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Infinity RS 2.5 speaker placement

Hello all,

I've been trying to find the perfect spot for these old behemoths. I have tried the Cardas website, but the formula doesn't seem to work perfectly for these, maybe because they are a mix of cone woofers and the mylar? mids and tweets. He suggest toe in for all speakers while the infinity set up manual says to keep them parallel. Room is approximately 11'x20'x8' rectangle. Big window in front that has been covered and also some crochet blankets on the walls to try and soften things up a bit. I'm looking for the best imaging and soundstage I can get out of these. Any help is greatly appreciated. Btw, it's not bad by any means, just trying to find the best way to set up these speakers.
sswanny_1
sswanny_1 OP
10 posts
 
They are actually Watkins Engineering 12" dual drive woofers. It is a dual voice coil woofer with one 4-ohm coil and one 2-ohm coil which play at different frequencies. I replaced the originals with exact replacements from Watkins Engineering themselves. I have never come close to clipping the edge, as it will deliver 900 watts continuous into 2 ohms and I have no idea about the transient power ability but I'm not interested in biamping. The system is already more than loud enough. Besides, $15k for another comparable amp is way outta my budget.

Both sets of upper grills were pretty much hammered when I bought the speakers, so a rebuild project is in order sometime in the future.

Also there are two emits and two emims per speaker plus the one twelve.

And I do have a copy of the owner's manual, but thank you.
ait
480 posts
 
I own RSIIb's as my main speakers. They have more drivers than the 2.5's so take this with a grain of salt, but I find that a slight toe-in works best - I cross the tweeters a couple feet behind my listening position.

If you intend to keep them you should look into the new EMIM diaphragms offered by Apogee Acoustics in Australia - I have them and they sound incredible, like an electrostatic with 10X the dynamic range.
sswanny_1 OP
10 posts
 
I will have to look into that. Did you replace the Emits as well?
ait
480 posts
 
He doesn't make EMITY diaphragms, yet...

Here is a link to the Apogee forum - Graz is the owner, and he is taking pre-orders for his next production run. His first run of 60 sold out.

http://www.apogeeacoustics.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=187

They are really a big upgrade in sound over the original mylar units and should last longer, too.
ait
480 posts
 
That's EMIT, not EMITY!
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