Rainbow SLC's Active & H701 Processor mini-review.

[bikinpunk 10+ year member]

Wow, wow, wow. It sounds amazing. The music quality sounds sooooo much better and my music sounds like it's truly come to life. I've listened only to analog so far (ai-net ipod connection) but holy crap, how much a difference this thing has made. Honestly, as ghey as it sounds it almost made me cry, lol. My only complaint is that with my unit, I'm not able to see a graph of what I'm doing, like those with the w200 can. However, I'm learning. One thing I did notice is that with the settings flat, the right mid had a definate delay of at least 1 sec (it was completely noticeable). I adjusted some of the time delays and got it sounding right to the ***** ear but not audiophile quality yet. I've got it sounding really nice right now with no major changes and although it sounds very good, I almost get an "echo" effect. I'll tune it some more tomorrow.

Cliffs: Processor Rocks!

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[slick rick 10+ year member]

what was your previous setup?

 

[~Magick_Man~ 10+ year member]

i just got my h701 installed tonight also.

but i am getting some alt whine now which is probably due to the nest of rca/power/speaker wires in my wheel well.

and i definitely agree, this processor rocks.

~Magick_Man~

 

[bikinpunk 10+ year member]

One question i forgot to post:

I have a 3 second or so delay from when my monitor turns on to when I actually get playback. Is this to be expected due to the connection through ai-net?

 

[bikinpunk 10+ year member]

what was your previous setup?

Pretty much what you see in my sig, except ran passive and my comps were bridged to 100w rms x 2, instead of 40w rms x 4.

 

[bikinpunk 10+ year member]

i just got my h701 installed tonight also.but i am getting some alt whine now which is probably due to the nest of rca/power/speaker wires in my wheel well.

and i definitely agree, this processor rocks.

~Magick_Man~

I hope you get it worked out. I was kind of worried about having noise because I had heard some instances where the floor noise was raised. However, I have absolutely no problems right now. I just need to get a shorter RCA for my sub amp, cause 17ft in a 2ft space is ridiculous. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/eek.gif.771b7a90cf45cabdc554ff1121c21c4a.gif

 

[~Magick_Man~ 10+ year member]

i think the delay is caused from the h701 starting up.

it does it to me also.

but it is worse for me since my headunit remote turns on the h701.

but the H.U. remote takes about 2 seconds to come on.

so it takes 4-5 seconds before i get anything.

not that it is really a problem it is just kind of annoying.

~Magick_Man~

 

[slick rick 10+ year member]

Pretty much what you see in my sig, except ran passive and my comps were bridged to 100w rms x 2, instead of 40w rms x 4.

my sig's are off...but I'm glad the 'bows are treating you well!

 

[Savstyle 10+ year member]

good to hear since i plan on going with a 701 combo, where did u get your 701? ive been serching for one for a decent price.

 

[bikinpunk 10+ year member]

I got it from bdubs here. Check DIYmobileaudio forums. I saw a couple going for about $300 or so after I bought mine.

 

[~Magick_Man~ 10+ year member]

i got mine from toxic tuan for a bit under 400 shipped brand new.

and i just went out and re-arranged my wires and the alt whine went away //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/woot.gif.aaa6090e619a97b6090d16dd863c5a69.gif

~Magick_Man~

 

[spoonraker 10+ year member]

You guys think 4 to 5 seconds to get sound is annoying. It takes my carpc about 30 seconds to resume from hibernation and maybe 10 more for it to completely load winamp and the frontend software. Luckily I can remotely start the PC so it's all ready to go when I get into the car otherwise I'd go nuts lol