Infinity RS-1Bs - enormous

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dane_peterson
dane_peterson Posts: 1,903
edited May 2007 in For Sale (FS) Classifieds
Just saw these on my local Craigslist. I should go ask for a demo.

http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/ele/317738455.html
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  • JimBRICK
    JimBRICK Posts: 1,543
    edited April 2007
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    thats the most rediculous speakers system I've ever seen.
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  • John in MA
    John in MA Posts: 1,010
    edited April 2007
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    From everything I've heard they sound remarkable.
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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,077
    edited April 2007
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    Never heard a set but those are supposed to be pretty damn good.

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  • NeilGabriel
    NeilGabriel Posts: 1,487
    edited April 2007
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    They look like they'd require more maintenance than the wife.
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 49,840
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    Oh yeah, that's a speaker system!
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,908
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    dane_peterson wrote: »
    Just saw these on my local Craigslist. I should go ask for a demo.

    http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/ele/317738455.html

    They are pretty good...but..do you have the room and amps for these?
    A tad overpriced,saw one in my area for 1600,of coarse condition always a variable.If you want to spend that kind of dough,go after some newer used speaks.Sooo many at that price point.
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  • whitetruk
    whitetruk Posts: 308
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    tonyb wrote: »
    They are pretty good...but..do you have the room and amps for these?
    A tad overpriced,saw one in my area for 1600,of coarse condition always a variable.If you want to spend that kind of dough,go after some newer used speaks.Sooo many at that price point.

    i have heard these(not this pair) and tonyb could not have said it better
    I thought it was fairly amusing also. The Polk Ogre doesn't always get 'it'
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  • Bill Ayotte
    Bill Ayotte Posts: 1,860
    edited April 2007
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    Wow!
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  • ohskigod
    ohskigod Posts: 6,502
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    I saw a picture of those when I was aa young lad and always considered them my dream speaker, even though I never heard them. I think there is a bigger one Infinity reference standard V? which is prob just a newer version, they look the same. I think they were like 25 grand a pair new.
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  • unc2701
    unc2701 Posts: 3,587
    edited April 2007
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    The IRS-V's were the final incarnation of that line, I think. Six 12 inch woofers on a side, -3db of like 12hz & I believe they went all the way up to 50khz on the top.

    'course you need a gigantic room for something like that.
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  • MikeC78
    MikeC78 Posts: 2,315
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    Dane,

    I'd love to have a demo on those!(maybe you can bring those to the PF???) I bet those would sound wonderful in your apt!;) Can we say eviction notice...

    Mike
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  • dane_peterson
    dane_peterson Posts: 1,903
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    MikeC78 wrote: »
    Dane,

    I'd love to have a demo on those!(maybe you can bring those to the PF???) I bet those would sound wonderful in your apt!;) Can we say eviction notice...

    Mike

    LoL! I definitely wouldn't be interested in these personally, just fun to see hifi equipment on Craigslist, as it doesn't show up all that often around here.
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,092
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    Bump..........Isn't anyone interested in these. I can't understand why :rolleyes: .
    "Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Pangea AC14SE MKII | Legend L600 | BlueSound Node 3 - Tubes add soul!
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  • dane_peterson
    dane_peterson Posts: 1,903
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    heiney9 wrote: »
    Bump..........Isn't anyone interested in these. I can't understand why :rolleyes: .

    Heiney, weren't you just whining about these types of posts, as well as "bumping"? ;)
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  • tom t
    tom t Posts: 543
    edited May 2007
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    jimbrick,if you ever heard those infinity rs1b's ,you wouldent think they are ridiculous. beleve be,ive heard them and they will blow you away. they do everything right without breaking a sweat. bass that will shake the house down,and clean. midrange as wide as the pacific ocean,and highs as high as the sky. if you dident know it, the band was playing right in front of you. all this peoformance cost money though, and very good amps to drive it. the top of the line irs v's, $50,000 a pair,forget about it ,there is no comparison out there.
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  • tom t
    tom t Posts: 543
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    the irs v's i think they speak for them self's
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  • Loud & Clear
    Loud & Clear Posts: 1,538
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    tom t wrote: »
    the irs v's i think they speak for them self's
    Man, I'd love to be the guy sitting in that chair. A glass of red wine and some nicely recorded vinyl through those speakers, in that room, would likely be the cat's whiskers. Very, very cool. I get a real kick out of my gear, but that makes me jealous. I want that.

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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,522
    edited May 2007
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    I heard a pair of these at an audio show in Germany, mid 1980's. They were breath-taking.
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  • JimBRICK
    JimBRICK Posts: 1,543
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    could you imagine watching war of the worlds through that. It would scramble you brains.

    I'd love to have a jack and coke and listen to VAVALDI the four seasons
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  • JimBRICK
    JimBRICK Posts: 1,543
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    tom t wrote: »
    jimbrick,if you ever heard those infinity rs1b's ,you wouldent think they are ridiculous. beleve be,ive heard them and they will blow you away. they do everything right without breaking a sweat. bass that will shake the house down,and clean. midrange as wide as the pacific ocean,and highs as high as the sky. if you dident know it, the band was playing right in front of you. all this peoformance cost money though, and very good amps to drive it. the top of the line irs v's, $50,000 a pair,forget about it ,there is no comparison out there.

    I was talking about size wise, I bet they are beautiful. Just a tad outta my price range :)
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    Speaker - Klipsch Heresy II
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  • avguytx
    avguytx Posts: 1,628
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    Loud & Clear wrote: »
    Man, I'd love to be the guy sitting in that chair. A glass of red wine and some nicely recorded vinyl through those speakers, in that room, would likely be the cat's whiskers. Very, very cool. I get a real kick out of my gear, but that makes me jealous. I want that.

    Kind of brings a whole new visual to the old Maxell poster with the dude sitting in a chair being blown away by one little speaker! Ok, I know it wasn't a speaker ad, but nevertheless, cool...
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  • tom t
    tom t Posts: 543
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    jimbrick, you sent me a message asking about speakers,was it the ones next to the polks, if so they are infinity rs 2b's.
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  • tom t
    tom t Posts: 543
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    a pair of the 1b's just sold on e-bay for $3600 last week. they were $6000 new. i was going for them but after $2600 i let them go . then the sdr-sre's came alon for $1600 so i picked them up
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