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.

 

[Squishman]

Skipping the Advents.

 

[Squishman]

So, I now have 2 pair of those Infinity RS-1000's. Paid $50 after he was asking $75. Woofer surrounds are gone! He didn't know! I took the grills off and he was surprised. I was not. Anyway, I already placed an order from Midwest Speaker. I didn't feel like a second trek up there. They said they well still ship out this afternoon. So that's cool.

 

[Squishman]

Which model? DLK was a house brand at all Schaak Electronics stores. Omega was another line, very low budget.

If yours are the small bookshelf, I would guess that the model is 1/4- if they have the tweeters like the ones in the photo, those are Peerless KOP10DT, or some variant.



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Hey William, the system I bought as a teenager from Schaak Electronics had the h/k 330b and Omega III speakers. Which were large floor standing with 12" woofers. Like you said, low budget as they were inclined to sell a lot of the systems and make a ton of dough, which I am sure they did. It was massively advertised at the time. Iirc, they called the system the "Magnum 100". They interchanged the parts all the time, but kept the name of the advertised system the same.

 

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So, I now have 2 pair of those Infinity RS-1000's. Paid $50 after he was asking $75. Woofer surrounds are gone! He didn't know! I took the grills off and he was surprised. I was not. Anyway, I already placed an order from Midwest Speaker. I didn't feel like a second trek up there. They said they well still ship out this afternoon. So that's cool.

He's very fast, from my one experience when ordering parts for an Advent.

Having two pairs isn't a bad position to find yourself- it's easy to find reasons to use them.

 

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Hey William, the system I bought as a teenager from Schaak Electronics had the h/k 330b and Omega III speakers. Which were large floor standing with 12" woofers. Like you said, low budget as they were inclined to sell a lot of the systems and make a ton of dough, which I am sure they did. It was massively advertised at the time. Iirc, they called the system the "Magnum 100". They interchanged the parts all the time, but kept the name of the advertised system the same.

We sold a lot of replacement parts for Omega speakers, especially the III- on many Mondays, we had two or three burnouts come in at one time with a handful of drivers and since we had messed around with those to find a good kit, we found replacements that sounded better, handled more power and we also sold crossovers and components, which was great because those speakers had a cap in the tweeter and nothing on the woofer or midrange. Whatever the power rating, it was more than they could actually handle.

Thinking back to that time, I'm no longer surprised by the number of people who financed their systems. We were a big Pioneer dealer and if any in your area started to hold Pioneer Truckload Sales, it was our store where they began- we had Pioneer CE-1, CE3 and CE-5 systems and they came with a tall cabinet, integrated amp, tuner, cassette deck, turntable/cartridge and Pioneer HPM 40, HPM 60 or HPM 100 speakers. In 1979 and 1980, these cost about $599, $799 and $999, which is similar to $2999, $3868 and $4836, today. Now, I feel bad about it. Wow- 1978 was a really bad year for inflation and interest.

 

[Squishman]

He's very fast, from my one experience when ordering parts for an Advent.

Having two pairs isn't a bad position to find yourself- it's easy to find reasons to use them.

Dollars to doughnuts, they'll be here Monday providing it got picked up. I have a USPS tracking number, but it's not updated to say it was picked up. I hope it was.

 

[Squishman]

Looking forward to placing both pair as heights and surrounds then re-calibrating. The heights are wall mounts ten inches from the ceiling, straight up from the outside corners of my LaScalas and angled down towards the primo seating position.

 

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Dollars to doughnuts, they'll be here Monday providing it got picked up. I have a USPS tracking number, but it's not updated to say it was picked up. I hope it was.

I wouldn't be surprised if you see it tomorrow- I think his shipments go out around 4PM.

 

[Squishman]

I wouldn't be surprised if you see it tomorrow- I think his shipments go out around 4PM.

That would be terrific.

 

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Looking forward to placing both pair as heights and surrounds then re-calibrating. The heights are wall mounts ten inches from the ceiling, straight up from the outside corners of my LaScalas and angled down towards the primo seating position.

One of the guys I worked with had a backyard party and some of us brought our speakers and integrated amps- one amp had two pairs, the rest all had one pair, arranged in a pyramid. Since the amps all had pre-out and power amp in, only one needed to be adjusted. Six pairs of 8" three way speakers sounded really good.

 

[Squishman]

One of the guys I worked with had a backyard party and some of us brought our speakers and integrated amps- one amp had two pairs, the rest all had one pair, arranged in a pyramid. Since the amps all had pre-out and power amp in, only one needed to be adjusted. Six pairs of 8" three way speakers sounded really good.

What was playing, The Kinks, Steely Dan, Led Zeppelin, or perhaps some Bowie - Ziggy Stardust?

 

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What was playing, The Kinks, Steely Dan, Led Zeppelin, or perhaps some Bowie - Ziggy Stardust?

All of those, Genesis 'Seconds Out' (live, from 1975), Gentle Giant, Jeff Beck....

 

[Squishman]

I have both pair slopped down with Liquid Gold. I'll towel them down tonight after it soaks in a bit.

 

[Squishman]

My woofers are out for delivery. Good. Now I can hang the heights today.

 

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I have both pair slopped down with Liquid Gold. I'll towel them down tonight after it soaks in a bit.

I don't think I would leave it on for too long- that's petroleum-based and could cause the veneer to release from the substrate.