A lot of friends asked me why I spent so much money on car audio. Well, I would agree that for most people will spend more on home audio than car audio but for my case quite opposite, at least for now. You see, normally I need to drive about 45 min to reach my workplace. Not to mention if got accident on the Penang Bridge, it may stretch up to 2 hours, sigh. So, this is where I find 'peace' in good music ... or otherwise ...
Rainbow CSX265 is a entry 2-Way component set, comes with a pair of tweeter, midbass and passive crossover. Passive crossover is used to split the audio frequency, i.e. the correct frequency to the tweeter and midbass. So with passive crossover, you only need a 2 channel amplifier to drive the component speakers, one for the left channel and one for the right channel. For car audio-kaki, we normally add a subwoofer in order to have a 'feel' or 'kick' in the music. Therefore you need another 1 channel (monoblock) or 2 channel amplifier to power the subwoofer.
Apart from the hardwares, proper speakers installation and tuning are crucial to optimize your car audio setup. Otherwise, it may sound worst than your stock system. Through proper installation and tuning, you are able to 'combine' back the sound from tweeters, mids and subwoofer. You can actually sense the soundstage on your dashboard. You can also pinpoint where is the singer and instrument locations. Just imagine, you got a 'live' band plays in front of you, nice huh.
Just a precautionary note, if you not into car audio or home audio, good for you. Else, this is just a beginning of a 'nightmare'. As time goes by, your addiction will get deeper and deeper, same goes to your wallet, he he. Trust me, the journey will never end as you continue to seek for perfection. You will always ask yourself why other people's sound system is better although they play the same CD??? One of the car audio installer ever mentioned to me before that one of his clients spent almost RM60k just on car audio system ... wah lau ehh ... So, when comes to hobby, some people are willing to eat maggie mee everyday just to fulfill your dream.
