Speaker ID request please

[KiM3Ce]

Hi, from an upcoming sale. No affiliation, far from me. I will link the sale in Dollars and Sense, then link that thread here. These look substantial. The logo looks like Infinity to me but not the speakers. Does anyone recognize them? If so, please speak up! Thanks!

Glad the cherubs are having a good time!

 

[swechsler]

I think it's an Infinity 2000A. Note the power cord, implying that it's an ESL. There were at least two different versions, one with two ES tweeters in front, and one with four.

ETA: looks like a square midrange frame in the above pics, and all the pics on the Infinity Classics site show a round/octagonal cone. This implies that there's either a third version with a dome mid, or it's been replaced.

 

[swechsler]

Did a quick web search and didn't find any others with a square midrange like that, at least not stock. Take that for what it's worth.

 

[bowtie427ss]

They appear to be the version with only 2 ES tweeters.

The square is just the opening in the grill.

From davidsaudio.com:

Introduced after the ServoStatik, the 2000 A was an attempt to make a smaller, less expensive speaker that retained the excellent high end of the electrostatics. Using a conventional cone woofer and midrange, and electrostatic tweeters, the 2000 A is actually a very nice speaker in a more compact package. Infinity was obviously experimenting a lot on this design, as I have seen versions with both two and four of the RTR electrostatic tweeters, and both with and without whizzer cones on the midranges. Mine use the four electrostatic tweeters and the whizzer cone midrange:

 

[swechsler]

The square is just the opening in the grill.

Fair enough, I couldn't find any pics of the grille frame.

 

[bowtie427ss]

Fair enough, I couldn't find any pics of the grille frame.

I'm fairly sure it was a solid panel, like Masonite or something, with just the driver and vent openings in it.

 

[KiM3Ce]

Awesome! Thank you!

 

[bowtie427ss]

Found a good image of that early style badge: