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Why are so many Infinity IRS beta systems for sale the past year ?

Why are so many Infinity IRS systems for sale the past year ?
What are the Infinity IRS beta owner upgrading to ?
I still love my aging Infinity IRS beta system. I am still pretty happy with it. After overcoming the "12"woofer surround" issues solved by doing it myself after looking at all other terrible options . Now having concerns with my ageing amplification , my Rowland 7 are still great for the base especially after 2h warm up the pass labs 250 is at time a little "sickish" had it check but still just ok on the re Ch. So I looked into some alternative amplification but kind of skittish about whats available since the panels can drop to very low resistance and suck the live out of many amplifiers.
So after that, is there a new alternative speaker and amplification that makes the IRS beta owners move in a new direction ?
I have not heard to many set up that would make me look for a new system.
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tonykay
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I think brf hit it on the head. I have recently retired, we’re building a new, larger house and my wife would like to see my beautiful stand mounted Sonus Faber speakers disappear. I guess it’s just a sign of the times. 
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tomic601
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i retired a year ago and have never owned more big hifi gear in my life !
still married to a saint
we were an Infiniti dealer and moved quite a bit of product
i think cleeds post is spot on
care and feeding of an aging product
not an easy load
difficult to get exactly right in setup but rewarding of that attention to detail

i would say enjoy them

kuul69
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Speaking of aging like this response Tomic is 💯 right a very rewarding set of speakers IF you get the right gear to compliment them , otherwise they tell tales on inferior or gear not suitable. They may be $10K for the speakers now same as the original price. But if you can get 50K of carefully chosen gear to run them then you get a system that would cost well over 200K to get close , I’ve made listening  rooms for both Our best Audiophile stores in Sydney  & I’ve had the chance to listen to some top end gear I wouldn’t swap my betas for some 250K speakers I listened to running the same amps . I was lucky to have had someone who tried so many combos with these speakers to get my setup near perfect every step up was amazing leap. They are extremely accurate & a downside will show any harshness in any components in the chain. But get it right 😁

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russ69
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Well, the Infinity ribbon drivers have their own unique sound but after 40 years of listening I moved on to something else. 

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jafant
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As above, the IRS System takes a large to very large listening space plus high powered gear to fully compliment (drive) properly.  To my knowledge, there is only 1 place in the U.S. that can fully service Vintage Infinity in Orange County, CA.

Imagine to cost of packing/shipping if One lives outside of the state of California.

 

Happy Listening!

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