Anyone have these speakers? Opinions?

One for the audio guru's I think.

Other than the RMS & Frequency range I am pretty much clueless about what makes a good speaker. I know the reasonable brands etc etc but just want to make sure I get the best I possibly can for my money.

Do any of you guys have any of these speakers? Opinions? What about the Guru's, which ones are going to produce the best sound?

Rainbow

Focal

Alpine

I've always wanted the Alpine's but seeing the likes of Focal and Rainbow in the same price range is making me think otherwise. On the other side of the coin, they will be the bottom of the range Focal & Rainbow speakers. The real question, I guess, is if the almost top of the range Alpines are as good/better than the almost bottom of the range Focal/Rainbow.

Cheers

I have some Rainbow components, and they are superb IMO.

Can take a huge amount of abuse, and sound great throughout the range.

I don't think they are too expensive either.

I have alpine type r's , to be honest I dont really think they are that good. A mate of mine had some rainbow stuff in his e36 m3 and they sounded fantastic. Not something that will shatter your eardrums but a very clean crisp sound.

never heard of rainbow... alpine you can never go wrong really, but i chose focal speakers for my doors and im very impressed.... so i cant see there subs being to bad

I have alpine type r's , to be honest I dont really think they are that good. A mate of mine had some rainbow stuff in his e36 m3 and they sounded fantastic. Not something that will shatter your eardrums but a very clean crisp sound.

Rainbow are a German make IIRC

http://www.rainbowincar.co.uk/amplifiers.php

The guy who had the rainbow also had one of these amps Scott, not sure which one mate but the whole system sounded mint. I think the a lot of the guys on the BMW forums swear by them .

try out cerwin vega dude i have a set for sale same price bracket new if not a little more.

The focals are the better out of the ones you have picked.

I have the focals

rainbow = awsome

focal = awsome

alpine , heavily model dependant , some are great some are sh1t

Personally i'd go for the Rainbows or Focals. I have those Alpine ones and I'm not that impressed tbh, although to be fair it's just running off the H/U for now and I still have the stock tweeters connected so that wont help the sound.

Scott I have the Focal components in my Supra.

I would highly recommend them! The sound quality is very crisp & clear dispite them not being hooked up to an amp & running off a shabby old Pioneer system. Though I do find that they are not very bassy & don't work so well on bassy tracks. I currently don't have a sub & I am planning on getting one which I believe will make it a perfect partnership with the Focal's playing all the high notes/vocal.

I have had Alpine Type R's speakers in previous cars & they are of a good quality & sound but would recommend the Focal's over them even though the Alpine's had a better low end bass.

The rainbow's I could not comment on but hear they are very good.

personally ,i allways found myself going back to mtx audio. faultless

Ok then, the Alpines are out.

Guess it is going to be a coin toss between the Focals and the Rainbow then.

I have a decent sub and a set of 6x9's in the install which produce pleanty of mid, low range bass so I'm just looking for crisp and clear sound production.

Thanks for that guys, really appreciate it.

try out cerwin vega dude i have a set for sale same price bracket new if not a little more.

The focals are the better out of the ones you have picked.

Will have a look at them, thanks

personally ,i allways found myself going back to mtx audio. faultless

I have had the MTX stuff in the past. It is really good for producing bass but I found it a little numb with the high/mid-high range stuff. Much like the Type-r I guess.

Never tried the Rainbows (gay name) but my focals used to be great in the crisp and clear department.

Never tried the Rainbows (gay name) but my focals used to be great in the crisp and clear department.

Lol, good argument that

'oooh iv got rainbows in my doors'

Just doesnt sound manly to me.....

'oooh iv got rainbows in my doors'

 

just doesnt sound manly to me.....

'oooh iv got rainbows in my doors'

 

Just doesnt sound manly to me.....

And then you hear them, and WOW, not gay at all! :D

Is matching RMS power between the front and rear important? The reason I ask is it appears that the Focal Components styling matches these coaxials yet the max RMS is different. The RMS from the components matches these which are a bit over what I want to spend if I'm honest, and I like them to match

Edit: I didn't see Rainbow coaxials on that site, if I can't find suitable ones then I will be going with the Focals. I can't justify components in the back.

Right, feck it. I'm going for....

http://www.caraudiodirect.co.uk/focal-polyglass-165-vr.html

and

http://www.caraudiodirect.co.uk/focal-polyglass-165-cvx.html

Budget just fell on its arse but I don't want to save a few quid now and regret not going for the absolute best I can afford/justify.

Just need to find the money now lol.

Have a look at this scott

http://www.caraudioforum.com/showthread.php?t=326232&highlight=rainbow

I have a Focal, proper kicks

Personal choice i'd say, i'd wanna listen to them both!! I'd personally say focals, but thats through experience and not tried the George, Zippy and Bungle ones!

Personal choice i'd say, i'd wanna listen to them both!! I'd personally say focals, but thats through experience and not tried the George, Zippy and Bungle ones!

Here: http://www.rainbowincar.co.uk/

They are totally fantastic, and absolutely no distortion at ridiculous volumes too.