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Infinity RS1 Servo problem

Hi all. I have an Infinity RS1 speaker system. Unfortunately the servo unit has a bad channel. It looks like one of the op amps is bad. Would anyone have any idea of a source for replacements ? Thanks for any help.
winstonx
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pbnaudio
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Which one are you in search of ? repaired one a little while a go

Best of Luck

Peter
tomtab
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yes, I had the same problem. sent it out to get fixed. did not get it back yet!! but I did what other owners of this speaker did and that was to get a dbx 223 crossover instead. I dident want to do this at first because I like to keep things the way they were ment to be used. well all I can say Is I will probably not use the infinity eq when I get it back. the dbx is so much better. and very simple to use. four knobs for each channel overall gain, bass cutoff fq, bass gain and high gain. no more matching high amp inpedence. bass amp now connected directly to bass amp. as for sound way more control. bass is better sounding,tighter,smoother. and you can adjust the panel overall to your likeing. just get a dbx 223 and don't look back. new they are around $170. on ebay you can get one for around $100. they come in black and white. mine is from about 3-4 years ago. the new ones look a little different.
tomtab
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if interested in the dbx223, it comes with two types of inputs xlr balanced and 1/4 inch phono plugs. need 1/4 to rca adaptors for it. parts express has them. to get an idea of that this is look at item # 181259015846 on ebay. this is xlr balancsd one. good luck
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russ69
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I just had my right channel develop a hum. I haven't changed anything so something "broke" in my servo/crossover unit. Tomtab, I'm going to try the DBX crossover but that means the servo controller is non-functioning. Servo feedback is supposed to be a trick way to handle the woofer distortion but my feeling has always been that if the woofer is out of control, feeding it a corrected signal is just a band-aid and not the true fix. The true fix is a woofer that tracks the input signal, rather than just adding correction to an out of control mass.
At any rate, dumping the Infinity servo controller would be nice, it's not reliable and it's always been a source of problems. I hope I have good luck, I want to keep the woofer towers, they really sound good, when the are working. They energize the room like nothing else I've ever heard.
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