Infinity Renaissance 90 Loudspeakers Light Oak (Please Read) Local Pickup only
- Condition: Used
- Price: 1456.24 EUR
- Status: unsold
- Item number: 167184731571
- Seller: apple-buff (875|100.0%)
- Seller information: non commercial
- Item location: Culver City, California
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Description
Im having to downsize and part with these Infinity Renaissance 90 Loudspeakers. This is the light beach oak version, with 4 drivers. Specs and details can be found here: https://www.hifiengine.com/manual_library/infinity/renaissance-90.shtml http://www.infinity-classics.de/technik/manuals/Renaissance_90_technical_sheet.pdf These were introduced in 1990 and produced until 1995. These have an interesting 4 way design. Starting at the top the ribbon High Energy Emit tweeters. Infinity believed strongly in these planar ribbon design tweeters with the Emits, Emit-Ks, Emit-Rs and the last iteration, the High Energy Emits. Tweeters are very directional, which is why some folks opted to toe in/slant their stereo speakers so the high end notes would intersect at the listening position. So the listener would get the sound stage and positioning of the recording, and be able to tell where each instrument was located, etc. The idea of the ribbon designs is that it was a flat frequency response, so the sound stage would come out 180 degrees, giving a much larger sweet spot for stereo imaging. This is how they get to a 45kHz at the high end. Which, sounds like something only bats should hear (we only hear from 20Hz to 20kHz), but instruments resonate and bounce around those frequencies around the room and they alter the timber of what you hear live. At least, that was the theory. Next up was the High Energy Emims. Arnie Nudell at Infinity employed various strategies over the years with the midranges, from the Polygraph and Polydome drivers to various Ribbons...this again, was the last iteration of the EMIM driver. Arnie took a lot of this design language when he developed Genesis Loudspeakers. Then theres a mid bass IMG graphite driver. Then for the bass, a dual voice coil Watkins driver. Which explains how they got to 27Hz on the low end. These speakers have sat in my daughters room for the past 8 years, they were setup with a Carver C6 and TFM 75. She would listen to the occasional Taylor Swift album, but these didnt get much use. 8 years ago, I redid the clothes on the grilles, theyve collected some dust and should probably be redone again. The brass bridges are still with speaker terminals, which you have to remove if you want to bi-amp these, as they can be power hungry. The crossovers are in good shape. I dont have the feet for these, unfortunately. There are no breaks in the traces of either ribbon. The rubber surrounds on the speakers dont degrade like the foam do. I did replace the egg foam and rear 1 foam that allows the ribbons to breathe. That foam has a tendency to break down over time...so, I had to replace that when I set it up 8 years ago. A lot of folks just remove the crumbled foam and let it radiate out the back...some of the earlier Infinity Speakers had that design or even rear firing emits. But I figured if it was part of the original design, it was important, so sourced and cut the convoluted foam and the 1 foam at the rear. Ive done my best to photograph the wood, which was some dings and scratches, wear and tear consistent with roughly 30 year old speakers. They are heavy, will fit into an SUV. Unfortunately, Im not able to demo them as Ive dragged them down to my garage for easier pickup. Ive enjoyed having these speakers, but they simply take up too much room and as my daughter is nearly college bound, its time for me to let these go.
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