Small Speakers, Big Sound
Written: Dec 09 '99
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Pros: clean mids, strong bass
Cons: placement sensitive; clicking noise
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| aaronu's Full Review: Infinity Overture 1 Bookshelf Speaker |
These little dudes are no bigger than a five inch stack of LP's. You would never believe that if you heard them.
I first evaluated them side by side with some Infinity RS-10's and Polk RT1000's. They sounded weak in comparison and I very nearly bought something else. I moved the speakers around a bit and they really came to life. Talk about speakers sensitive to placement. If you buy them to shove on a small shelf, you may be disappointed. Buy the optional speaker stands.
These speakers offer clean midrange and more bass than you could ever hope for in a small speaker. The bass puts a lot of dedicated subwoofers to shame. Each speaker has a dedicated 150 watt amp for the 8 inch woofer. This means that your amp will not be working overtime to drive the low frequencies.
I have one complaint for these speakers. The subwoofer amplifier will shut down if there is no input signal. There is a barely audible "click" when the amp detects a signal. Playing a movie at low volume can fool the amp into turning off & on, especially for surround speakers. The occasional click WILL become annoying after a while. I understand that Infinity has some sort of add-on device that fixes the problem.
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Member: Aaron Ueland
Location: Marysville, WA
Reviews written: 4
Trusted by: 1 member
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