In my humble opinion, the best speakers for under $200 are the JBL HLS610's. I just got these for my 'secondary' system. Amazing soundstage, response, and detail. I have a pair of 2000.2's I purchased from Damark as a 'tertiary' system for my home office. My primary system is in my family room, my secondary system, in my bedroom. These speakers are very average. Despite having monster interconnects and quality electronics (Yamaha discrete output, hi current amplifier, Nakamichi CD player, Onkyo P-304 preamp)connected to them, the sound is often a bit confined, boxy, and a bit muddled. This even with excellent quality source material (Roxy Music's 'Avalon', Alan Parson's 'Vulture Culture', or Lee Ritenour's 'Festival', for example. Perhaps, this is due to the inherent limitations of small speakers in general. Then again, I have heard countless compaints that Infinity's quality has gone downwards with some of their product line. It could be that this particular speaker is geared for the 'mass consumer', and not the audiophile, given it's inexpensive price. I still think Infinity could have done better with this speaker though. It lacks in many areas.

Recently purchased a pair of RS2000.1's. I already had a nine year old pairof Infinity RS1000's. My old 1000's with cracked suspension foam on one of
the bass speakers sound much better than the newer 2000.1's. I was very dissappointed, as I have enjoyed my 1000's so much I sent the cracked
peaker to a place in Colorado to have it repaired. I took the 2000's back
the next day for a store credit and will continue my search for a bookshelf speaker that sounds as good for the money. Will be comparing to some Boston Aoustics when mine is back from repair. I paid 140 for the pair of 2000's
and 150 for the 1000's nine years ago. If you take in price quotes from
wholesale buyers off the net,you have good leverage for a better price.

I have to say these speakers sound Horrible to me when i am watching TV with a lot of talking,but with DD.5.1 they sound Excellent(for sound effects)! Just dont expect good Voice Reproduction.(you get a"Wown"sound)I plan on using them as surrounds now.

Bought my 2000.1 @ J & R Music World for$129.00. Nice little speakers! Strong and not too bassy or bright. But I miss my big sound Boston Acustic A 150's. Not enough space, had to give them away. These speakers are really nice and a good value for the money. Holding me over till December 98. I plan on using them as rear speakers when I buy my Boston Acustics with the powered subwoofers and get the DVD system hooked up. Worthy buy.

I just recently bought a pair of 2000.1's for $160 bucks forsurround speakers for my system. So far they seem to be
worth the money, and blend well with the 2000.5's I have.

Too bad I don't have many Dolby Digital titles to get the maximum
enjoyment out of these.

Have these in my dorm room...good for small room listening. Nice imaging, excellent clarity, in all frequencies too. The bass isn't deep, but is very tight, and very accurate. A small sub with these would make a kick ass bedroom system. Overall, very pleased, as usual with Infinity. Powered by a Yamaha R-V902, Yamaha CDC-502, with crappy Radio Shack wire (eck!). I recommend them to anyone who wants clear sound in a small room.