Rainbow - The Ultimate Experience For Your Ears
Unadulterated, brilliant, full of details, spectacular; just some of the words used to describe the sound emitted from Rainbow components. For over thirty years now Rainbow has designed, developed and refined the art of car audio. Whether it be speakers, subwoofers, amplifiers or processors; Rainbow has set an acoustical and technical standard against which others are judged. Over the decades Rainbow components have repeatedly won reviews, tests and competitions; to such a point whereby nowadays within audiophile circles the name Rainbow is colloquial for musical reproduction beyond exceptional.

Anniversary Edition Series – Where Beauty, Finesse And Firepower Combine
When celebrating a chronological milestone many companies go a little rouge, fiscally speaking. Sure any astute designer can devise something special to mark said milestone, however more often than not its to the detriment of ones bank account. Rainbow is far too talented to make that error. It instead opted to celebrate it's anniversary by creating a range of components that borrowed much of the technologies and materials from ranges higher, yet masterfully crafted them to make the range affordable to the general audio market. The Anniversary Edition components provide that ultrahigh-end Rainbow sound, often imitated but never duplicated; but at a realistic price point.

Design Ideologies
To celebrate Rainbow’s 30th anniversary in engineering and developing all things car audio, the company has released a special edition range of components. What makes the range special is a little different when compared to most milestone models. For they’re not the most expensive fiscally speaking, they’re not the most advanced product ever designed by this astute company either. Rather this new range blends the two to perfection. It takes much of the high-end design methodologies and materials from the higher ranges and presents them in a neat package most affordable. In doing this Rainbow allows everyone to hear just how impressive the brand is, and just what decades of developmental acumen can bring to the table insofar as speaker technology and quality is designed. So why not celebrate the heritage of Rainbow and enjoy a set of anniversary components in your car?

Unpacking The Goodies
Cracking the seal and opening the packaging you’ll be presented with two beautiful midranges, two tweeters and two crossovers; all neatly packaged in moulded foam. Also included are paperwork, stickers and a bag containing numerous mounting screws and other ancillary mounting components.

Supreme Air Agitators – The Midranges
Let’s kick off by talking about the midrange, for they’re quite something to behold. Eyeballing the drivers reveals a swag of smart design features incorporated. Starting at the top the cone is constructed from a pressed aluminium base material which is then treated with a thermal chemical coating giving the overall composite a smooth medium silver finish. The geometric lines pressed into the cone serve to reinforce the diaphragm, affording it extreme strength while at the same time retaining its lightweight qualities, allowing it to move fluidly even when under extreme duress. Lining the cones perimeter is a butyl rubber surround which is flexible but still is quite thick so it’s strong. The surround works in conjunction with the flat polycotton black spider and are most proficient in holding the moving internals in strict axial and radial alignment. Beneath the suspension is the motor which comprises of a 25.4 mm thermally efficient former which is wrapped with a 3.6 Ohm copper voice coil. The copper used in these drivers is a composite alloy able to handle extreme thermals loads, terrific for drivers looking to handle a serious workout from time to time. Good thing too, because the motor can move greatly distances linearly before the coil begins moving away from the densest magnet flux. Surrounding this motor is a large magnet which is bolted to a cast alloy frame – both of which have been powder coated black. The frame is carefully designed not only for strength but also to handle airflow, in regards to both cooling and back waves. Each of the five webs reaching from magnet to the top edge are a solid but thin design giving the chassis a near invisible acoustic imprint so far as back waves from the cone are concerned. Cooling is handled via no less than fifteen intakes located around the perimeter, adequate to provide more than enough cooling air. Truth be told the continuous power handling a of 80 watts is on the more conservative side, and given the light weight of the moving structure you won’t need more than that to rip your head off we’ll give you the tip.

A Special Breed Of Driver – The Coaxials
The what? we hear you ask? Yes; it’s a three-way component set however the midrange and the tweeter are combined into the one chassis. Yes people that’s allowed. Furthermore it’s often preferred. See by seating the 2″ midrange together with the 0.8″ tweeter it not only allows for a true three-way component set in cars with only two-way splits from factory, it also erases all phase and origin point issues. Especially with the tweeter dome sunk lower to meet the same physical plane as the midrange cone. And by having a cone as well as a dome it means the midrange can concentrate solely on singing thus allowing the dome to handle the top end of the bandwidth. As aforesaid Rainbow wasn’t born yesterday.

Eying off the driver reveals an impressive build quality. They’re most robust, featuring a solid outer case made completely from shock resistant ABS and finished in soft touch rubber. A lot of work has gone into this chassis, especially insofar as the rear chamber is concerned; but more on that later. Returning to the topside the tweeter dome measures approximately 16 mm, has the surround separate from its profile radii and is constructed from soft fabric which is chemically treated before being sealed. This affords the dome superior damping in addition to giving it a linear and smooth response but without the usual resonant peaks that tweeters often suffer from. Surrounding this is a 2″ wide-band midrange driver which features a polypropylene cone and carefully profiled butyl surround. Buried below the moving parts is one hell of a large 25.4 mm voice coil surrounded by a specially designed acoustic chamber which incorporates an advanced cooling system. This draws air in from around the inner edge of the voice coil joiner cap where the pedestal meets it, cooling both the tweeter and the midrange before expelling the warm zephyr through the polycotton spider. The pathway this cooling takes was not overlooked, for the chamber is inherently complex and very adept at dealing with problematic zephyrs. This chamber also works with the motor combining to provide a low resonant frequency.

Controlling The Waves – The Crossovers
The round crossovers are the brains of the operation and’re finished with shock proof 100 mm x 35 mm light grey plastic covers, the bottom one of which is bolted to the circuit board within. You might gloss over that last comment but let me tell you; rattling crossover boards are a bane to installers chasing those little aural idiosyncrasies. The crossovers feature quality components including a capacitor and coil arrangement for each driver resulting in a second order 12 dB slope. The terminals lined at 120° around the perimeter and are plated against corrosion.

The Aural Experience – How Did They Test
We’re always eager to trial new Rainbow components, so let’s start by saying that despite its diminutive size that midrange is accurate to the point that you’ll struggle to find another within this fiscal class able to output the 350 Hz – 3500 Hz range with such authority and accuracy. Midbass frequencies ranging from 50 Hz to 350 Hz are accurate as well and because they’re not having to deal with the upper midrange they can concentrate solely on kicking. The soft dome tweeter can play superbly accurate treble, however when handing over to the midrange beneath it you can really appreciate what Rainbow has achieved here, for rather than struggle to output the entire upper bandwidth using a single large tweeter; these two drivers work together harmoniously to provide an overall musical experience like no other.

Design Features
– High temperature copper voice coil.
– Reinforced aluminium cone.
– Smaller driver is a coaxial allowing it to fit into your OEM dash location.
– Extended range of motion roll surround.
– Progressive rolled spider for superb control.
– High temperature glue.
– Thermally efficient voice coil former.
– Thermally optimised cooling system.
– Aerodynamically minimal and magnetically inert basket design.
– Machined extended back plate.
– PVC protective magnet sleeve.
– Crossovers included.

Electrical Specifications
– Nominal configuration: three-way 6.5″ & 2″ & 0.8″ passive component set
– Continuous power handling: 80 Watts
– Maximum power handling: 150 Watts
– Voice coil diameter: 25.4 mm
– Frequency response: 35 Hz – 35000 Hz
– Sensitivity: 87 dB
– DC resistance (Re): 3.6 Ohms
– Resonant frequency (Fs): 61.44 Hz
– Xmax: +/- 7 mm
– Compliance (Vas): 14.09 l
– Total Q (Qts): 0.8914
– Mechanical Q (Qms): 7.697
– Electrical Q (Qes): 1.008

Physical Specifications
– Mounting diameter: 141 mm
– Mounting depth: 78 mm
– Weight: 3.15 kg

Important Disclaimers
Given the dynamic nature of electronics industries these days; below are listed some very important specifics you need to be aware of.

Brand Authorization And Stock Sourcing
We are a fully authorised Australian dealer of this brand and all stock is sourced through legitimate channels. It therefore enjoys full Australian warranty, backing and support.

Pricing Structure
Whilst we endeavor to offer the best price possible, we ask that if you do find a better price elsewhere from an authorised dealer; please contact us. Also be aware that we regularly conduct group buys and sales, therefore pricing can sometimes be subject to change without notice.

Stock Structure
Being a dynamic store is conducive to our inventory constantly changing. We list only a small portion of our stable online, usually products most popular. Aside from these we also stock numerous other variants and configurations of these products, hence if you don’t see what you’re after please contact us.

Shipping
All our products are shipped with registered and insured postage. Upon ordering you’ll be issued with a receipt, a consignment note via which you can track your order, and we’ll also SMS you photos of the package for identification purposes.

Technical support
This last one we cannot emphasise enough! Please contact us if you require any further information or assistance with the setup and use of this product, especially pertaining to aspects more technical. As we want you to get the very best from this product.