Infinity RSII....??? Any one had ears on them?

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  • CH46E
    CH46E Posts: 3,591
    edited December 2019
    txcoastal1 wrote: »
    If you think he's a flipper then definitely haggle on the price. That may help your decision

    Oh yes.... I know the CR Limbo. Lol

    Just finished watching this. If I work 2 months of OT at the border I could have them. These would be my end game speaker.

    https://youtu.be/S3Rd462HcbM
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  • CH46E
    CH46E Posts: 3,591
    Edit***** 3 months OT.
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  • CH46E
    CH46E Posts: 3,591
    Ok 1 more Edit***** 3 months OT and a Divorce. :#
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,146
    jdjohn wrote: »
    At least go listen to them.

    ^^^ This. ^^^

    Tom

    ~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,447
    Those Infinities are end-game as well.
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  • CH46E
    CH46E Posts: 3,591
    nooshinjohn wrote: »
    Those Infinities are end-game as well.

    That is what I'm afraid of. If I get them I'll only want to move up in the vintage Infinity's with ribbon mids line. There are so many I can not keep track.

    BTW, these would not replace my RTA12 B. These will be with me until my son is older and has his own place to use them. I absolutely love my 12b.
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  • Nightfall
    Nightfall Posts: 10,086
    edited December 2019
    CH46E wrote: »
    nooshinjohn wrote: »
    Those Infinities are end-game as well.

    That is what I'm afraid of. If I get them I'll only want to move up in the vintage Infinity's with ribbon mids line. There are so many I can not keep track.

    BTW, these would not replace my RTA12 B. These will be with me until my son is older and has his own place to use them. I absolutely love my 12b.

    I have the little bookie Kappa 5's and they're very good. They showed me depth. Great sounding speakers, I'm sure these are very good. Arnie Nudell knew what he was doing. Dromunds and daddyjt are both very familiar with Infinitys.

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    afterburnt wrote: »
    They didn't speak a word of English, they were from South Carolina.

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  • jdjohn
    jdjohn Posts: 3,161
    CH46E wrote: »
    nooshinjohn wrote: »
    Those Infinities are end-game as well.

    That is what I'm afraid of. If I get them I'll only want to move up in the vintage Infinity's with ribbon mids line. There are so many I can not keep track.
    That 'move up' would be in multiples of cost, so you might get a very quick reality check, and find yourself quite content with what you have.
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  • dromunds
    dromunds Posts: 10,018
    CH46E wrote: »
    Oh yes.... I know the CR Limbo. Lol

    Just finished watching this. If I work 2 months of OT at the border I could have them. These would be my end game speaker.

    https://youtu.be/S3Rd462HcbM

    You put that kinda power on those Infinity’s and I think you’d be quite impressed indeed!
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  • lawdogg
    lawdogg Posts: 455
    Fwiw - you mentioned the JBL XPL - I also had JBL XPL140 and liked them, unfair comparing them directly to the RSII since the XPL140 are smaller but that Ti dome mid sure is nice!
    <3 my 3.1TLs

    I will fix your shifted magnets for free. :)
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  • erniejade
    erniejade Posts: 6,321
    When do you go listen to them? Along with the other amps that folks said, sunfire 600x2 or sunfire sig II 625x2 would have no problem driving them.

    If they can take biwire, one of the sunfire sig HT amps will work and just leave the 5 channel off.
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,146
    Good point. I had forgotten that folks do that. TNRabbit (Gary - another person who was taken from this Earth too early) had - Get this - A pair of Original Amazings, a pair of ALIII's and a pair of Platinum's all set up through one of the Sunfire amps.

    What are they going for these days? The sonic signature of the Sunfire's are (to me) much more pleasing than the 7t's or 9t's.

    Tom
    ~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~
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  • erniejade
    erniejade Posts: 6,321
    @treitz3 TNRabbit is the one who told me on the old Carver forum to try a Sunfire sig ht amp when i had Amazings. I would up getting a sig II 625x2 that Craig now owns.
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  • CH46E
    CH46E Posts: 3,591
    edited January 2020
    Going to go listen to them on Tuesday. He did not say what amp he had but that it was 600 watts a channel. I'm hoping we can make a deal. If not he does have some JBL S38s and some Paradigms I want. The little Paradigm Cinema speakers would make a great bedroom system.
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  • CH46E
    CH46E Posts: 3,591
    edited January 2020
    Does anyone know where I can find the room requirements for these? I had to let my SRS2 go because my room ended up to small. I could not get the clearances from the side walls. The vocals always seem to hit me in the right side ear.

    My room is 11.8 wide x 13.8 deep and 10 ft tall. So 11.8 on the front wall where the speakers would have to be positioned.

    I can only bring speaker about 16 inches off the front wall and still have a good seating position in the center.
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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 25,572
    JonathanPeterson wrote: »
    Yamaha mx1 or mx2 can play 1-2ohm speakers no problem.. don't know if any other home audio amps that will be good with low impedances

    So can Krell, Aragon and a host of others.
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  • lawdogg
    lawdogg Posts: 455
    CH46E wrote: »
    Does anyone know where I can find the room requirements for these? I had to let my SRS2 go because my room ended up to small. I could not get the clearances from the side walls. The vocals always seem to hit me in the right side ear.

    My room is 11.8 wide x 13.8 deep and 10 ft tall. So 11.8 on the front wall where the speakers would have to be positioned.

    I can only bring speaker about 16 inches off the front wall and still have a good seating position in the center.

    I'm not sure but my room (the one in my picture earlier) was close to that or smaller I believe...
    <3 my 3.1TLs

    I will fix your shifted magnets for free. :)
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  • msg
    msg Posts: 10,134
    Chris, can't you go any sooner than Tuesday? I don't wanna wait that long.
    I disabled signatures.
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  • CH46E
    CH46E Posts: 3,591
    Nope. I have to work until tue.
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  • HzTweaker
    HzTweaker Posts: 788
    lightman1 wrote: »
    Yup. My buddy has a set he refurbished. Fresh surrounds and crossovers. They are notorious amp killers so find some high current that can handle low impedance dips.

    I had heard the pair of rsii Russ mentioned before they were updated with new XOs and thought they sounded amazing. I'm book marking this tread and looking forward to your thoughts on these speakers.
    2ch rig: Speakers: Magnepan LRS w/Magna Riser stands Preamplifier: Parasound P5 Amplifier: Parasound A23 CDP: Pioneer DV-563A Cables: Wireworld Equinox 7 XLR ICs, Wireworld Ultraviolet 7 USB, AudioQuest Q2s, AudioQuest NRG X(preamp)

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  • CH46E
    CH46E Posts: 3,591
    1 pm tomorrow I'll get to hear them.
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,447
    CH46E wrote: »
    1 pm tomorrow I'll get to BUY them.

    Fixed...
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  • halo71
    halo71 Posts: 4,604
    Hope you get them! I'm still eyeing a pair of 2.5's locally. But I bought another "phew phew" a few weeks ago. So funds are limited.

    I heard a pair of Infinity RS V's many many years ago that I'll never forget. I'll never part with my RSIIIa's though.
    --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.
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  • CH46E
    CH46E Posts: 3,591
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  • CH46E
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    Number one on the way home. Have to go back for number 2
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  • Schurkey
    Schurkey Posts: 2,104
    edited January 2020
    CH46E wrote: »
    Number one on the way home. Have to go back for number 2
    I use Depends on road trips.
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  • Gardenstater
    Gardenstater Posts: 4,502
    edited January 2020
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    I'll never forget when (1980? 81?)my hippy friend Al and I were at a place called HiFi Haven in New Brunswick, NJ and I guess they liked us because they said......."hey do you want to hear and see something great"?, to which we replied absolutely, and we were walked out onto the street and a couple doors down and climbed the stairs into a dedicated listening room with a pair of Infinity IRS, about 7-1/2 ft tall towers (4 towers total). That remains my most definitive hifi moment to this day, including all the audio shows I've been to. When you stood right in between the speakers the imaging effect was incredible. IIRC price was around $90K
    George / NJ

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