Good tight bass, exellent clarity

A little weak on the highs;spikes are cumbersome to adjust

These are my first good speakers and I'd like to say that they are awesome. Nice design and lots of bass if you set it up properly in a room, you have to take your time and experiment on this. Listened to other similar speakers (ie Polk, Yamaha, JBL, Cerwin-Vega, Bose)and he RS5's blew them away hands down. Hooked it up with Pioneer VSX D608 receiver ,BU80 sub(thats all I need for extra bass 'cause the RS5 does the job).They're great for all kinds of music and I also use it for HT.Highly recomended for the beginning audio enthusiast like me.

Clear highs, excellent mids, lows are good.

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Got these speakers a week ago. The sound they produce is astounding(I'm not an audiophile). I hear details on my CD's I've never heard before. For HT I have CC-3 to match them.
I think these speakers are one of the best in this price range($349).

clear vocal sound, high mids, carity

none to be found yet

I had these speakers for about a mont now. The sound quality is excellent for the price. I compare the RT 800 and RS 5 at the showroom in circuitcity and the Rs 5 blew the RT 800 away. The RT 800 are good speakers but somehow when I listen to the RS 5 I can clearly distinguish the vocal and clarity of the song as compare to the RT 800. One bad thing about the RS 5 is the it does not sound loud when I sing kokeoke. But other than that they are great speakers.

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polk audio RT 800

Clean highs & mids, value, cabinet height, looks

Non-fabric grills, fabric(lower front- good scratching post for the wifes #$&@ cats)

For the money they can't be beat. As far as low end is concerned, a sub is recommended, but room size and acoustics determine whether you'll need one or not.
Great HT with a CC3 center, (CC1 will do in a smaller room)
Nice high 40"+ cabinets bring the sound closer to the listeners ears without the need for stands.
Be sure to use supplied spikes, they really do tighten things up.
Not many speakers (if any at all), can give you this much sound for under $400.00, and look good on top of it.
Value----5 Stars
Performance----4 Stars
Looks----4.5 Stars(Wish they were available in cherry)
Overall----4.5 Stars
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!!!YOU DON'T NEED TO SPEND THE BIG BUCKS FOR GOOD SOUND.....SOMETIME YOU ONLY BUY THE NAME.
THANKS,

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AR-Paradigm-PSB, all of similar size/type

Very good stereo imaging especially at the mid to high range when playing both music and watching movies. Not an awful lot of bass output when played stand alone but that can easily be rectified with a decent sub. In fact with a good sub, I'm using the Velodyne CT 120, the sound of these speakers is actually quite impressive. I've even gotten positive comments on the sound from friends who are patently non-audiophile. Considering the sound performance of the RS5s and the fact that I picked them up for $500, I have to give them 5s all around.

Extremely tight sound, great mids and highs

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These speakers are absolutely incredible for the price I payed for them ($400/pair @ Circuit City). I auditioned both the Polk RT600s and the RS-5s. Though the Polks had clean highs and deep bass, they seemed to be lacking somewhat in the midrange. On the other hand, the midrange is where I feel the RS-5s are strongest, along with excellent highs. The bass seems decent, but I haven't tested them much without my sub (Polk PSW 120) being connected. Overall, I rate these speakers as being excellent for all types of music.

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Polk RT600, Bose 4001 Direct Reflecting

Great speakers. I replaced a Bose Acoustimas III series set with these and there is NO comparison -- the Infinity speakers put Bose to shame. Got them from Onecall which has as good customer service as Crutchfield at nearly half the price (not as good return policy though if that matters to you). Total cost with 2-day Fedex shipping ~ $500.00.

Nice looking,small footprint and great sound

First, I am sorry for my English. :)
After reading a lot of reviews here, I decided to go for the RS5 and CC3 and I am not disappointed, thanks for yours reviews folks. I got this pair from Mercata for $420 ($470 Power buy and -$50 for first time buyer)shipped. After unpacked and hooked up to my receiver (RV-1105), I compared the RS5 vs. Infinity SM-100 and I was not very happy because the sound is not much better. However, when I played the movie with my DVD player, I realized there was different because the RS5 matches perfectly with my Inf CC3.
After listening to the music for a fews day, then I feel the sound from the RS5 is softer and warmer than from the SM-100 and it makes me want to listen to the music hours and hours long.
Many people mentioned about the weak of bass from RS5, but I feel I got more than enough bass so I don't need to add the powered subwoofer.
I strongly recommend the RS5 and CC3 because of the price, the sound and the looking. I didn't have a chance to experience the other speakers so I can't make any comment how the RS5 compared to them.
One thing I'd like to remind you that if you want to set up a home theater, make sure you have the center channel matches with your front speakers. (not necessary RS5 and CC3).

Appearance once you get the grills off. Strong mids, crisp tight bass, decent enough highs.

Grills are to crappy, plastic of grills is easily cracked and it then makes them even more prone to fall off. Could use more bass but with only one driven 6.5" what do you want.

These speakers impressed me immensely for the value. I purchased them as a floor model at Circuit City for $149 each, an incredible deal! I compared them with the Infiniti model with one 6.5 and a powered 8 inch side firing sub, but I am starting to build a HT system and these fit my needs better. Furthermore, Infiniti strength is tight accurate bass that is not meant to rattle your chest, if that is what you are looking for in this price range Cerwin Vega is the speaker you need. I plan to eventually put a Sub with the system. I have not gotten a chance to test the full reproduction capability of the speaker as I am currently running a 4 year old Technics Pro-Logic receiver. However, for me sound reproduction on CD is great. In typical Infiniti fashion the bass is tight and precise. The mids are clean and accurate. Highs of course are open to discussion, as they always are. In this price segment however, this is the area that bumps up your cost, so for $300 a set these speakers performance in this area is unparalleled.

My only complaint is the same as everyone elses, the grills and the feet. The grills are terrible and I cannot figure why Infiniti did not slightly modify the lower grills to cover cones. The plastic grills up top when they actually stayed on, rattled and transformed the sound quality to cheap AIWA shelf system levels at best. Once I removed the grills the speaker took on all the rave qualities mentioned above and in all other reviews. If you are a single person who maintains their toys, go grills off, it improves the appearance 10 fold, do you really think manufacturers make cones clear,grey,red,etc. for them not to be shown off if possible.
The feet are terrible, I bought these as a floor model, and the mental giants who assembled them at CC screwed the spikes down way to tight, now switching between spike and rubber foot, depending upon placement application, is virtually impossible. However, I am sure that Infiniti would remedy this problem if you made a stern argument.

Finally, if you can still get these speakers at Circuit City for a decent price do it!! You'll love these speakers and you'll love CC's trade up policy. That way when Infiniti improves even more on this speaker you can trade up and keep your purchase credit towards newer ones, perhaps with better grills and feet!

Overall rating is more like 4.5

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Sound better than speakers costing twice as much.

Only available in Black. Hard to find.

I love these speakers! Talk about bang for your buck. IMHO these stack up against any of the <$700 speakers around. Nice highs, mids and lows, although I'm running them alongside a JBLPB12, so that more than fills in the lows. But nice, clean sound, not overly sensitive to placement either. Try to get a deal like I did. I couldn't be happier.

Onkyo TX-DS595
Infinity RS5's
Infinity Video One Center (The weakest link, goodbye)
Infinity QPS1 surrounds
JBL PB12
Toshiba 36A60 TV
Toshiba DVD

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