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

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  • CH46E
    CH46E Posts: 3,591
    Schurkey wrote: »
    CH46E wrote: »
    Number one on the way home. Have to go back for number 2
    I use Depends on road trips.

    Lol only 12 miles for me.
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,146
    Chris, first off....congratulations! Secondly, if you ever get these bad boys properly powered? You are in for a treat.

    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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  • CH46E
    CH46E Posts: 3,591
    treitz3 wrote: »
    Chris, first off....congratulations! Secondly, if you ever get these bad boys properly powered? You are in for a treat.

    Tom

    Will a refurbed Carver TFM-45 do the trick?
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  • CH46E
    CH46E Posts: 3,591
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  • CH46E
    CH46E Posts: 3,591
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    I also took these off his hands for free. He already parted them out but the wood on these is in great shape and they appear to be for the most part the same dimensions as the others. I I figured I may be able to use some of the wood to replace the damaged bottoms on mine.

    Anyone have anybody's on how to clean that bottom driver. It does not appear to be cat pee. No bad odors. Maybe mold?

    I can already tell I will be replacing the foam on the back that go on the mids and I will have to reseal the woofer cabinets.
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  • CH46E
    CH46E Posts: 3,591
    Oh any any suggestions on cleaneing the wood? I'm not touching them until I know I'm not going to make it worse. They need a little TLC.
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  • CH46E
    CH46E Posts: 3,591
    After about 5 youtube videos I have an idea of how to clean them.
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  • Gardenstater
    Gardenstater Posts: 4,502
    What were your listening impressions? Must've been good since you bought 'em :wink:
    George / NJ

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  • CH46E
    CH46E Posts: 3,591
    edited January 2020
    That's a long story. Short of it is, I took them and ran. Did not hear. They were out in a shed wrapped up and I did not want to go back inside the house just to hook them up and listen to them. I just wanted to leave with them.

    Again, long story
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  • Gardenstater
    Gardenstater Posts: 4,502
    edited January 2020
    Whoa......now I am of course imagining pit bulls and semi-autos. I hope you enjoy them and I'm envious!

    Song that comes to mind....Lawyers Guns and Money
    George / NJ

    Polk 7B main speakers, std. mods+ (1979, orig owner)
    Martin Logan Dynamo sub w/6ft 14awg Power Cord
    Onkyo A-8017 integrated
    Logitech Squeezebox Touch Streamer w/EDO applet
    iFi nano iDSD DAC
    iPurifier3
    iDefender w/ iPower PS
    Custom Steve Wilson 1m UPOCC Interconnect
    iFi Mercury 0.5m OFHC continuous cast copper USB cable
    Custom Ribbon Speaker Cables, 5ft long, 4N Copper, 14awg, ultra low inductance
    Custom Vibration Isolation Speaker Stands and Sub Platform
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,146
    CH46E wrote: »
    treitz3 wrote: »
    Chris, first off....congratulations! Secondly, if you ever get these bad boys properly powered? You are in for a treat.

    Tom

    Will a refurbed Carver TFM-45 do the trick?

    IME, no. It may work but they will not be properly powered. BTW, @F1nut would be the go-to guy 'round here for restoring wood. I have seen his work and it is outF'nstanding. The man knows a thing or two about woodworking.

    The glue or adhesive at the dust cap looks....um......rather discombobulated. Might want to contact a professional speaker re-builder for that and see what they say or just wait for someone here to chime in. I don't recall ever seeing that before. I just hope he didn't cook them to make them appear that way.

    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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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 25,572
    discombobulated.... It's confused? how do you know ?
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  • Gardenstater
    Gardenstater Posts: 4,502
    Many adhesives become more amber or golden colored with aging. Hopefully that is all it is and not that the voice coils got overheated.
    George / NJ

    Polk 7B main speakers, std. mods+ (1979, orig owner)
    Martin Logan Dynamo sub w/6ft 14awg Power Cord
    Onkyo A-8017 integrated
    Logitech Squeezebox Touch Streamer w/EDO applet
    iFi nano iDSD DAC
    iPurifier3
    iDefender w/ iPower PS
    Custom Steve Wilson 1m UPOCC Interconnect
    iFi Mercury 0.5m OFHC continuous cast copper USB cable
    Custom Ribbon Speaker Cables, 5ft long, 4N Copper, 14awg, ultra low inductance
    Custom Vibration Isolation Speaker Stands and Sub Platform
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,146
    pitdogg2 wrote: »
    discombobulated.... It's confused? how do you know ?

    Haha....I was using it in slang (from my HS days). It pretty much meant FUBAR to the crew back in the day......and there is your trivial **** for today. School is now out of session.

    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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  • krazypolk
    krazypolk Posts: 745
    CH46E wrote: »
    treitz3 wrote: »
    Chris, first off....congratulations! Secondly, if you ever get these bad boys properly powered? You are in for a treat.

    Tom

    Will a refurbed Carver TFM-45 do the trick?

    No.
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  • Gardenstater
    Gardenstater Posts: 4,502
    edited January 2020
    from https://www.hifiengine.com/manual_library/carver/tfm-45.shtml They don't seem to give any specs regarding 2Ohm impedance loads. Perhaps if you put a Zobel Network across the speaker terminals it might prevent any high frequency instabilities from damaging the amplifier:
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    George / NJ

    Polk 7B main speakers, std. mods+ (1979, orig owner)
    Martin Logan Dynamo sub w/6ft 14awg Power Cord
    Onkyo A-8017 integrated
    Logitech Squeezebox Touch Streamer w/EDO applet
    iFi nano iDSD DAC
    iPurifier3
    iDefender w/ iPower PS
    Custom Steve Wilson 1m UPOCC Interconnect
    iFi Mercury 0.5m OFHC continuous cast copper USB cable
    Custom Ribbon Speaker Cables, 5ft long, 4N Copper, 14awg, ultra low inductance
    Custom Vibration Isolation Speaker Stands and Sub Platform
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  • CH46E
    CH46E Posts: 3,591
    Dang.... I should have kept my Parasound 2250 v2.

    I really would not be pushing these to extreme levels as I afraid of cooking one of those expensive EMIT tweeters.

    I'll keep on eye on the Carver's temp.

    Debating on bringing them in tonight to try them out.
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  • krazypolk
    krazypolk Posts: 745
    CH46E wrote: »
    Dang.... I should have kept my Parasound 2250 v2.

    I really would not be pushing these to extreme levels as I afraid of cooking one of those expensive EMIT tweeters.

    I'll keep on eye on the Carver's temp.

    Debating on bringing them in tonight to try them out.

    Good idea might be to also keep a fire extinguisher handy.
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  • Gardenstater
    Gardenstater Posts: 4,502
    I found a copy of the speaker manual. Did you get the "Low Frequency Equalization Unit" with your purchase? http://www.davidsaudio.com/rs2a-b-manual.pdf
    George / NJ

    Polk 7B main speakers, std. mods+ (1979, orig owner)
    Martin Logan Dynamo sub w/6ft 14awg Power Cord
    Onkyo A-8017 integrated
    Logitech Squeezebox Touch Streamer w/EDO applet
    iFi nano iDSD DAC
    iPurifier3
    iDefender w/ iPower PS
    Custom Steve Wilson 1m UPOCC Interconnect
    iFi Mercury 0.5m OFHC continuous cast copper USB cable
    Custom Ribbon Speaker Cables, 5ft long, 4N Copper, 14awg, ultra low inductance
    Custom Vibration Isolation Speaker Stands and Sub Platform
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  • Gardenstater
    Gardenstater Posts: 4,502
    edited January 2020
    Not shown in this clip but the Infinity manual says 75W to 400W into 4 Ohm load is ok for the amplifier. If you are biamping the tweeters and midranges need 75W to 300W into a
    4 Ohm load. They definitely state they are 4 Ohm nominal impedance speakers.
    Unfortunately I haven't found an impedance curve vs. Frequency anywhere yet. x2faf60j5spq.png
    George / NJ

    Polk 7B main speakers, std. mods+ (1979, orig owner)
    Martin Logan Dynamo sub w/6ft 14awg Power Cord
    Onkyo A-8017 integrated
    Logitech Squeezebox Touch Streamer w/EDO applet
    iFi nano iDSD DAC
    iPurifier3
    iDefender w/ iPower PS
    Custom Steve Wilson 1m UPOCC Interconnect
    iFi Mercury 0.5m OFHC continuous cast copper USB cable
    Custom Ribbon Speaker Cables, 5ft long, 4N Copper, 14awg, ultra low inductance
    Custom Vibration Isolation Speaker Stands and Sub Platform
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  • CH46E
    CH46E Posts: 3,591
    No. I'm pretty sure that was for the revised RSII b. Mine are not the b.
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  • Gardenstater
    Gardenstater Posts: 4,502
    Oops my bad. I'm learnin' here. I have always loved these speakers since my early experience with the BAD BOY Infinity IRS V
    George / NJ

    Polk 7B main speakers, std. mods+ (1979, orig owner)
    Martin Logan Dynamo sub w/6ft 14awg Power Cord
    Onkyo A-8017 integrated
    Logitech Squeezebox Touch Streamer w/EDO applet
    iFi nano iDSD DAC
    iPurifier3
    iDefender w/ iPower PS
    Custom Steve Wilson 1m UPOCC Interconnect
    iFi Mercury 0.5m OFHC continuous cast copper USB cable
    Custom Ribbon Speaker Cables, 5ft long, 4N Copper, 14awg, ultra low inductance
    Custom Vibration Isolation Speaker Stands and Sub Platform
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  • CH46E
    CH46E Posts: 3,591
    Gardenstater wrote: »
    Oops my bad. I'm learnin' here. I have always loved these speakers since my early experience with the BAD BOY Infinity IRS V

    It's all good. I waisted about 30 min reading that manual before you sent it before I noticed it was the wrong one!
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  • CH46E
    CH46E Posts: 3,591
    Ok..... they hooked up now. At first I thought the bottom woofers were out but after looking at the schematic I see they are crossed over differently 125 and 60 hz. So I think it's good. I'll throw a 50 hz signal at it later to make sure. But for right now I like them very much. Both front and rear tweeters are working as well as the 6 mids.

    More to follow.

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  • CH46E
    CH46E Posts: 3,591
    This is what YPAO room correction did to the left and right speaker. It does sound better with the correction on. And my room had great acoustics treatments.
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,146
    CH46E wrote: »
    Debating on bringing them in tonight to try them out.
    Well, I guess you didn't debate too long. This post was an hour ago. LOL

    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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  • CH46E
    CH46E Posts: 3,591
    So far I've thrown 90 watts at them and they love it. The Carver is still room temp.
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  • CH46E
    CH46E Posts: 3,591
    treitz3 wrote: »
    CH46E wrote: »
    Debating on bringing them in tonight to try them out.
    Well, I guess you didn't debate too long. This post was an hour ago. LOL

    Tom

    Yes, I was going to do it tomorrow but I remembered I have to mow the lawn and then we are going to see Celine Dion later that night.
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  • CH46E
    CH46E Posts: 3,591
    Is cleaning pots a PITA? Something I should send out for a professional? All 4 scratch like crazy when touched.

    I'm already pricing new caps.
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,146
    Caig DeOxit is your friend.

    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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