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expiredDLS4U | Staff posted Sep 27, 2021 09:01 PM
Infinity Reference R253 Floorstanding Speaker (Black)
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You won't find a better sounding speaker for money. That's why these consistently sell out.
It takes some time to set up everything properly, but you willl enjoy your system way more and that kind of acoustic tuning used to cost a lot of money to have someone else do for you.
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That's on top of everyone has their definition of "for the price".
Having experience with it I would point out its a $169 300 watt sub which only goes down to 29hz.
It might be sufficient for music in a smaller room and just ok for HT, anything beyond that and most likely struggle.
I would say you get what you pay for with it.
… but there's a weirdo thing to watch out for with all the Infinity stuff….
My tower (1), center channel, and sub, ALL had broken and bent mounting pins in the grilles. No visible damage to the outside of the boxes.
Bizarre. Harmon replaced grilles as they could. I've gotten the tower and sub grille. Still waiting for the center channel to come back in stock.
Only piece I am missing is front speakers. Close to just going the Solstice DIY route and my finger has been on that trigger without pulling way too long.
In general, the studio 5 series are a slightly better speaker than the infinity reference line, but both are amazing values when on sale. The main issue for me with the reference line is that the highs are fatiguing.
The only exception to studios > infinity reference is the center channels. The RC263 center from Infinity kicks ass, but it's also massive.
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Will this work well in a 2.0 set-up, without center and sub speakers?
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In general, the studio 5 series are a slightly better speaker than the infinity reference line, but both are amazing values when on sale. The main issue for me with the reference line is that the highs are fatiguing.
The only exception to studios > infinity reference is the center channels. The RC263 center from Infinity kicks ass, but it's also massive.
Anywho, like another poster said, I've been floored by the sound quality and price of this Infinity line and have just about bought all of them. I have the 162 bookshelfs, the 263 AND the 253 towers, and the RS152 surrounds (which are just ok). I have the 162s in my living room with the SVS sub, and the 263 towers and center, the 152 surrounds and two JBL550 subs in the media room and they sound great for music and home theater. The 253 are just sitting around at the moment with my JBL 530s and the Jamo 803s (which suck!).
Anywho, like another poster said, I've been floored by the sound quality and price of this Infinity line and have just about bought all of them. I have the 162 bookshelfs, the 263 AND the 253 towers, and the RS152 surrounds (which are just ok). I have the 162s in my living room with the SVS sub, and the 263 towers and center, the 152 surrounds and two JBL550 subs in the media room and they sound great for music and home theater. The 253 are just sitting around at the moment with my JBL 530s and the Jamo 803s (which suck!).
The bookshelf's from both lines are a bit of a toss up. Although in 2.0, the low end of the 530s is way better than the 162s. That's obviously moot when a sub is involved though. However, when it comes to towers…the studios (580s or 590s no 70s) are in a totally different class than the Reference offerings. The 590s in particular are widely regarded as one of the best bang/bucks in all of audio when they go on sale. That's why I said consensus is generally studios > reference from the lines as a whole. The major exception is the center channel. The 520c is totally undersized for use with the studio towers. Lots of people end up either blending the RC263 with the 590s or have crazy set ups with the 3 studio towers for LCR.
I just picked up a S760H this morning, looking forward to getting in my speakers this weekend, tuning everything, and giving it a good run through!
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I picked up a pair of Infinity R263 Floor Standing speakers a couple of months ago (I absolutely love them) and have been waiting for the center to go on sale. Unfortunately they haven't had that on sale yet.
https://www.amazon.com/Infinity-R...353&sr=8-2
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