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Offline richard s

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dash speakers
« on: 09 January 2007, 20:43 »
wanting to upgrade dash speakers and been offered some rainbow speakers are they any better than alpine/kenwood etc as the bloke selling them says you get a much better sound cheers
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Offline Ben Lessani

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Re: dash speakers
« Reply #1 on: 10 January 2007, 04:13 »
rainbow are pretty good, but it depends on how much your spending

whats the specs on them?
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Offline Heyho

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Re: dash speakers
« Reply #2 on: 10 January 2007, 07:16 »
Rainbow are generally very well regarded speakers, however what size are they, what is your car?  If it's a MKII, you'd be better off with door speakers, as those in the dash won't be much better than tweeters, unless that's what you're after.
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Offline S11EPS

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Re: dash speakers
« Reply #3 on: 10 January 2007, 09:18 »
Rainbow are indeed pretty good. The only thing I would say is that they can tend to be a bit power-hungry, in as much that some of their speakers do take some significant welly to drive them - look at their nominal/RMS (not maximum) power rating, as this is the RMS figure you should really be 'feeding' them with.

If this is vastly different from what you can deliver (ie, if they need 80wrms, and you're looking at giving them maybe 20wrms from a 50w max head unit) look elsewhere, or purchase an amp to drive them - under powering a speaker is just as likely to kill it as over powering it.
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Offline Jamo_GTI

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Re: dash speakers
« Reply #4 on: 10 January 2007, 10:24 »
Rainbow are top notch speakers,  i didn't know they did a 4" speaker though for the dash.
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Offline richard s

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Re: dash speakers
« Reply #5 on: 10 January 2007, 20:22 »
its a mk 2 they are 3.5 inch £55 from source i want dash speakers so i dont have to change my door pockets around all i want is to upgrade standard set up for better quality also any recommendations on 6x4s cheers
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Offline tommk3cab

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Re: dash speakers
« Reply #6 on: 11 January 2007, 20:35 »
the only car i have heared of with 6x4s are mk 4 or 5 escorts. jbl do budget ones in halfrauds.
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