohms each?

You can check with a DMM on the terminals of the speaker. Check DCR.

 

[ebrunn 10+ year member]

Both the tweets and the drivers are 4 ohm's.