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Message: <blockquote data-quote="blue" data-source="post: 1175957" data-attributes="member: 562889">Having lived with my Profis for a month now , and having them now finely tuned , I decided to write about how they stacked up to the Hex's they replaced ....That got me to thinking about the High End home audio store I once owned , and how EVERY customer fell into basically two catagories , with a very small attached third catagory .....We found that every customer that walked in could be sold , by finding what basic sound appealed to their ears. Some of the systems we sold leaned towards a warmer sound .... Brands like PSB , Linn , Vandersteen , Ariel Acoustics , ect ....Whereas the other crowd liked a VERY detailed sound with TONS of resolution ... Brands like Energy Veritas , JM Labs , Pro Ac , Martin Logan, ect .....A few , and only a few customers wanted both ... warmth AND resolution / detail ...... Well , every customer wanted that , but few could afford it , because systems that do that PERFECTLY , cost HUGE amounts of cash !!!  In car stereo terms , this is the sound the IASCA Nationals winners have in their car ... only better //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/naughty.gif.94359f346c0f1259df8038d60b41863e.gifCar stereo fanatics fall into those exact same preferences , and you can tell by what they reccomend.SO WHICH ONE IS CORRECT  ?The only way to know the answer to that , would be to have been in the recording studio with the muscians , and KNOW just how the sound was when recorded.   I'm lucky to have a leg up here , because I spent 17 yrs as a professional musician , and recorded 7 CD's in the studio. I have my own music to use as a reference ..... I also now sub contract to other bands as an engineer and consultant in the studio .......Having said all of that , here's how the Rainbow Profis stacked up in my car :The Rainbow's tweeter is MUCH , MUCH better .... Maybe the best I've heard in car audio. The Rainbow's have MUCH more mid bass , and in my car it was even too much. The Rainbow's have beter soundstaging , making sounds seem to come from way out on my hood.The Diamond Hex's tweeter could get very bright , or harsh ..... But cutting frequencies from 5 to 7k tamed almost all of that. The Hexs also had less mid bass , but it was cleaner and more detailed mid bass. You could actually hear the mallet strike the kick drum's head. The mid bass needed warmth , and boosting frequencies from 100 to 400 hz  achieved this. The Hex's drew out more details in the recording than ANY speakers I have ever owned in my car , allowing me to hear VERY deep into the recording.BOTH sets could play louder than I wanted my deaf ears to be subjected to ! //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crazy.gif.c13912c32de98515d3142759a824dae7.gifOverall , I much prefer the sound of the Profis , but on some multi layered , complex music passages , i do miss the resloution of the Hexs .....Then again , I always leaned toward the "warm " camp .....  //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />Hope this helps someone , and if you disagree with my opinion , that's because you don't have MY two ears , and no two people hear the same //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/tongue.gif.6130eb82179565f6db8d26d6001dcd24.gifThis review was written for Noob with an RS ..... who should NOT be trying to dissuade his friend to buy Hex's , when his budget is only $250 ... //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/rolleyes.gif.c1fef805e9d1464d377451cd5bc18bfb.gif</blockquote>

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