My DIY junk VS Infinity RSIIIa's
halo71
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Okay, my DIY speakers here have the following drivers. Peerless tweeters, Alesis mids and Elemental Designs woofers. And yeah, Cerwin-Vega XO's. :eek: The tweets and mids are in a separate enclosure from the woofer, the bottom mid is not active. I recently redone the XO's in the Infinity's. And they sound SO much better. Components being used are an older model Phillips CDP, Onkyo Integra M504 and a Phase Linear 3000 Series II.
Comparing Rush-Moving Pictures and Donald Fagan-Kamakiriad. The Infinity's have a slight edge with the EMIT's but not too much! Everything else considered I kinda like my DIY's better. And they have a much higher WAF as well. The higher WAF is NOT a deciding factor at all. I am lucky, mine don't make me sell my toys or tell me I can't hoard speakers! :cheesygrin:
I guess what I am saying is...don't knock the cheap DIY stuff. But then again how highly regarded were/are the Infinity's? Maybe I need to compare them to my Polk's. My DIY's image better while the Infinity's are fairly laid back and kinda disappear in my listening room. Bass wise I can not really tell much difference in the two. I think the DIY's have an edge because they have a little more punch.
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Comparing Rush-Moving Pictures and Donald Fagan-Kamakiriad. The Infinity's have a slight edge with the EMIT's but not too much! Everything else considered I kinda like my DIY's better. And they have a much higher WAF as well. The higher WAF is NOT a deciding factor at all. I am lucky, mine don't make me sell my toys or tell me I can't hoard speakers! :cheesygrin:
I guess what I am saying is...don't knock the cheap DIY stuff. But then again how highly regarded were/are the Infinity's? Maybe I need to compare them to my Polk's. My DIY's image better while the Infinity's are fairly laid back and kinda disappear in my listening room. Bass wise I can not really tell much difference in the two. I think the DIY's have an edge because they have a little more punch.
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--Gary--
Onkyo Integra M504, Bottlehead Foreplay III, Denon SACD, Thiel CS2.3, NHT VT-2, VT-3 and Evolution T6, Infinity RSIIIa, SDA1C and a few dozen other speakers around the house I change in and out.
Onkyo Integra M504, Bottlehead Foreplay III, Denon SACD, Thiel CS2.3, NHT VT-2, VT-3 and Evolution T6, Infinity RSIIIa, SDA1C and a few dozen other speakers around the house I change in and out.
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Very cool!
Let me know when you're ready to start designing your own crossovers."He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you." Friedrich Nietzsche -
Are those the LSi woofers I sold to you?"....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963)
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Oh no....those are 12" eD woofers in those cabs. Those LSi woofers are still in line waiting for another project.
--Gary--
Onkyo Integra M504, Bottlehead Foreplay III, Denon SACD, Thiel CS2.3, NHT VT-2, VT-3 and Evolution T6, Infinity RSIIIa, SDA1C and a few dozen other speakers around the house I change in and out. -
lol....DIY haters! lol--Gary--
Onkyo Integra M504, Bottlehead Foreplay III, Denon SACD, Thiel CS2.3, NHT VT-2, VT-3 and Evolution T6, Infinity RSIIIa, SDA1C and a few dozen other speakers around the house I change in and out. -
:cool:"Science is suppose to explain observations not dismiss them as impossible" - Norm on AA; 2.3TL's w/sonicaps/mills/jantzen inductors, Gimpod's boards, Lg Solen SDA inductors, RD-0198's, MW's dynamatted, Armaflex speaker gaskets, H-nuts, brass spikes, Cardas CCGR BP's, upgraded IC Cable, Black Hole Damping Sheet strips, interior of cabinets sealed with Loctite Power Grab, AI-1 interface with 1000VA A-L transformer
