ScionDriver117

I was thinking of going really high end and going to buy Rainbow products. I was wondering if anyone knows how well these sound and the quality. They are the Vanadium line for the subwoofers and the Vanadium Reference line for the speakers

1DarkTC

Holy crap...if I read the specs right..they're 600W max...350 Continuous....that's ridiculously LOW for a "really high end" sub that's $529 per sub MSRP.

If you want a GREAT sub for the same price as those wimpy Rainbow's you're looking at...go JL Audio and get the W7. Trust me...

trialsindude

uhhh NO.

SQ doesn't mean going and throwing around 1000watts. LOL

I sat in my friends shop car which has 240 ESOTAR and a Rainbow sub running all active off of a ZAPCO DC REF 650.6 and it was beautiful. Everything blended so well.

Comparing JL to Rainbows is like apples to oranges.

kidwolf908

Agreed, JL in quite overpriced for what you get. They're great subs, but only decent for the price. If you want to go all out sound quality, I'd look into an Image Dynamics IDQ, Resonant Engineering XXX, Dynaudio Esotar 1200, or the Rainbow line that you've mentioned. I'd even put my Dayton HO on that list as it's superb in blending with my mids and remaining crisp and clear on all my music.

trialsindude

Speaking of XXX, I have a motor sitting in my bedroom waiting to get reconed....I can't wait to build it up and build a box for it, probably tune it to 30hz or lower...

kidwolf908

I'll be moving to a 15" HO fairly soon in 3.5 cubes tuned to 25Hz

But that comes after I get my 4.150 to go active...
...and after I deaden the rest of my vehicle...
...and after I upgrade to 7" or 8" mids...
...and after I upgrade to horns/nice tweets lol

What year is your XXX though?

ScionDriver117

subwoofer - http://premier-audio.com/index.php?m...products_id=61

speakers - http://premier-audio.com/index.php?m...products_id=41

amps - http://premier-audio.com/index.php?m...products_id=99

Thats the whole system that I bought and I bought Monster's best connecting cables, the 400 series.

ScionDriver117

Oh, and I also bought MDF wood for an enclosure to be made and I bought a yellow top Optima.

Tcguy85

thats mad moneys yo!

should be a good system. what do you have for a head unit?

ScionDriver117

Pioneer AVIC D2

Tcguy85

as long as the install is done well then the Avic D2 will be the weak link in your system. nice HU and all but doesn't have the greatest/biggest EQ and such.

keep us posted on the install.