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Why are Infinities the Rodney Dangerfields of spe

I have yet to hear anything but praise for the baby Infinity 2.6 Intermezzos or the top end MTS Preludes. In searching the audiogon forums, however, I notice that the responses to Infinity threads is almost nil. What gives??? I am interested in some 4.1 Intermezzos that can flat out spank many speakers that are highly touted in some of the discussions. Am I missing something?
angiemima
beemer
444 posts
 
Step back to the golden age when Arnie Nudell ruled the roost and try the RS1x or IRS Beta, Gamma or Delta. RSIIb can be delightful as well. These are getting older now, nice examples can still be found. I'm keeping the pair of Betas and Gammas that I own. Nothing today comes close to the Betas without spending 30K+.

beemer
garfish
1,840 posts
 
Thesoundbroker explained the Rodney Dangerfield thing well re Infinity speakers in general, but if you really like the Infinities, buy them, enjoy, and don't let others opinions bother you. Good Luck. Craig
dgordonl
128 posts
 
here here (beemer)on the great OLD Infinity's..My wife polishes my RS1b's once a month and they are still going strong since 1988,and I can't get enough of them..At one time I did demo the Beta's ion 1989 but couldn't justify the extra money between the two.As a matter of fact there are a pair of Beta's for sale on AudiogoN now for a pretty good price.Not many people know about them since they are from the olden days of Infinity.To quote one person on them(if you come across the Beta's or RS1b's run to the bank don't walk.....)
zaikesman
3,017 posts
 
Nice post by Plugged/Sound Broker. In addition to what he said, I will add that when the shop I used work at during the early/mid 90's added the Kappas as a lower priced line, I thought they plainly sucked compared to other things we had at the same price points, such as the lower priced Snells or B&W's (guess they wanted that Infinity name to bring 'em in). So I suspect it's not just that Infinity made mass-market stuff, but also that it wasn't very good stuff for what it was.
rwd
695 posts
 
I must add my 2 cents also.....I have a pair of "originnal" RS 1B's (they were 1A's but upgraded completely to 1B's). I have listened to numorous speakers over the years and the Infinity's still stands tall against the speakers of today. Sure, they may lack certin qualities but, like the folks said above,...you got to dig deep into the pockets to get something much better. Does anyone remember Arnies' Servo Static 1A's??? Not the 1's BUT the 1A's?? Boy, what a system.......
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