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Infinity RS 1B - How does the 'old dream speaker' compare to today's speakers?

Just saw again a photo of the 4 RS 1B towers, which 40+ years ago was my 'best speaker in the world' (yet never heard one). 

I know there a quite a few owners still out there, and would assume they had a chance to compare them side by side to modern "Audiophile" (say $10k or more if needed) speakers. 

How do they compare? 

Or maybe links to source material where that question is discussed? 

 

kraftwerkturbo
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cleeds
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The speakers in your pic aren’t RS-1Bs. It’s the big IRS system.

I owned the RS-1Bs for years, then traded them in for a set of IRS Betas, which I still enjoy and think is a much better speaker overall.

kraftwerkturbo OP
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I mean the 'big' system Infinity Reference Standard IRS. 

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I have two pairs of RS1B woofer towers, and I have been listening to Infinity EMIMs and EMITs for decades. They are still pretty good but I needed a change after all these years so I have been listening to other speakers. I really like my Triangles and just stopped short of ordering a pair of Signature Deltas.

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