All I mentioned above plus high sensativity...100db.

placement highly determines sound...bass not low and boomy....thats what the sub is for anyway so this is not really a weakness.

These things are amazing. great sound quality. Crisp highs, smooth mids, and punchy, tight bass. Ince broken inn properly they are one of the best souding speakers for the money. Have heard amy quality speakers out there and this one stands out. Esp. for the price. If you can find it, get it. Seriously.

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JBL studio sereis, boston acoustics, klipsch, bose, sony. I would say these speakers are comprable to the klipsch in terms od high end detail.

Great bass, mids, and highs

None as of yet

Compared to the Yamahas, these studio monitors rock. when I first got them, only one came the first day, so I hooked it up by itself to compare it, and it was about 10 times louder than BOTH Yamahas. I haven't had them very long, but so far I am very impressed. I put some serious thought into which speakers to purchase, and auditioned some PDS bookshelves that ran $250 for the pair, but had 8" woofers also, and they had nothing in comparison to the SM's either. I read a lot of reviews about a lot of different speakers, and am very glad I went with these. For the price, I think these speakers are a great value. My friend owns a pair of Polk RT 2000p, or RT1000p (not sure which), but they cost either about $1600 or $1000 respectively. For half the price I would take the Infinity's any day. Got mine at buy.com for $500 shipped for the pair.

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Yamaha with 8" woofers, 4" midrange, and 1" tweeter

Perfectly clear presentation, even at loud levels. Look great. Extremely affordable now (for some reason).

None. They are however big and heavy. Probably a bit much for a small apartment unless your neighbors are deaf.

I did my homework to buy highly-rated, new speakers at the best price I could find. The Infinity SM-215s were selling at Egghead recently for $99 each. I got two shipped for a total of $266. In my modest opinion, that is off-the-scale for value and quality. The 215s are even better than I imagined. To echo another reviewer, I have heard things on CDs recently that I've never heard before (subtle voices, strings and pianos in the background , the squeak of a hand chording an acoustic guitar, etc). They are awesome for my small music room and would absolutely fill up a banquet hall with clean sound.
Using a Denon CD player and a Kenwood VR307...I couldn't be happier.

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KLH, JBL

My previous system included a very nice set of JBL L1s, and a set of not so nice Optimus Sx770s. Not bad speakers, but they were being gruesomely out-performed by the JBLs. So, I toodled on down to the local Electronics Express, and took a peek at what they had. The SM 215s were on sale for $199, and then the salesman took aboth $20, bringing my price to $179 for each. In the store, I stayed for about 2 hours, tyring them out, and was very impressed by what I heard. Nice lows, clear mids, and highs that didn't sound tinny or cracked. When I got home, into my small apartment, the difference was amazing! They quite literally shook the walls. The clarity of the sound is what impressed me; even at high volume (I couldn't turn my 100 watt receiver up past 5 without seriously hurting my ears.) I noticed very little in the way of distortion. I noticed the faintest bit of "cracking", but I believe this is a wiring problem, and not the speaker's fault. Once I ditch my crappy wiring this problem should clear up.
To sum up: Fairly inexpensive, great lows, great mids, clear highs, and even an attractive speaker to boot! Great for the college student on a limited budget, wanting to enhance his listening pleasure (that fits me to a tee...)

If you can find a pair of these beauties for $200 each or less, I would jump on them.

incredible crisp treble, probably the best around for the price and even double price.
100 db
tunable treble

bass is quite normal, but partnered with good amp and volume up, gives incredible filling sound

My System:

Sony amp 461R (70 Mos Fet Watts)
Sony 510 CD player
Sony 510 Mini disc
Sony 300 Tuner
Sony 830 VHS VCR
Sony 300 Cassette

I used to use false Vieta speakers, never really made by Vieta which dissapeared in the mid 80's. They were really incredible for the price, small bookshelf ones. But they could be better. I started to search. I've auditioned practicaclly everithing there is to hear for nearly a year, and finally got these with smaller SM 165 as rears. What I wanted is: incredible crisp natural treble, something no one can make. I wanted to close my eyes and hear the singer and not a speaker. This was never possible with normal speakers, even really expensive ones. Have you ever heard the JBL's GTO automotive series? Their tweeters have titanium, and sound bright, possibly too much, not natural, but at least they don't sound dead, they live, music seems to come to life. Well, titanium is an excellent tweeter product, but there are even better ones, like Infinity's fast-glass, 20% faster than Titanium (300% faster than soft dome tweeters!!) and three times lighter.this is what you need. That is what these lovely speakers have: fatglass tweeters. If you like real natural crisp and live treble, these speakers are your option. I don't want to criticise other manufacturers, but some produce real rubbish, and even try to convince people to buy their stuff talking about quality. The best speaker is the one that you can't hear, the one that allows you to listen to music as it was originally recorded.The best speaker manufacturer in the world, if you don't know, no serious audiophile will say anything against, is Cabasse: cabasse speakers are very expensive, but are the only ones that when you close your eyes, you hear the music as natural as can be, you hear no speaker at all. After those expensive babies, the best home speaker I've heard is the infinity SM, no doubt. I had even thought of purchasing some disco speakers, as horn tweeters tend to sound much more realistic that dome ones. I quiote liked JBL's old M series, but extremely expensive, and far too big for a house. The problem with horn tweeters is that subtle things dissapear, but apart from that they sound great. The infinities are cxapable of sounding extremely low with a perfect sound, and go as loud and thumping as disco ones. All rounders with perfect treble. After hearing Cabasse you can see all the mistakes this infinity has, but I think it is still better than other products. So that is why I got them. Had them for 9 months and still great. Midrange is great and bass is normal, not special, but not dissapointing. It also is quite natural, not boomy and false. I know people may complain treble is a bit fierce, but:
1-you can regulate it
2-It is nearer the natural perfect point than most others you have heard, so it might amaze you, and you can tend to think they are wrong. Don't be fooled, listen carefully
3-Behind cabasse, probably one of the best dome tweeters available, if not the best

I like feminine vocals, so I need the best tweeter I can find ( and aford!). I also listen to rock, dance, pop and classical, practically everything as you can see. Incredible for Home cinema.

Just try them and see if all I'm saying is correct or not, you will be amazed. BRILLIANT SPEAKERS!!!

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practically everything(auditioned)

Everything

These speakers are fantastic!Great low
end, mids and highs.Before I bought
these I listened to speakers that cost
3 and four times as much.The SM-215's
sounded as good or better than all of
the others.I got thes fo 199.00
each.This has to be one of the best
bargains ever!********** stars

Full, clear sound- not biased in any direction. Neutral and natural. Great price!

Have found none so far at this price!

I feel the Infinity SM215 speakers were the best bargain out there- got mine at Onsale.com for $350, including shipping. Very full range of sound- heard things in music I've missed before.

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Had Infinity speakers before that finally wore out!

Good Looking, Nice, Crisp Highs.

Not enough bass,

I've had these speakers for over a year. Whith my old Kenwood they sounded good but with my pioneer i've noticed that they just can't hold the power. They're rated at 10 to 175 and the Amp is 100 So the problem is beyond me. They have been checked and are NOT blown. I use them for a rear set now and they are more suited to that application.

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Kenwood, Cerwin Vega, Pioneer

Price, Loudness

Quality

I found a great deal on these at the Onsale auction so I bought 4 at $79 each. Great sound and can't be beat at tthat price. Only problem I had was that in 3 out of the 4 speakers, the crossover knob didn't work correctly. It just kept spinning while in the 4th speaker it had definite stops at each end. Don't know whether it's worth bringing this in for repair. I complained about it to Onsale and they refunded my $150 shipping charges.

Great Highs....Tight Base

You can't tell your friends that you spent $2000.00 a speaker for this great sound!!!

If you can find these speakers at less then 200 a speaker
get them!!!!!!!!!! But shop around first you can find sales and get much cheaper!!!

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