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Review 4 of 20
Price Paid:
$750.00
from brand new in 94 Summary: Yes I've had these for a long long time... I bought them way back when I was a teenager and didnt know squat about audio or sound and now I cant wait to get rid of them. The SM's were designed to be Party speakers- very efficient so not much amp power needed to drive them. They can play LOUD but thats about it. Flabby, boomy bass, grainy rough highs, no midrange, horrible imaging, no soundstage. They really cut corners on the box, completely untreated in anyway and offers horrid box resonances and colorations. The crossovers are a huge dissapointment as well.... running a 15hz to 15khz sweep there are huge holes in the tone at the crossover points where the speakers just do not reproduce that frequency hardly at all! Timbres are very 'off' and unrealistic as are instruments size and weight. The fact that they are not matched pairs kills any imaging and soundstage and makes the sound heavy to one side. I'm not sure what infinity was thinking there. More so not only am I disgusted for owning them... I'm disgusted at myself for ever thinking they sounded good when I first bought them! Strengths: they play loud... would make a good frat party speaker for those that dont give a rats patooty about imaging, soundstage and sound quality Weaknesses: EVERYTHING! flabby bass, no mids, harsh grainy highs, holes in freq response/xovers, box resonances, no imaging/soundstage, not very musical, dull and uninvolving Similar Products Used: B&W 610, Magnepan 3.6R, magnepan 1.6QR, Avalon Eclipse, Vandersteen 2Ce sig, Martin Logan Aerius
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