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Infinity Reference Speakers: R12 Sub

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$180

$500

64% off
Harman Audio
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Harman Audio has select Infinity Reference Speakers listed below on sale from $179.99. Slickdeals Cashback is available for this store (PC extension required, before checkout). Shipping is free.

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  • About this product:
    • Most prices match this previous Frontpage Deal.
    • This Infinity Reference RC252 Center Loudspeaker is $249.96 lower (71% savings) compared to the list price.
  • About this store:
    • Details of Harmon Audio's return policy can be found here.
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Harman Audio has select Infinity Reference Speakers listed below on sale from $179.99. Slickdeals Cashback is available for this store (PC extension required, before checkout). Shipping is free.

Thanks to community member Cooney01 for finding this deal.

Available speakers:

Editor's Notes

Written by oceanlake | Staff
  • About this product:
    • Most prices match this previous Frontpage Deal.
    • This Infinity Reference RC252 Center Loudspeaker is $249.96 lower (71% savings) compared to the list price.
  • About this store:
    • Details of Harmon Audio's return policy can be found here.
No Longer Available:

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blueknigh7
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"Reference" in audio terms is generally referred to a speaker that is flat or "uncolored" in nature. It's a pure-even balance in tone/sound. The idea is that in recording studio audio-engineers are recording and listening to the pure and direct sound, and tuning it as desired for their desired mix. They do not want any bias (such as bass or highs) that would have them tune the mix differently that how you're hearing it. This is my understanding of where "reference speakers" were used.

When you listen at home, some people desire to listen to music as engineered, or intended it to be heard. By it's nature, "Reference" now used as a marketing term to imply the above definition. As a counter example, some speakers have more bass bias or have louder highs in their default configuration (think cheap systems) - so the term "reference" can mean something to potential buyers. As music tastes are subjective, whether this appeals to you or not is up to you.

I will say, that to my ears, these speakers are well balanced and flat and are pleasing to me. Just know they're not in the same price league as recording studio reference speakers or really high end home audio.
mem4720
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I've never heard the RC253, but I have the RC263 and it's the clearest dialog speaker I've heard. English is my wife's second language and she remarked right away that she could understand dialog better than the Sony and Polk before. For me, that was worth the effort to make the space for it.

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