fiftyone50
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Hello fellow speaker lovers!
First and foremost, I need a set of grilles for a pair of infinity alpha 50's.
Anyone have something like that laying around to sell me?
I could also use some for primus 250s
OK, STORY TIME!
So, the girl wanted to "modernize" the look of the living room, and have it "not so much like a studio". This meant, no triple stacked 80's speakers and scale back on the electronics visible in the living room.
I had my eye on Infinity's alpha series back when they came out.... so I looked for some. Found a set, but the deal fell thru. Searching craigslist, I came across a set of Interludes - IL60, IL10, and IL36C Hmmmm.....
Boy, oh boy.
The interlude 60's, are off the effin hook! These bad boys really rock the house with their 2 12" subs and 500w on each - being 4 way speakers, everything above 80hz is very clear also, they sound pretty damn flat to my ears, I prefer a little gain in the lower bass region personally. I have yet to hear another pair of speakers that will do what these 4' tall monoliths will do. Of course, sound is subjective...... But wow, that bass and overall performance would be hard to match!
The IL10's work great as surrounds or mains if you are running a sub on a smaller system. The 36C is also very impressive, best center channel I've heard!
I'm looking for a 2nd pair of IL60's in maple, if anyone has a pair?
So, these speakers are maple, and a week after buying them I found a guy hard up for cash on craigslist, so I picked up a set of black alpha 50's, primus 250's, primus c25 center, and a sony receiver..... the guy had cats and the grilles were tossed out after being torn apart by these cats - price was right for the package though, so I still took them home.
Now, the speakers in my living room are black.....
The primus center is OK, and the primus 250's are pretty good, they are almost impressive when those little 5's are pounding their hearts out.
The alpha 50's..... These in a side by side with the interlude 60's.....
the mid bass and instrument separation on the alphas straight walk all over the interludes here. I believe the 8" woofers and 5.25" mid really make the difference over the 6.5" woof and 4" mid on the interludes. When you compare apples to apples, pair vs pair, the interludes are by far more impressive, but the 2 12" subs with 1000watts is definately the reason. A pair of alpha 50s and a pair of alpha 1200s subs would definately be one killer setup. I found a set of alpha 40's on the bay, and I'm planning on using the 50's as the mains, the 40's as the center surrounds, the primus' as the rear surrounds, and upgrading to the 37C sometime.
Overall - the alphas are very revealing in the midbass-mid region, and the highs are just peachy.... with a pair of subs these would be killer.
For a mid grade speaker, I give them a thumbs up.
Interludes, also pretty awesome, especially the IL-60's. For the price you can find pairs of these, I don't think you can do any better - you could easily spend more on one good subwoofer than a used set of these would set you back, and they really, really do not need a subwoofer. (I mean, REALLY....)
So, to wrap this all up, infinity's cmmd drivers perform well. If you look you can find deals that are well worth the money, and depending on how bad into speakers you already are, you could very well be floored and blown away by the performance you will see - Personally, I was running these all on a Sony ES 120wpc receiver - don't starve them for power and run your amp into clipping though!!!!!
On a side note, my pioneers that I took out of the living room, put all these speakers to shame for stereo music listening, although I think the others are a little better suited for home theater. I love my pioneers! :tears:
I counted - I have 16 sets of speakers right now. 5 pairs are Pioneer DSS's, and they are head and shoulders above the others to me.... for music. By far.
I just wanted to share my "new" experiences with these infinity lines, in case someone was looking at some, and try to see if one of my fellow AK'rs had some grilles to hook me up with.
Keep rockin!
First and foremost, I need a set of grilles for a pair of infinity alpha 50's.
Anyone have something like that laying around to sell me?
I could also use some for primus 250sOK, STORY TIME!
So, the girl wanted to "modernize" the look of the living room, and have it "not so much like a studio". This meant, no triple stacked 80's speakers and scale back on the electronics visible in the living room.
I had my eye on Infinity's alpha series back when they came out.... so I looked for some. Found a set, but the deal fell thru. Searching craigslist, I came across a set of Interludes - IL60, IL10, and IL36C Hmmmm.....
Boy, oh boy.
The interlude 60's, are off the effin hook! These bad boys really rock the house with their 2 12" subs and 500w on each - being 4 way speakers, everything above 80hz is very clear also, they sound pretty damn flat to my ears, I prefer a little gain in the lower bass region personally. I have yet to hear another pair of speakers that will do what these 4' tall monoliths will do. Of course, sound is subjective...... But wow, that bass and overall performance would be hard to match!
The IL10's work great as surrounds or mains if you are running a sub on a smaller system. The 36C is also very impressive, best center channel I've heard!
I'm looking for a 2nd pair of IL60's in maple, if anyone has a pair?
So, these speakers are maple, and a week after buying them I found a guy hard up for cash on craigslist, so I picked up a set of black alpha 50's, primus 250's, primus c25 center, and a sony receiver..... the guy had cats and the grilles were tossed out after being torn apart by these cats - price was right for the package though, so I still took them home.
Now, the speakers in my living room are black.....
The primus center is OK, and the primus 250's are pretty good, they are almost impressive when those little 5's are pounding their hearts out.
The alpha 50's..... These in a side by side with the interlude 60's.....
the mid bass and instrument separation on the alphas straight walk all over the interludes here. I believe the 8" woofers and 5.25" mid really make the difference over the 6.5" woof and 4" mid on the interludes. When you compare apples to apples, pair vs pair, the interludes are by far more impressive, but the 2 12" subs with 1000watts is definately the reason. A pair of alpha 50s and a pair of alpha 1200s subs would definately be one killer setup. I found a set of alpha 40's on the bay, and I'm planning on using the 50's as the mains, the 40's as the center surrounds, the primus' as the rear surrounds, and upgrading to the 37C sometime.
Overall - the alphas are very revealing in the midbass-mid region, and the highs are just peachy.... with a pair of subs these would be killer.
For a mid grade speaker, I give them a thumbs up.
Interludes, also pretty awesome, especially the IL-60's. For the price you can find pairs of these, I don't think you can do any better - you could easily spend more on one good subwoofer than a used set of these would set you back, and they really, really do not need a subwoofer. (I mean, REALLY....)
So, to wrap this all up, infinity's cmmd drivers perform well. If you look you can find deals that are well worth the money, and depending on how bad into speakers you already are, you could very well be floored and blown away by the performance you will see - Personally, I was running these all on a Sony ES 120wpc receiver - don't starve them for power and run your amp into clipping though!!!!!
On a side note, my pioneers that I took out of the living room, put all these speakers to shame for stereo music listening, although I think the others are a little better suited for home theater. I love my pioneers! :tears:
I counted - I have 16 sets of speakers right now. 5 pairs are Pioneer DSS's, and they are head and shoulders above the others to me.... for music. By far.
I just wanted to share my "new" experiences with these infinity lines, in case someone was looking at some, and try to see if one of my fellow AK'rs had some grilles to hook me up with.
Keep rockin!
