Infinity Systems Renaissance 90 Floorstanding Speakers
Infinity Systems Renaissance 90 Floorstanding Speakers
USER REVIEWS
[May 16, 2020]
manwithaplan
Strength:
Great looking slim timeless design. Which is also important if you want to convince your wife to put these large speakers in the living room😁 Hooked up to the right, powerfull, amp they do come "alive". It is true that yiu can hear the difference between a good, bad or great amp with these speakers. Which is also a testament to the quality they bring. Cheaper speakers are often more forgiving. Also at medium to low listening levels they are great to listen to. Everything they say is true, it takes getting used to having such revealing speakers. They are delicate yet powerful. Very happy with the upgrade. Regarding the bass, it goes surprisingly deep! The Watkins woofer eats current but gives back deep sweet bass. When viewing movies I'm always surprised by the bass coming out of them. Did some more listening to music, they are very sensitive to good placing. When put jn the right spots, they are everything they are said to be. Weakness:
You need to invest in a good amp, but is that a downside? It is what you can expect if you want to upgrade. Another downside is for the speaker industry. It will take me a long long time to upgrade as I will need thousands of dollars to possibly hear a slight improvement in sound😁 After years of buying speakers it feels like I finally found "the ones" Price Paid: 1200
Purchased: Used
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[Jan 31, 2019]
jsg
Strength:
Great speaker,highs and mids best I have heard from any speaker they are beautiful especially in the blonde oak (would love to see the piano black very rare however the plain black wood not good) I have mine for 22 years and all drivers work as they did the day I got them.Cabinets are perfect although never abused and oiled weekly.Bass is tight and accurate not boomy at all need to spend 10k today to get the performance of these beauties Weakness:
Power, while some users say you need to spend double on an amp that’s not the case my Parasound A21 has all the current to get the best out of the Rens.Match it to a decent tube preamp like my Rogue Rp1 and you will be in Buisness for not a major amount of money. The diffuser foams on the back of the mids rot quickly I have not replaced mine found that the sound did not suffer.Infinity was one of the best hi end companies around not anymore so finding parts is almost next to impossible.If you take care of them and not abuse them they will bring you many years of plasure Price Paid: 1500
Model Year: 1992
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[Jun 24, 2017]
David
Audio Enthusiast
If you get the chance, these will probably change your life. They are worth every penny. Properly setup there's nothing that can touch these speakers. Everything you read is true. I'm running mine with an Anthem pre2lse and crown drivecore 1502 along with a Dayton audio 10" active sub. The combination is stunning.
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[Apr 14, 2017]
Roberto Alcaraz Lizarraga
AudioPhile
One of the best speakers ever created, a stage and detail like none, its value today more than $ 10,000. |
[Nov 17, 2016]
Jezz
Audio Enthusiast
I'm being always amazed.
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[Jun 30, 2014]
Ondrej
AudioPhile
When correctly driven, these are the very Best Speakers money can buy. Certainly very best I've ever heard. And I've heard them many, including at least 10-20x more expensive Wilson Audio Maxx 3 driven by DCS Vivaldi and top VTL amps, the system one of my friend owns.
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[Dec 22, 2012]
ossi76
Audio Enthusiast
After years of listening to the Infinity Kappa 8.1i this speaker was the next step in improving the sound of my system. Everything sounds better that the Kappa 8.1i. Still driven by two Rotel RB980 power amps in mono mode they deliver a great deep and precise bass (not as boomy as the Kappa 8.1i which sound rather like a home cinema speaker) and extremely precise highs and mids. The infinity planar emit and emim are extremely great drivers and work perfectly together with the 10 inch watkins bass. Great combination. Very great speakers that would probably cost more than 10k nowadays!
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[Jun 10, 2012]
Elcoleccionista
AudioPhile
The very best! They are the finest speaker made using ribbon tweeters. Extremely controlled, tight bass (Due to the watkins woofers).
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[Aug 31, 2010]
Davelm
AudioPhile
Now that the Renaissance models are >15 years old some of the crossover caps need to be replaced. My 90's have been sounding a bit limp and softer in the bass dep't for quite a few years so I decided to replace the electrolytic caps in the woofer crossover. Using Erse 3% df (low esr) I substituted the existing 880uF cap in the 2 ohm xo with 4x 220uF in parallel, and I replaced the 265uF and 285uF caps in the 4 ohm xo each with 3x Erse caps in parallel to obtain the correct value.
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[Jul 19, 2010]
Blackbeard Ben
Audio Enthusiast
Pros: Superb imaging and soundstage. Smooth and sweet yet extremely detailed highs and mids; tightest bass I've ever heard. Cabinets are rock solid.
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