Infinity RS-1b WOW!

[IcanthearU]

WOW! I have never seen a set of these for sale around my area... any thoughts on this Infinity model?

http://milwaukee.craigslist.org/ele/4370584352.html

 

[stereocuuple]

belongs in dollars & sense

 

[canuckaudiog]

That's a good price for those I think.


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[tomlinmgt]

"Folks there is nothing out there that has the sound of this system unless you spend $30,000+."

Well, when you consider their big brother, the IRS Betas.....which got overwhelmingly better reviews than the 1B's.....can be had for around $5-10K, I'd say this comment is slightly overstated.

Gonna need some big iron to run them properly, EMITs are not inexpensive to replace (so gonna need to buy a few of those right off the bat at around $100/ea.) and pray none of those many EMIMs ever need replacing in the future because they go for over twice what the EMITs are going for.....and that's for old, used ones.

The old flagship Infinity models are like vintage exotic cars.....extraordinary performance but lots of additional expense goes with ownership and replacement parts are rare, expensive and selection is limited to used parts....not much NOS out there.

 

[OldSch00l]

Not too far from me, I wonder if he'd take my AR's as partial trade... :scratch2:

 

[Tone_Boss]

I fantasized over them when I was a kid.

 

[vintageboy]

that is a heaven of speakers

 

[jsours]

Simply the best I've ever heard. I heard a new set at an audio store back in 1983 in Tx. They were priced something crazy like 25G or more even then (with subs). Like was said before, you need BIG power to run them. I've bought a few things from that particular seller before (Larry G) and he is an honest good guy. If I had the money they would have been here last week.
Tomlinmgt has them pegged just right. Owning these will be a rather expensive hobby unto themselves. But a pretty cool one.

 

[halo71]

I fantasized over them when I was a kid.

Hell I still do at 43! :yes:

 

[jsours]

There is a guy on the bay that is a doctor that rebuilds these old flagship Infinitys. His name is 'magicmarksy' or something like that. I occasionally will read through his listings. It is quite interesting (scary) to see what all he has to do to the ones that he refurbishes to get them up to standard to resell. I don't know the guy and have never dealt with him but his notes are fascinating. He has very detailed descriptions of what repairs and upgrades he does. It is worth a look before buying these Ferraris.

 

[jsours]

I checked. Just so happens he has some on there now. Read his description. Interesting, intriguing, and a little scary. If I had the money though...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/MONSOON-UPG...35?pt=Speakers_Subwoofers&hash=item416efe1f37

 

[janikphoto]

belongs in dollars & sense

Yup. CL links belong in the D&S section.

 

[budgetaudio6]

marksey was a member here a few years ago....got a bit of flak for "upgrading" near mint infinities...IIRC of course.

 

[tomlinmgt]

^^^
Yeah, not sure what he's paying for those Monsoon "EMIRM" mid drivers (I couldn't find any info on them), but I have Monsoon 700 and 1000 series mid drivers and they were less than $100/pr. If you know what used EMIM's fetch, well, you can see where this is going. $:scratch2:$$$

 

[jsours]

Lol...

 

[noise gate]

Kinda need a fairly big room for those, no?

 

[jsours]

An auditorium will work nicely.