#SOUNDSTREAM RUBICON 2500.1 DRIVERS#
#SOUNDSTREAM RUBICON 2500.1 DRIVER#

Not perfect, but definitely far from needing an upgrade.īoth setups impressed me enough to design another setup based upon the Picasso Nanos (Picasso over iON this time to blend in with the black interior). It tackled a lot of genres without any obvious flaws in timbre and handled upper volumes without losing composure. Highs dialed down on the very top to tame the little tweets. With only a 13 band graphic & time alignment (networking off again of course), the midbass was full, the bottom end was balanced and blended well with the doors. A 5 channel iON headed by a low tier Pioneer double din again ran a set of passive JBL GX600c with matching GX 6x9 in the rear deck and finished out with a Peerless XXLS 10' sealed which was fashioned like IB, sealing off the trunk from the cabin. Sucker got impressively loud enough to make me think I could have left it in 5 channel mode. One Picasso 5 headed by an 80prs was bridged on a set of Diamond audio passive 6.5' and also ran two GT5 10' subs in IB. Nothing sounded muted or smeared that I could detect.

#SOUNDSTREAM RUBICON 2500.1 DRIVERS#

I'm sure that's also a function of the drivers used.

Love the PDX, but the top end can use some dialing down a bit. The PDX seems to have a more pronounced top end over the other amps including JBL MS series, but the Picasso & iON sound clean with nothing standing out similar to the JBL. In each setup, the amps were matched pretty well to the drivers, supplying more than enough power to hear the drivers begin to break up before the amp couldn't do more.

To me, the differences I've heard between amps is the way they act nearing the limits of their power range. The most you can hope for is they've found a decent buildhouse to source from. If you're lucky, they may have moved some proven boards into new cases, but I doubt it. Outside of those, the Rubicon, Spectrum (which looks like they've put some thoughts into them at least on the outside), who knows? Can't say I'm ready to be the guinea pig when one series is working fine enough.

Personally, I think the amps are fine for uber budgets that are tight in space.

#SOUNDSTREAM RUBICON 2500.1 DRIVER#

The amount of output from the 5 channels were plenty for a daily driver with enough beef on a low power sub(s) (175-250 rated Peerless, JBL GT5, etc), and your common entry level to mid tier component sets. Noise floor appeared just as silent as any other amp used in my own vehicles but I don't have golden ears so ymmv. Nothing fancy, just Pioneer headunits w/networking including a 2 volt output double din, 80prs, etc straight into the amps. The Picasso/iON nanos have been fairly solid when I've installed them.

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