Please Post your Infinity speakers

[Charivari]

JP completely rebuilt these Quantum 2's, and I ended up buying them.

I love 'em!

That was sometime back. Now, I'm just barely hanging onto my Infinity aficionado credentials with my RSbs out on near permanent loan and just my ES-1s on hand and they weren't even built at Infinity.

Those speakers do look a lot better in your room than they did mine, sound better too. That's a nice picture, but I think that those really need a pair of their little brothers nearby. :thmbsp:

- JP

 

[jlsoaz]

rs-1b tower arrangements

As an experiment one quiet Saturday, try reversing the positions of your woofer and mid-tweeter columns, meaning move the woofers to the inside and the mid-tweets to the outside.

I have a set of Betas, which are similar in concept. I found that they need at least 10' between the mid-tweeter columns in order to throw a soundstage. The woofer placement isn't nearly as critical.

Just a suggestion, and I'd be interested to hear if anyone else has similar experience with Infinity 4-column systems.

I am replying 18 months after-the-fact, but I tried this last night, and it seems to be opening things up. I think I was hampering the system by putting the treble towers too close.

 

[Mark B]

The Q2's little brothers just showed up!

 

[Charivari]

The Q2's little brothers just showed up!

Alright! Are those in as good of shape as they look?

- JP

 

[Mark B]

Alright! Are those in as good of shape as they look?

- JP

:yes:

I want to thank you for letting me know about these and contacting the seller. I owe you!

They have a few small chips in the veneer and a small tear in the grill cloth of one of the rear emits. The drivers look great, and the back panels for the pots and binding posts are in excellent condition. I'll get these hooked up this weekend and give them a listen.

 

[Kencat]

Mark,

Those look great, can't wait for your impressions compared to the Q2's.

Now you'll need the Q2's big brother:yes:

 

[Mark B]

Mark,

Those look great, can't wait for your impressions compared to the Q2's.

Now you'll need the Q2's big brother:yes:

Thanks Ken, I'm thrilled to have them

Got 'em set up for a listening session tonight:

 

[240sx4u]

RS IIs.

Not home yet, but sound killer at dads place.

 

[MartinV56]

My Kappa 7.2 serie II with Lexicon 212 amp and Morrison Elad preamp.

Now I am not using because I am using Single Ended Triode Amps 2A3, 300B and 45. Thanks and Best Regards

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[Mark B]

Got the Quantum 3's hooked up tonight and put on a CD. The sound was dull. An ear to the front EMIT's on the right speaker revealed no sound. Checked the back EMIT - nothing. Same story with the left speaker - all EMIT's dead. Decided to fiddle with the tweeter pot, so with an ear to the rear EMIT I turned the knob slowly to max. No sound. Twisted the knob rapidly back and forth a few times, and noticed a tiny bit of static at one point. After some additional working of the control had continuous sound from the rear EMIT on the right speaker. A quick check of the front EMIT's determined that they too were working. Over to the left speaker, and soon had all EMIT's on that speaker working. With all drivers now functional the sound is pure vintage Infinity QLS! They sound incredible.

 

[OddE.O'Phile]

Sounds like your pots need some attention.... Pretty straight forward fix, and after you clean them up your emits will sound even better! Highly recommended maintenance by the resident experts here.... :thmbsp:

 

[Charivari]

I want to thank you for letting me know about these and contacting the seller. I owe you!

Bah, as I told you, I owed you (and feel that I still do).

Those definitely do look in very nice condition. It's rare to see the drivers look as they do with neither broken midrange tinsels nor pushed in dust caps. Shame about the veneer chips, but that's bound to happen with heavier speakers. You'll definitely want to disassemble those potentiometers as the center contact plate for the wiper tends to corrode badly that moving it as you did is only a temporary measure. If they're too far gone, I have at least one spare (and a parts unit) floating around here, somewhere, already cleaned up and ready to be installed that I can send your way (technically already yours anyways).

Say, are my eyes playing tricks or did you move your sofa quite a bit farther back than where it was before? Has that helped the sound?

Now, if only I can find a pair of very ratty QLS-1s to fix up...

- JP

 

[Bunny]

Since yesterday I now already have a molested Infinity RSa in my collection. The wood has been painted white, the woofer's surround is gone, the grill is gone BUT it had a good EMIT. That was why I bought it, removed the EMIT, opened it, removed all the dust and stuff, put it back together and it measures

My Infinity Reference Standard 1.5's will be happy with a good tweeter again

Btw: how rude. Those IRSa's look better on the inside then its big brother. Is it: 'the more expensive the crappier the X-over looks?' ;D

But well, I have a spare woofer and a spare cabinet. Maybe it will come in handy once, now they just are in the garage (that might be a bit too moisty but well...).

Best regards,
Me

 

[Kencat]

Now, if only I can find a pair of very ratty QLS-1s to fix up...

- JP

Glad to see you still have an eye for the Q1 JP. I was wondering if you had moved on in your speaker adventures.

 

[Charivari]

Glad to see you still have an eye for the Q1 JP. I was wondering if you had moved on in your speaker adventures.

I suppose that I have moved on in some ways, but I still have great respect for the big Infinities and would love to have a pair or pairs on hand for a secondary system, home theater, or the like where they'd find regular use. Of course, I'd prefer to have an example of the IRS series (IRS V, Betas, Epsilons, etc) and those could even become my mains in such a case. Yet, I've been wanting a pair of QLS-1s for enough years and seen too many locally be parted out by the wrong owners that I would very much like to save a pair and enjoy them in the aforementioned circumstances. Odd as it might sound, I'd rather find a beat up pair to restore than a pristine set as I quite enjoyed the restoration process and knowing I'm saving some from being destroyed for parts.

- JP

 

[Mark B]

...
Say, are my eyes playing tricks or did you move your sofa quite a bit farther back than where it was before...

- JP

That's an optical illusion. Don't know how I managed to make my sofa look like it's halfway into the dining room. :scratch2:

 

[PB196]

I'm new here, so here goes.

I've got a pair of Reference Six's hooked up to a Marantz 2325 receiver, w/ Monster cable. I love the tight sound, the vocals and the mid bass driver really kicks in on live recordings. I've heard pricier speakers in audio showrooms but nothing below $2000 really outperforms them IMO.

Many, many years ago I heard the Infinity 1001A's in an audio shop playing an Eagles LP and I was sold right on the spot on the Infinity sound. Can't seem to find any data on the 1001's but it may have had a rear facing tweeter. Wish I had picked a few other Infinity's along the way but I always had a space problem in my living quarters. Love their vintage products.

 

[MagneMan]

Picked up a nice pair of RS6000's last weekend on a swap, being driven by a super nice B&K ST-140 that I picked up on another swap the day before. No complaints, they are fighting for attn with a pair of Wharfedales and a pair of Snell K.5's and fill in the mid and upper range nicely.

 

[ibanez59er]

Infinity QLS2

Here are views from different angles.

Unfortunately I dinged these otherwise pristine cabinets in the moving process. :tears: They are brutally heavy even for two people to move around a house. (Next pic)

The significance of this next pic is that there is no rear Emit Tweeter on the upper rear panel. Some versions had one here. That round piece of cloth covers a port that I "think" goes to the back of the Mid-bass driver, but needs to be confirmed. It's a design feature I would like to understand more about (for another thread).

Hi, was looking at this old post and if you don't mind I have a few questions about the Q2s. I have had a pair for six years, never to have them in 100% working order. I am desperate and frustrated allowing them to just sit there. I miss those Watkins lows so much. Please Help, Mike.:tears:

 

[cbrworm]

Where are you located?