Thought I'd repost this bit , as it didn't seem to get many views buried in the other thread , and figured someone may eventually be able to use this with a buying decision ....
" Well ... I drove almost three hours to the White Mountains in NH , and then another three hours through Maine, and back south to home again. All the while I was breaking in the new Rainbow Profi's of course and wondering just how much they may change with time allowed for breaking them in .... and well //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/naughty.gif.94359f346c0f1259df8038d60b41863e.gif :naughty: //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif
//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif ..... They changed almost as drastically as did my Dynaudios with some break in .... and they have opened up in the upper mids and highs considerably, and tightened up some in the mid bass region. I'm starting to become real happy with them. They still need some more definition in the mid bass , but that may also require me to add yet another layer or two of Dynamat Extreme , bringing it up to 4 total layers. I may also attach an MDF panel to the door's bottom part , to strengthen it even further.
Imaging was really poor when these were first installed , but have since tightened up considerably. I still get an occasional wandering voice moving from the left speaker , then back to center , but only slightly so , and only on certain songs. I believe some left tweeter tweaking will cure that.
While I hope these speakers continue to break in and snap into even better focus , and tighten up in the mid bass just a little more too , I already will say they were worth every penny I paid for them. The tweeter is among the very best I have ever heard in a car , and the kick bass is not far behind.
Even after they have opened up and are much less congested , I would still say these speakers fall into the more warm catagory , and not the lively , detailed one.
Smooth , but not laid back is how I would describe them .... and that makes for great sound indeed.
I'll keep you posted.
" Well ... I drove almost three hours to the White Mountains in NH , and then another three hours through Maine, and back south to home again. All the while I was breaking in the new Rainbow Profi's of course and wondering just how much they may change with time allowed for breaking them in .... and well //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/naughty.gif.94359f346c0f1259df8038d60b41863e.gif :naughty: //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif
//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif ..... They changed almost as drastically as did my Dynaudios with some break in .... and they have opened up in the upper mids and highs considerably, and tightened up some in the mid bass region. I'm starting to become real happy with them. They still need some more definition in the mid bass , but that may also require me to add yet another layer or two of Dynamat Extreme , bringing it up to 4 total layers. I may also attach an MDF panel to the door's bottom part , to strengthen it even further.Imaging was really poor when these were first installed , but have since tightened up considerably. I still get an occasional wandering voice moving from the left speaker , then back to center , but only slightly so , and only on certain songs. I believe some left tweeter tweaking will cure that.
While I hope these speakers continue to break in and snap into even better focus , and tighten up in the mid bass just a little more too , I already will say they were worth every penny I paid for them. The tweeter is among the very best I have ever heard in a car , and the kick bass is not far behind.
Even after they have opened up and are much less congested , I would still say these speakers fall into the more warm catagory , and not the lively , detailed one.
Smooth , but not laid back is how I would describe them .... and that makes for great sound indeed.
I'll keep you posted.
