Price Paid:  $1200.00 from Anderson's

Summary:
These are excellent speakers. They look beautiful on hardwood floors. They sound terrific for movies and all types of music. They don't take up alot of space, and they are an excellent value.

Strengths:
Sound quality is excellent. Wood grain color is terrific.

Weaknesses:
Might fall over if they are not secured to the ground with plastic strings.

Similar Products Used:
Sony general purpose stereo equipment.

Price Paid:  $1600.00 from mail order

Summary:
The clarity of the sound, especially mid to high tone, is simply amazing. Together with the fact they are very directional, they produce a very accurate image. To this end, I like to compliment the engineers at Infinity for not compromising. I have yet to listen to a pair of speakers that achieves this quality better. Of course, the drawback of this kind of speakers is that they give you a burden: you have to experiment with the positions of the speakers and the listener. The sweet spot is very narrow, so that sometimes you have to sit or stand very awkwardly to be in "the zone". You move one foot away from that sweet spot, the focus deteriorates. I do not mind this, but for some people, it can be a hassel. Fortunately, those of you who like ambience can use DSP of AV receivers. I have a Yamaha RX2090 and some of its DSP fields are very ambient with surround speakers (front and rear).
I cannot really comment on the bass performance, though. I thought it was pretty good when I listened to them in an electronics store, but after I installed them in my apartment, the resonance completely ruined the bass. So I wouldn't know its true bass capability until I move to a bigger, spacious house. To those who live in a confined space, I do not recommend this speaker because of the reason mentioned above. But it is not Overture3's fault. So I give 5 stars.

Strengths:
sound clarity, focus

Weaknesses:
What's with that flimsy grill?

Price Paid:  $300.00 from circuit city

Summary:
Excellent speakers so far. I havn't had achance to test them
in a wide variety of situations yet.
the best part about these speakers to me was the price
$300.00 . I talked the manager down from $179.00 each.

Strengths:
Excellent frequency response !!
great sensitivity!!

Weaknesses:
Tipsy topsy on carpet

Similar Products Used:
carver ribbon speakers

Price Paid:  $1000.00 from Correct

Summary:
I use a Rotel RC 995 preamp with a Cambridge A75 poweramp. The IO3's behave very well using all types of music (if recorded well enough in the studio). What immediately struck me was the level of detail offered. The response and speed of the speaker units is really superb. The bass is really clean, sometimes al little empty. I think this is caused by the bass amplifier. The small bass drivers in conjuction with the lowamp are not able to deliver the same response of the mids although they produce the needed DB pressure. But that is not the same of course.
The speakers plastic feet are not really a firm support. I unscrewed one foot and discoverd that the cables where squeezed between the wood and the plastic foot while assembling. I mounted them in the correct place and this improved the support. Cabling of the IO3's could be better by the way. I will improve this later after my period of guarantee. Anyway on the whole it is an interesting speaker capable of delivering an attractive sound, never dull or boring. It is one of the first speaker systems I have to which every visitor reacts, both by design and soundreproduction. If you like it, buy it.

Strengths:
Very detailed in mid and high (fast), crisp and offering a clean bass reproduction

Weaknesses:
Internal finish and the floorconstruction with spikes

Similar Products Used:
B&W and Visaton selfbuilt kits

Price Paid:  $1300.00 from ubid.com

Summary:
Got a problem here. Anyone can chime in with possible solutions. The last solution, of course, is the repair shop. One speaker's mid/tweeter assembly has suddenly decided to produce almost no output at all. What it does produce is not, repeat NOT distorted, just really soft compared to the other speaker. Bass output does not seem to be affected. I have replaced them with other speakers and no problems so I know that the receiver is not to blame.

Any thoughts or ideas appreciated. Contact direct at

goatfarm@ccrtc.com

Thanks,

Greg

Strengths:
Great sound, up until now

Weaknesses:
None, up until now

Similar Products Used:
Nothing this good, up until now