Infinity Bookshelves on Marketplace.

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They are certainly better than my Axioms.

Those small Infinities were really popular and sounded very good- better than some larger speakers.

 

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I believe mine are model “1”. I think they have dual 6-1/2. They’re very solid and pretty heavy. Laminate over plywood maybe.

I can't think of any speakers that were made with solid wood enclosures- it's really not practical, the density isn't consistent and most manufacturers want the grain to be similar on both speakers, or bookmatched (mirror image), which is far easier and cheaper when veneer is used. Veneered particle board is still commonly used.

I liked their smaller speakers, I thought the larger ones lacked good high frequencies, especially the ones with the cone tweeters. .

 

[Trell]

@highfigh Did you delete your post? I was about to reply that 1960 was also a leap year in response to your post. But what is a few days among friends?

 

[William Lemmerhirt]

I can't think of any speakers that were made with solid wood enclosures- it's really not practical, the density isn't consistent and most manufacturers want the grain to be similar on both speakers, or bookmatched (mirror image), which is far easier and cheaper when veneer is used. Veneered particle board is still commonly used.

I liked their smaller speakers, I thought the larger ones lacked good high frequencies, especially the ones with the cone tweeters. .

Now I’m curious. I’ll pull a driver out tonight and check. They do sound pretty good.

 

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Now I’m curious. I’ll pull a driver out tonight and check. They do sound pretty good.

The back edge of the sides usually shows what was used, unless it was covered with veneer. The front edge of the DLKs had a strip of solid Walnut that was about 1/2" thick and that can be a good indicator, too. Another trick that can be used to make it look like solid wood was used- glue the wood strips to the edges before the face grain veneer is added and orient the grain so it looks like it's from the edge of a board. If the veneer isn't on some kind of backing (paper, melamine, etc), it's very effective for making it look like they're solid wood.

I used MDF and while I made a few sub or other speaker enclosures with particle board, I later went to MDF only. That said, I dropped a particle board enclosure and it only bounced, with minimal damage.